Upon visiting Facebook via desktop web browser, it forced me to login despite having previously stored my username and password in my browser (the same applied to my Facebook app for iOS). Following successful login, rather than displaying my typical feed of UFC events, nature videos, and stories illustrating that Donald Trump possesses the emotional intelligence of a chick pea, I was presented with this message:
So take that, Facebook--that's me in my birthday suit for the whole world to see. There was certainly no pornographic intent, and clearly I had consented to posting the image since I had carefully scanned and edited (rotating, cropping, tone adjustment, and other minor edits only--nothing that would require surgical intervention to correct) the photo before posting it to my own personal Facebook feed which I make visible only to my personal contacts. If you read the Facebook Community Standards (referenced in the above image) language on nudity, the wording all falls under the section of "Encouraging respectful behavior" where nudity, hate speech, and violence and graphic content policies are described. The 'Mirror Boy' photo was also not intended to be disrespectful, nor do I think that most people would perceive it to be disrespectful. I wonder if Blogger (owned by Google) would censor this image too? I guess I'll find out after I post this blog article.
On a related topic, a controversy recently unfolded about Facebook censoring the 'Napalm Girl' photo, and following much public criticism of Facebook's policy, the photo was reinstated across the site. You can find articles about it here, here, and here, to highlight a few of the many stories written about it. Coincidentally, both the 'Napalm Girl' and 'Mirror Boy' photos were taken in 1972. Should I petition to reinstate the 'Mirror Boy' photo on my Facebook feed?
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