A Danish member of parliament tried to share a photo of
Copenhagen’s iconic Little Mermaid statue on Facebook but received a rejection
notification saying it could not be published because of rules on nudity. The
rejection message shared by MP Mette Gjerskov on Facebook, which has now gone
viral, says, "The image contained too much bare skin or sexual
undertones".
Facebook also added that the rules applied for images which
have ‘artistic or educational’ purpose. However, it later relented and approved
the image.
The social media giant had clarified its stand on nudity and
its community standards in general on March 15, 2015.
"We remove photographs of people displaying genitals or
focusing in on fully exposed buttocks. We also restrict some images of female
breasts if they include the nipple, but we always allow photos of women
actively engaged in breastfeeding or showing breasts with post-mastectomy
scarring. We also allow photographs of paintings, sculptures and other art that
depicts nude figures," it said.
Facebook said that its harsh stand "can sometimes be
more blunt than we would like and restrict content shared for legitimate purposes".
But from time to time it has encountered problems over legitimate posts.
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