"Rape jokes and photos of young women in
sexually compromised situations join the never-ending stream of images
on Facebook news feeds and “instead of seeing sexual violence as
violence, we see it as entertainment,” she says."
EXCELLENT article on rape culture.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Facebook lets beheading clips return to social network
By Leo Kelion Technology reporter
Facebook is allowing videos showing people being decapitated to be posted and shared on its site once again.
The social network had introduced a temporary ban in May following complaints that the clips could cause long-term psychological damage.
The US firm confirmed it now believed its users should be free to watch and condemn such videos. It added it was, however, considering adding warnings.
One suicide prevention charity condemned the move.
"It only takes seconds of exposure to such graphic material to leave a permanent trace - particularly in a young person's mind," said Dr Arthur Cassidy, a former psychologist who runs a branch of the Yellow Ribbon Program in Northern Ireland.
"The more graphic and colourful the material is, the more psychologically destructive it becomes."
Two of the firm's official safety advisers have also criticised the decision.
Facebook allows anyone aged 13 and above to be a member.
Its terms and conditions now state that it will remove photos or videos that "glorify violence" in addition to other banned material, including a woman's "fully exposed breast".
Decapitation videos are available elsewhere on the net - including on Google's YouTube - but critics have raised concern that Facebook's news feeds and other sharing functions mean it is particularly adept at spreading such material.
Excerpt from www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook is allowing videos showing people being decapitated to be posted and shared on its site once again.
The social network had introduced a temporary ban in May following complaints that the clips could cause long-term psychological damage.
The US firm confirmed it now believed its users should be free to watch and condemn such videos. It added it was, however, considering adding warnings.
One suicide prevention charity condemned the move.
"It only takes seconds of exposure to such graphic material to leave a permanent trace - particularly in a young person's mind," said Dr Arthur Cassidy, a former psychologist who runs a branch of the Yellow Ribbon Program in Northern Ireland.
"The more graphic and colourful the material is, the more psychologically destructive it becomes."
Two of the firm's official safety advisers have also criticised the decision.
Facebook allows anyone aged 13 and above to be a member.
Its terms and conditions now state that it will remove photos or videos that "glorify violence" in addition to other banned material, including a woman's "fully exposed breast".
Decapitation videos are available elsewhere on the net - including on Google's YouTube - but critics have raised concern that Facebook's news feeds and other sharing functions mean it is particularly adept at spreading such material.
Excerpt from www.bbc.co.uk
Monday, October 21, 2013
Radical Women Talk Sex banned from Facebook for 3 days
Shain of Radical Women Talk Sex has been banned for three days because of complaints about their publishing a link to the Empowerment Project, a lovely study affirming the bodies of people of different ages, disabilities, and walks of life.
Isn't it time for Facebook to join the human race and recognize the true value of approaching the body and sexuality from a positive, healing perspective?
LIKE and SHARE if you agree. Also be sure to visit the RWTS page and offer words of support.
~ volunteer Admin Cally D., posting in sisterhood support during Katharine's 30 Day ban for posting a breastfeeding photo.
Katharine Krueger ~ Journey Of Young Women Coming of Age and Empowerment for Girls Mentor Training: Learn to lead Girls' Circles
Monday, October 14, 2013
Facebook still punishing women for posting pictures of Breastfeeding
The 30-day ban is still on for the Admin of Occupy Menstruation and Journey of Young Women.
Thank you to Dear FB for the meme. You can read more about this project at Breastfeeding Mosaic Built from Banned Facebook Images
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Hildur Lilliendahl banned 30 days for posting a picture of a Cervix
Hildur Lilliendahl was just banned for 30 days for posting a picture of a Cervix on Facebook.
I originally wrote about Hildur in Does Facebook Hate all Women - or just Feminists? when she was blocked for "violating community standards" of Facebook.
"Icelandic feminist, Hildur Lilliendahl, was recently temporarily blocked from posting content on Facebook, for the fourth time. The blocking began when she started collecting abusive public comments from men about women and/or feminists from around the web. Hildur published these comments on Facebook, in an album called “Men who hate women.”
