Hablar de desnudos en Facebook o Instagram es hablar de fotos que "insinúan pero no enseñan" o de pezones femeninos pixelados/tapados. El motivo es sencillo: Facebook y, por ende, Instagram, tienen una cruzada con el contenido "no apto para todos los públicos", y ese contenido incluye, además de la violencia explícita, el discurso del odio y las imágenes sensacionalistas, los desnudos. Sí, Facebook censura los desnudos, aunque no todos. Hoy vas a conocer qué dicen Facebook e Instagram sobre las fotos sin ropa.

First of all it is important to understand the Facebook context.The Zuckerberg network has billions of users of all colors, flavors and sizes.Managing such a large community is extremely complicated, because what can offend one may not offend thousands, but what do you prioritize?A one or thousands?It is the tram dilemma, only applied to social networks.Facebook does not eat your head, and censors what you consider explicit content without remorse.

Another factor is the age of users.Facebook establishes that you have to be 14 years or older to have an account in its social network, although it varies depending on the country and its legislation-in the case of Spain is 14--.This launches another issue to the debate, why is a child if ready to be connected to the Internet and expose their privacy and not to see nudes?Just Facebook knows.Anyway, the community norms are what are, and we accept them when we open an account-like more or less--.

What nudes are censored on Facebook?

Taking into account the above, what content is censored or eliminated on Facebook?According to its own community norms, which you can consult in this link, the following is eliminated:

Continuing with the guides, from Facebook they also establish a series of exceptions, of contexts in which a nude can be published.These caveats are the following:

What is censored on Instagram?

Instagram, being a social network owned by Facebook, shares most of its community norms.In fact, these are almost a copy-pen of the originals.As on Facebook, the "censorship" "applies to photos, videos and certain digital content that show sexual, genital acts, first planes of buttocks totally exposed [...] and to some female nipples photos ".However, "photos of mastectomies and breastfeeding scars are allowed.They are also accepted naked in pictures of paintings and sculptures ".

An interesting point is that on Instagram explicitly expresses itself that, "for security reasons, it is possible that on certain occasions we withdraw images that show children totally or partially naked" since "although this content is shared with good intention, other peopleThey could use it unexpectedly ".We have already talked about uploading photos of children to social networks, but it is peculiar that on Instagram they express it so bluntly and on Facebook no.

As you can see, the norms are not exempt from interpretation and controversy.This has generated movements such as #Freethenipple (releases the nipple), through which women claim that, in the same way that male nipples are not censored, female should not be censored.After all, their sexualization is something social and not human.What is the difference between the naked torso of a man and a woman on the beach, if neither has sexual ends?There each with their thoughts.

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