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Facebook reinstates Vietnam photo after outcry over censorship
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/10/facebook-reinstates-vietnam-photo-after-outcry-over-censorship.html ^

Posted on 09/10/2016 5:19:48 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Facebook on Friday reinstated a Vietnam War-era photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack, after a public outcry over its removal of the image including harsh criticism from Norway's prime minister.

In a clash between a democratically elected leader and the social media giant over how to patrol the Internet,Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Facebook was editing history by erasing images of the iconic 1972 "Napalm Girl" photograph, which showed children running from a bombed village.

The company initially said the photo violated its Community Standards barring child nudity on the site.

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To: miss marmelstein

Not you. The person you were responding to.


21 posted on 09/10/2016 7:38:37 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

Oh, sorry. Yes, I see.


22 posted on 09/10/2016 7:39:31 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Red in Blue PA

That photo was and is exploitation of the poor child.

It’s been a holy icon of the Marxist Left for decades, venerated as proof of tThe US and Capitalist evil.


23 posted on 09/10/2016 9:08:36 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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