8 June 2016: The Weekly Takedown
by | Jun 8 2016
Israel is seeking to establish a legislative mechanism that would require some social media companies to assume responsibility for terrorist content on their platforms.
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The Frisky and Inquisitr both ask why a sexualized image of Justin Bieber is allowed on Facebook, while female bodies are so often censored.
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A photograph of three plus-sized women modeling bikinis was censored by Instagram. Regarding the takedown, the blogger who organized the photo said: “Obviously Fatphobic trolls had reported the image and Instagram blindly removed it.”
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After veteran Phillipine journalist Ed Lingao complained of having posts censored by Facebook, the company apologized and reinstated the post.
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A pro-cannabis Australian music festival recently found its event page censored from Facebook.
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