{"id":27,"date":"2018-09-28T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hashtagartcom.wordpress.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2025-03-01T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:57:42","slug":"the-nipple-gestapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hashtagart.blog\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"The Nipple Gestapo: When Facebook Censors Nude Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

One post, two nipples, and a Rubens. That’s all you need to get censored on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pablo Picasso, \u201cLes Demoiselles d\u2019Avignon<\/a>.<\/span>\u201d Retrieved from History Stack<\/a><\/span>. | Michelangelo, \u201cDavid<\/a><\/span>.\u201d Retrieved from Wikipedia Commons<\/a><\/span>. Author: J\u00f6rg Bittner Unna<\/a><\/span>. |Peter Paul Rubens, \u201cVenus, Mars, and Cupid<\/a><\/span>.\u201d Retrieved from Wikipedia Commons<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A cultured person would perhaps recognize and appreciate certain great works of art, such as Michelangelo’s David<\/em>, Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon<\/em> and Ruben’s Venus, Mars and Cupid.<\/em>\u00a0But Facebook thinks otherwise. In fact, if Facebook runs a museum, it might be like in this video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UZq3cVgU5AI?rel=0&showinfo=0&w=560&h=315]<\/span><\/p>\n

What you just saw was a video made by<\/span>\u00a0VisitFlanders<\/a>, a tourist organization in<\/span>\u00a0reaction to Facebook\u2019s censorship policies. What happened? Basically, in June 2018\u00a0<\/span>Facebook blocked<\/a> an advertisement for Rubens House Museum because it contained Ruben’s nude figures. The goal of the\u00a0video was to show how ridiculous the Facebook restrictions are.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rubes case is not the only time when Facebook censored works of fine art as<\/strong> inappropriate<\/b>. In March, Facebook<\/span> removed a photo of Venus of Willendorf<\/a>, a 30,000-year-old sculpture, from a user\u2019s account.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Perhaps they are not fond of a little curve?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

animation by<\/span>\u00a0JELLYGUMMIES<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later, a Facebook spokesperson apologized<\/a>, explaining that they had mistaken the user’s post with an advert. Facebook says that statues are not included in their nudity laws, so it really was a mistake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many artists aren’t that lucky when their artworks are taken down by a platform.<\/strong> If they post something that a platform considers “inappropriate,” they have their account blocked or deleted<\/a>, without any warning, or a way to get their content back.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fantastic ad against #artcensorship #toartitsfreedom #fuckcensorship<\/a><\/p>\n

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