Newspaper fury over Facebook 'Napalm girl' censorship

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Espen Egil Hansenhas is editor of Aftenposten, Norway's largest newspaper.

By Zoe Kleinman
Technology reporter, BBC News
9 minutes ago

Facebook has controversially removed the iconic image of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack during the Vietnam war from a post, on the grounds of nudity.

The editor of Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten said the entire post, which was about iconic war imagery, was later deleted and the account of the reporter behind it suspended.

Espen Egil Hansenhas accused Mark Zuckerberg of "an abuse of power".

Facebook said it has to restrict nudity for cultural reasons.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37318031

[cwydro]

1. I believe the woman who was that little girl is still alive.

Be interesting to hear her thoughts on that.

[rug]

2. She's interviewed in the video.

[cwydro]

4. Thanks, I'm on my phone and can't listen to it now, but will later.

The article I read on her recently shows she's an impressive person.

[Dale Neiburg]

3. Last I heard she was an MD, living in Canada!

[neeksgeek]

5. I'd close my Facebook account over this...

But I already did that in 2011.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Facebook deletes Norway PM's post as 'napalm girl' row escalates

Facebook has deleted a post by the Norwegian prime minister in an escalating row over the website’s decision to remove content featuring the Pulitzer-prize winning “napalm girl” photograph from the Vietnam war.

Erna Solberg, the Conservative prime minister, called on Facebook to “review its editing policy” after it deleted her post voicing support for a Norwegian newspaper that had fallen foul of the social media giant’s guidelines.
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Before being deleted by Facebook this morning, her post went on to say the website’s decision “helps to curb freedom of expression”, adding: “I say no to this form of censorship.”

Solberg said: “It is highly regrettable that Facebook has removed a post from my Facebook page. What they achieve by removing such images, good as the intentions may be, is to edit our common history. I wish today’s children will also have the opportunity to see and learn from historical mistakes and events. This is important.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/facebook-deletes-norway-pms-post-napalm-girl-post-row

[rug]

9. I wonder if that was done by logarithm or by human.

[malaise]

7. Read this at the Guardian this morning

Still shaking my head - ignorance abounds fugg Facebook.

[FigTree]

8. When the finger points at the moon, the idiot looks at the finger.

But then again, idiots might be over-represented on facebook

[Eugene]

10. Facebook backs down from 'napalm girl' censorship and reinstates photo

Source: The Guardian

Facebook backs down from 'napalm girl' censorship and reinstates photo

Company U-turns on its decision to remove the iconic
Vietnam war photo featuring a naked girl after global
outcry and accusations of ‘abusing power’

Sam Levin and Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco and Luke Harding in London
Friday 9 September 2016 18.44 BST

Facebook has decided to allow users to share an iconic Vietnam war photo featuring a naked girl after CEO Mark Zuckerberg was accused of abusing his power when the social media company censored the image.

Norway’s largest newspaper published a front-page open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, slamming Facebook’s decision to censor the historic photograph of nine-year-old Kim Phúc running away from a napalm attack and calling on the CEO to live up to his role as “the world’s most powerful editor”.

Facebook initially defended its decision to remove the image, saying: “While we recognize that this photo is iconic, it’s difficult to create a distinction between allowing a photograph of a nude child in one instance and not others.”

On Friday, following widespread criticisms from news organizations and media experts across the globe, Facebook reversed its decision, saying in a statement to the Guardian: “After hearing from our community, we looked again at how our Community Standards were applied in this case. An image of a naked child would normally be presumed to violate our Community Standards, and in some countries might even qualify as child pornography. In this case, we recognize the history and global importance of this image in documenting a particular moment in time.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/facebook-reinstates-napalm-girl-photo

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11. .

[lpbk2713]

12. It's an iconic photo of the VN War.

It can be seen on probably thousands of websites. For FB to censor this pic is downright silly.