The material Facebook termed “abusive” were screenshots of hateful, misogynist comments. Hildur was reported for re-posting other people’s comments, most recently resulting in a 30-day block. Facebook warned her that she must “stop violating the community standards of Facebook.” Keep in mind, this was after she re-posted a public status from a man with these kind words about her:
“If I ‘accidentally’ ran over Hildur, she is probably the only person on earth that I would back up over and leave the car on top of her with the hand brake on!!!) Put this in your ‘men who hate Hildur’ folder, Hildur Lilliendahl.”
A year later, she is now blocked for posting from Beautiful Cervix . This site "encourages women to learn cervical self-exam and fertility awareness as a revolutionary path of promoting respect, confidence, and health. We believe that this form of self-empowerment and education will help contradict shame and misinformation around women’s reproductive health and choices, affecting positive change from the personal to global levels."
The founder of this project describes her project as such:
"The Beautiful Cervix Project is part of my contribution to world peace. I know that as we break free from isolation and shame, we gain respect for ourselves and each other; this connection and empowerment is the foundation of peace."
You can see a gallery of various cervix's here.
Hildur wrote about her recent experience in an Icelandic paper, which I have translated into English via Google Translate.
"I'm actually on holiday in Spain and I just pretty good for being free from Facebook . And probably have my friends in the cold at home also just good because I can not brag me with coastal images But yeah , of course this is ridiculous, "says campaign wife Hilda Lilliendahl that last night was yet another ban on Facebook, this time in 30 days.
Hildur was placed in a ban for Image Link coverage of a young woman who takes pictures of your vagina and leghálsopi daily . The images displayed on the site Beautiful Cervix Project there are some albums that show different women who have taken pictures of the cervix and cervical their openings .So follow the woman with her menstrual cycle . The images seem to have gone the opposite people and Hilda put in ban shortly after she put the link on Facebook. "This is a woman to track her menstrual cycle and talk about it. There are no pornographic images or rude . These are some pictures of inside the human body , "says Hilda .
She says the ban , however, first and foremost uncover values Facebook , which has often though quickly react if it considers material to be pornographic , but is considered late to respond to violent images or even racial mers .
"I feel mostly remarkable how this exposes the value assessment for this company. Leghálsop is banned but racism is just fine and domestic violence and sexual violence is OK if it is to be funny . And then I also remarkable to be able to open and read the Facebook I need to check that I understand the Terms of Facebook . Anyone understand this ? I do not understand the asshole , not exactly how they work or what the thinking is behind them, " she says , but it is forbidden to set your status updates. To be able to follow though on Facebook , it must approve the agreement the company again.
As said before , this is not the first time that Hilda is set in prohibition , but before the company put it in Straff for example, Album and Websites " Men who hate women. " It takes Hildur together comments, which have appeared on the Web take screenshots and collects . It has, among other things attracted the attention of foreign media who have covered the repeated punishment Facebook towards Hilda ."
via Google Translate from the Icelandic of www.dv.is/frettir/
UPDATE: The ban on Hildur was lifted this afternoon PST.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
How Facebook May Secretly Foil Your Activist Plans
A fascinating read!
Excerpt:
"With little explanation, Facebook has been disabling pages related to activism. In some cases, administrators who set up the pages are no longer able to add updates. In others, the pages are being deleted entirely. Understandably, activists are frustrated when a network of 10,000 like-minded individuals is suddenly erased, leaving no way to reconnect with the group.
Realistically, that’s the downside of relying on a hundred billion dollar company. Facebook is a pro-business enterprise with countless partnerships that undoubtedly pressure the site to limit the types of socializing progressives may engage in, particularly activities that might harm advertisers’ profits.
For example, this year’s March Against Monsanto events have been popular with people across the globe, but not Facebook. An upcoming invitation for a rally in St. Louis, Missouri where Monsanto is headquartered was wiped clean from the social networking site. The administrator of the event received a very unspecific notice that the event “violated Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,” yet it is not clear how the event would have violated any terms. What is clear, however, is that Monsanto advertises on Facebook and may have had some influence on the matter.
When the “Boycott Target Until They Cease Funding Anti-Gay Politics” group became extremely popular, employees at Facebook didn’t erase the page, but effectively shut it down anyway by putting severe restrictions on it. Not only was the page’s creator unable to edit or update the page, followers of the page could no longer start new discussions or post links and videos. A similar page that called for a boycott on BP was also rendered similarly useless after receiving the same posting constraints.
As civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” Perhaps we’ve been naïve to believe that using a platform created by a corporate entity would help activists to break free from corporate oppression. While moving away from Facebook seems inevitable for some activists, it’ll certainly have some consequences for at least the short term. Because Facebook is so ubiquitous and its members tend to check in multiple times a day, it makes reaching a wide audience fairly simple.
That said, having proven its value in mobilizing people, social media will continue being a pivotal strategy for activists, with or without Facebook. As Facebook continues to align more firmly with sponsors rather than users, you can expect to see more revolutionaries to join alternative internet communities to promote their causes. In the future, sites like [blatant self-promotion alert!] Care2.com [and Films For Action] will be even more crucial in achieving positive social change."
Read full article at www.filmsforaction.org/
Excerpt:
"With little explanation, Facebook has been disabling pages related to activism. In some cases, administrators who set up the pages are no longer able to add updates. In others, the pages are being deleted entirely. Understandably, activists are frustrated when a network of 10,000 like-minded individuals is suddenly erased, leaving no way to reconnect with the group.
Realistically, that’s the downside of relying on a hundred billion dollar company. Facebook is a pro-business enterprise with countless partnerships that undoubtedly pressure the site to limit the types of socializing progressives may engage in, particularly activities that might harm advertisers’ profits.
For example, this year’s March Against Monsanto events have been popular with people across the globe, but not Facebook. An upcoming invitation for a rally in St. Louis, Missouri where Monsanto is headquartered was wiped clean from the social networking site. The administrator of the event received a very unspecific notice that the event “violated Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,” yet it is not clear how the event would have violated any terms. What is clear, however, is that Monsanto advertises on Facebook and may have had some influence on the matter.
When the “Boycott Target Until They Cease Funding Anti-Gay Politics” group became extremely popular, employees at Facebook didn’t erase the page, but effectively shut it down anyway by putting severe restrictions on it. Not only was the page’s creator unable to edit or update the page, followers of the page could no longer start new discussions or post links and videos. A similar page that called for a boycott on BP was also rendered similarly useless after receiving the same posting constraints.
As civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” Perhaps we’ve been naïve to believe that using a platform created by a corporate entity would help activists to break free from corporate oppression. While moving away from Facebook seems inevitable for some activists, it’ll certainly have some consequences for at least the short term. Because Facebook is so ubiquitous and its members tend to check in multiple times a day, it makes reaching a wide audience fairly simple.
That said, having proven its value in mobilizing people, social media will continue being a pivotal strategy for activists, with or without Facebook. As Facebook continues to align more firmly with sponsors rather than users, you can expect to see more revolutionaries to join alternative internet communities to promote their causes. In the future, sites like [blatant self-promotion alert!] Care2.com [and Films For Action] will be even more crucial in achieving positive social change."
Read full article at www.filmsforaction.org/
This article on porn on Facebook went viral overnight
"In the playground, I interviewed a brave group of seven bright boys and girls aged 14-15 to ascertain in more detail what online porn they had witnessed.
One boy calmly recalled watching a scene too graphic to describe in a family newspaper, but which had involved an animal.
'You're watching bestiality?' I asked. 'That's illegal. Where are you getting this stuff from?'
'Facebook,' the boy said. 'It just pops up whether you want it or not, sometimes via advertisements. You don't have any control over it.'
A girl added, 'On Facebook, you just scroll down and it's there. If any of your friends like it, it comes up on your home page.'
Excerpt from "Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most pernicious threat facing children today" By ex-lads' mag editor MARTIN DAUBNEY
www.dailymail.co.uk
One boy calmly recalled watching a scene too graphic to describe in a family newspaper, but which had involved an animal.
'You're watching bestiality?' I asked. 'That's illegal. Where are you getting this stuff from?'
'Facebook,' the boy said. 'It just pops up whether you want it or not, sometimes via advertisements. You don't have any control over it.'
A girl added, 'On Facebook, you just scroll down and it's there. If any of your friends like it, it comes up on your home page.'
Excerpt from "Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most pernicious threat facing children today" By ex-lads' mag editor MARTIN DAUBNEY
www.dailymail.co.uk
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