Facebook Took Down Elbow Photo Because It Looked Like a Boob (NSFW?)
November 28th, 2012
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, the elbow boob existed. It was an innocent thing – nothing but a joint, but Facebook saw fit to take down any images of it because, well, it looked too much like a female breast.
Okay, so that sounds like a really twisted fairy tale of sorts, but the story is 100% true. It’s also one tale that ends up making Facebook’s content filters seem like a bunch of incapable code. (Is there such a thing?) Because apparently, it can’t tell the difference between an actual breast and a woman’s elbow.
The image was originally posted by Theories of the Deep Understand of Things who wanted to test Facebook’s image filters. Looks like their theories were proven right (or was that wrong?)
Either way, I admit that the image is pretty misleading, and people with imaginative minds can choose to go with the ‘alternate’ representation of the elbow. It has been confirmed that this image only shows the woman’s elbow and nothing more, but Facebook took it down anyway.
So I ask you: Should they have kept the image up?
[via Geekologie]
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They should not have taken down the picture in any case❢
It’s not their damned business to judge what other people may care for❣
It’s not their damned business to judge or censor what people see as fun❣
It’s not their damned business to judge what people see as beautiul or fun❣
That would be despotism❢
Despotism does not exist in a civilized world❣
Our freedom of speech and such only applies to the GOVERNMENT not to private individuals. Private corporations are free to do what they wish wish censorship.
And guess what? That really looked like a breast to me.
Contrary to what you might believe, it’s THEIR website (there is no “right” to use Facebook) so, actually, yes, it IS their business to pick and choose whatever the heck they like on THEIR website. Despotism is when you do not allow them that freedom.
Read what I said closer Tom.
I just said that.
Yeah. But she said it better.
Well, the interesting thing is here, is that they, to protect themselves legally, should have LEFT IT UP. By removing it, they become content providers and not merely purveyors of what others put there and thereby escaping responsibility for what people post. By removing it, they accept responsibility for content. I’m surprised their lawyers let them do this, or put the filters in action that did it.
I think the picture should be taken down. People with elbow fetishes get off on this kinda thing. What were they thinking posting elbow porn????
…and what about shiny red cheek fetishists?
The real question is why do 6 out of 10 females with a camera and a Facebook account turn into softcore porn stars?
I think the real question here is:
Why would anyone want to post a picture of themselves in the bath-tub on facebook?
Regardless of if the elbow really looks like a boob, the picture is suggestive in a way, that makes it dubious to post on facebook anyway.
I think your comment answers your question by the way