There goes any argument that Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to uphold the “ideal of free speech”.
Certainly not Free Peach AMIRITE?
‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank god nude photos where male nipples cover female nipples are still fine.
You’re getting downvoted yet you’re making a very clear point of inequality. Maybe this is where the American (Facebook) and European (myself) cultures differ but here it’s perfectly acceptable for women to be topless in much the same way as how it’s perfectly acceptable for a man to be topless.
It's truly astounding how uncomfortable many Americans are with breasts in general. I'm an American but I never understood this. Probably because I became skeptical of religion from a pretty young age.
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#53Right because sexual innuendo is worse than untruthful political ads.
this is everyone's reaction to this, and why this article is gaining traction on HN
But it's true. It seems like this policy change would prevent a consenting couple from "flirting" over Facebook by using emoji's but would allow a politican to create false content for an ad.
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#54I guess "an implicit or indirect ask for nude imagery, sex or sexual partners, or sex chat conversations" is OK without an eggplant emoji.
But if you add an eggplant emoji... that's it! You crossed the line. Facebook cannot tolerate that. Oh no. Not that.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank god nude photos where male nipples cover female nipples are still fine.
It’s a shame they don’t allow female nipples but allow male nipples. Clear cut sexism, and is there no way to sue them?
I would guess that the key factor is whether or not a body part is significantly erogenous. AFAIK, many more women than men find their nipples to be a source of sexual arousal.
EDIT: I hope people reading my post understand the difference between explaining vs. endorsing another party's reasoning.
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#56I'm not really sure what group they're catering to here. Everyone who is at least 12 years old knows what those emoji mean. My guess is they must be doing this in order to help protect women from sexual harassment. What they're really doing here is trying to ban an entire way of thinking. That's just not going to happen.
I wonder if it is also to prevent solicitation of sex on their platform. I wonder if there was a code of emojis used to agree on terms. Which banning the use of these emojis just means they use something else. Whack a mole.
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#57Why not also ban the gun emoji? Oh wait this is an American company where violence is OK but sex is taboo.
Most people are okay with violence, though they might disagree with who gets to have a monopoly on violence. Police are allow to attack and be violent. Same with military organizations of different countries.
Most people have a really, really difficult time conceptualizing that an individual might be as legitimate as a group of individuals (government) when it comes to rights, including the right to employ a violent defense.
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#58Does this apply to private chats? Because I'll send these in a joking way to my girlfriend and some of my other friends. I know that Facebook messenger parses chats and won't allow porn site links and torrent magnet links to go through.
I guess this applies to reported content, and maybe for content for wider audience (like public post / group / ...)?
I.e. if you send eggplant to your GF via chat, and she does not report you, it's fine. But if she receives private eggplant sex message from some rando and she report him, that should count as violation.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s a shame they don’t allow female nipples but allow male nipples. Clear cut sexism, and is there no way to sue them?
I would guess that the key factor is whether or not a body part is significantly erogenous. AFAIK, many more women than men find their nipples to be a source of sexual arousal. EDIT: I hope people reading my post understand the difference between explaining vs. endorsing another party's reasoning.
The key factor is the arbitrary sexual moral of the country where FB is headquartered.
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#60Can't use eggplant emoji sexually, can post completely topless photo/video breastfeeding as a woman, can not post completely topless photo/video as a woman, sexually suggestive cartoon still images are arbitrarily allowed/removed, sexually suggestive art or art depicting nudity you made is often removed unless the genitals and female nipples are covered (including tattoos that depict nudity), sexually explicit art from a world famous artist like a famous painting or sculpture is fine...
In a former life I've even seen but I've seen friends' burlesque posters/flyers with cartoon nudity be removed if they don't have pasties drawn on nipples or the nipples airbrushed (yet throw a baroque painting with far more detail/realism up and it's ok) out and numerous performers that have had actual photographs of them removed even when they DID have pasties on.
Seriously, women wearing amply sized pasties has been a no-go "violating community standards" but you could post something like Reubens' The Judgement of Paris and that's fine because it's a 17th century painting worth mind boggling amounts of money and is tasteful art.
Facebook reaaalllly needs to get consistent with what they do or do not allow.