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Top 10 Images Censored on Facebook
After the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack left 12 people dead, Mark Zuckerberg pledged his allegiance to protect the rights of freedom of expression and speech. Let’s take a look at how well they kept their promise. Here are the top 10 images that were shockingly censored on Facebook, the largest social network site in the world:
10. Heather Walker
In 2012, Heather Walker posted this picture of her and her son and Facebook deleted it, saying it violated their terms and conditions. She eventually started to demanded answers from Facebook as to why they took down photographs she posted on the site of her son, who was born with a rare birth defect, and then later banned her from the site altogether. Grayson James Walker was born Anencephaly, a rare neural tube birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull and lived for 8 hours. Facebook eventually apologized and sent their condolences.
9. Effin
Facebook banned the name of an Irish town, calling it “offensive,” raising questions over whether or not profanity filters are in effect on Facebook. The town, Effin, bears the same spelling as a common alternative to using a certain “F” word, but it is actually a real place in County Limerick in Ireland that has existed for centuries. The name gets its origins from the Irish pronunciation of Saint Eimhin, a Bishop from early Irish Christian history.
8. Tattoos
This image of a woman’s body and her tattoo was deemed by the Facebook censors as just a bit too sexy. And here we thought Mark Zuckerberg said he would protect the freedom of expression rights of his users. What’s wrong with a tattoo picture?
7. Jade Beall
Last month, Jade Beall, who has been a photographer for 15 years, was upset when Facebook took down a group portrait showing seven moms breastfeeding. A month earlier, dozens of moms posted breastfeeding selfies on Facebook after the largest social network in the world removed a photo of mom Kaya Wright, because it violated their nudity rules. Also earlier this year, it was reported that breastfeeding moms were banned from nursing their children – at a breastfeeding conference – the conference for them.
6. Andy Reid
Andy Reid, 37, had two legs and an arm amputated after stepping on a landmine while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. He posted a photo of his stump with the message ‘hard work on the legs today’. Facebook’s community team removed the photo because it was ‘offensive’. It then recanted the ban, said the removal was a ‘mistake’ and re-uploaded the photo. Considering some of the content readily available on the site, including images of beheadings and executions, this came as a shock to many/
5. Kendall Jones
In 2014, Kendall Jones posed alongside a white springbok she killed while on a hunting trip in Africa. Facebook removed several images of Jones posing with dead animals, saying the images violated the site’s policy regarding animal images. Jones defended her actions, saying in a Facebook post she took inspiration from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, a hunter and conservationist. Something that really shocks us is Jones’ age – 19.
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Only the brain-dead use Facebook.
Exactly!!