michaelzimmer: A central question in this whole debacle is, who at Facebook is deciding what is “sexually suggestive”?  Two grown men in each others arms, one wearing a banana suit (the other Mark Zuckerberg)? You decide. Reblogged because it’s not a Tumblr until someone’s getting a hug and wearing a banana suit. Also, because this is an important question to ask about this matter. 1 year ago / 21 notes
michaelzimmer: From Zuckerberg’s Facebook photos (you need to be logged in to view). Glad that a hug from Katy Perry’s ass is less offensive than two male actors kissing. (More here, here, and here) Fascinating. 1 year ago / 3 notes
thedailywhat: Another Follow Up of the Day: A Facebook rep released a statement yesterday concerning its controversial removal of an EastEnders screencap of two men kissing from a post about a gay kiss-in protest in London, saying the photo doesn’t violate any policies “and was removed in error.” A likely story. Meanwhile, over on Boing Boing, Dangerous Minds’ Richard Metzger talks about how he, a married, middle-aged man, became an accidental spokesperson for gay rights overnight. [advocate.] Thanks, Daily What! Queerbook also enjoys healthy suspicion. So let’s work together to keep large organizations like Facebook honest. Until we establish a pattern of discrimination (purposeful or not), Facebook can continue to claim that incidents like this are accidental. Send Queerbook your photos and stories. Let’s document it! 1 year ago / 127 notes
This experiment disguised as a Tumblr was inspired by a post on the blog Dangerous Minds. The author, Richard Metzger, posted the above photograph to his Facebook page only to have it removed. Facebook contacted him to inform him that it had been removed because it violated Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, in that it contained “nudity, or any kind of graphic or sexually suggestive content.” Given that the two men in the photo are both fully clothed and are merely kissing, Queerbook finds this choice on Facebook’s part disappointing. It’s particularly troubling, as Facebook tells us that it individually reviews all reported photos before removing them. The choice to remove this photo seems to run contrary to Facebook’s generally positive attitude toward the LGBT community. Here’s what Queerbook is for - if you have had a photo with LGBTQ content reported and removed from Facebook that contained no nudity and no graphic or sexually suggestive content, we’d like to see it. Like the women of “Hey, Facebook, Breastfeeding Is Not Obscene!” we’d like to establish a pattern and maybe see if we can determine how, when, and why Facebook is removing photographs of queer people kissing, touching, crossdressing, etc. Please use the contact information at the bottom of the page to submit your photos and stories. 1 year ago / 11 notes
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