An obligatory moment of bad press for Facebook and its censorship team comes to us from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Facebook says it made a mistake in disabling the accounts of an artist who posted images of tattoos that she created for breast cancer survivors following reconstruction. "A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook. This was a mistake, and we sincerely apologize for they error," the social media site said in a message to Kerry Soraci. "We've since restored the content, and you should now be able to see it."
The note came after a story about Soraci's accounts was posted on stltoday.com Thursday afternoon, which launched other media inquiries into why Facebook took the action it did. "It is really annoying that we have to go through the media to get them to respond!" Sorachi told the Post-Dispatch Friday morning.
Facebook had disabled Soarci's page, Tattoos by Kerry Soraci, on Dec. 30, saying it did not meet the social media site's "community standards." "Your account has been disabled for not following the Facebook Community Standards, and we won't be able to reactivate it," Facebook's Steven Parker wrote in a response to Soraci. "We disable accounts that solicit others or feature content that is sexually suggestive/contains nudity."
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Sunday January 22 2017, @03:59AM
What will sleep change? Think I'm drunk or something?
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Sunday January 22 2017, @05:35AM
After Friday's inauguration, why wouldn't one be drunk?
Between all the ranting, there is a completely valid point. Intolerance toward minorities such as race, gender, religion (including atheist) and even intellectual is very likely to increase. Sort of a chemical reaction between those who can't do anything about who is in power, and how who is in power more than condones it.
Walmart is prepping to put the torches and pitchforks on sale...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @05:44AM
Now IS the time to be sober, unless you plan to go down with a sinking ship.
While the unity concept is right, the problem right now is there has been a polarization in America that we are not going to see dissolve in our lifetimes, perhaps ever. this: https://xkcd.com/1127/ [xkcd.com] succinctly points out why. While the exact demographic split has changed over time, it really shows how the bipolar split in America has continued unabated for almost 250 years.
Given the laws being pushed on both the conservative and liberal sides there will not be a 'Constitutionally Protected' American life to be had in the next 16 years if there ever was.
You have nothing to hide, but if you walk around nude, you're going to prison. -- Sums up what is wrong with America today.