[governance] Facebook profiles blocked and content removed in Brazil

michael gurstein gurstein at gmail.com
Wed May 30 20:09:25 EDT 2012


I rather prefer the Brazilian translation but then who am I... :)
 
M
 
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[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Marilia Maciel
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:53 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Robert Guerra
Subject: Re: [governance] Facebook profiles blocked and content removed in
Brazil


Thanks for the correction, Robert. That was the translation Google suggested
me. Interesting. 
Thanks also for taking this forward.

MarĂ­lia


On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
wrote:


Marilia,

Your translation is a bit off. The feminist group in question is the "slut
walk" that started in my home town of Toronto and has since spread to other
cities in CanadThnana, the US, and internationally. Great to know it has
spread to Brazil as well.

I'll forward your email to contacts at Facebook to make sure they are aware
of the incident and see if they can comment.

In the meantime, let me share with you and others links with details on the
"slut walk" movement.

regards

Robert
--


Toronto 'slut walk' takes to city streets (April 3, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/04/03/slut-walk-toronto.htm
l

Toronto 'slut walk' spreads to U.S. (May 6, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/05/06/slut-walk.html

Slut walk in Toronto -
http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/show-news/slutwalk-in-toronto.html (March 2012)

Don't know if you ever heard the story, but back in January, at a campus
safety information session at Osgoode Hall Law School (University of
Toronto), a representative of the Toronto Police made the statement that
"women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized."

Of course, the comment sparked a huge outrage, and you just knew a protest
was bound to happen.

But you have to hand it to one group for coming up with one of the most
creative protests ever. They areplanning a SlutWalk.

It's planned for April 3rd in Toronto and everyone is welcome. You don't
even necessarily have to dress "slutty." Just come as you are. Sounds like a
great way to make a point.




On 2012-05-30, at 11:32 AM, Marilia Maciel wrote:

>
> Last weekend a feminist march took place in several cities in Brazil. It
is called "March of Bitches" (Marcha das Vadias) and it is an international
movement that was born in Canada. Some women decided to March wearing
lingerie or with naked breasts as a way to call attention to violence
against women, women's liberty and sexual rights and they posted their own
pictures in Facebook. Their pictures were removed and their profile was
blocked.
>
> So, let me get this right: Brazilian media publishes the pictures from the
protest, in a sign that this would not at all hurt the average citizen. But
Facebook (the platform where most of the use of the Internet is,
unfortunately, converging to) gets to decide what people can or cannot show
in their albums; what is pornography, and where to draw the line of
morality. It has been reported in Brazil that Facebook is also blocking old
pictures from well known artists that display naked people, and pictures
from little girls aged 3-4 posted by their parents, because they were not
wearing shirts.
>
> This seems a very undemocratic, opaque and potentially dangerous way of
conducting Internet governance. The news (in Portuguese) and one of the
controversial pictures can be accessed here:
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/tec/1097488-facebook-bloqueia-usuarias-que-apar
ecem-seminuas-em-fotos-da-marcha-das-vadias.shtml
>
> MarĂ­lia
>
>
> --
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> FGV Direito Rio
>
> Center for Technology and Society
> Getulio Vargas Foundation
> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

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