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Facebook Backs Down From “Napalm Girl” Censorship and Reinstates Photo

Home › Forums › Computing in the News › Facebook Backs Down From “Napalm Girl” Censorship and Reinstates Photo

Tagged: 7.1.1 Interaction and cognition, 7.1.1C Social media, 7.3.1 Benefits and harm, 7.3.1A Law and ethics, 7.3.1E Censorship, 7.4.1 Real-world contexts

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    • September 19, 2016 at 4:50 am #1980
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      The Guardian, 9/9/2016

      Facebook recently blocked a news article that reprinted a Vietnam War photo of a naked girl running from a napalm attack. The photo was flagged by an algorithm designed to identify photos containing nudity. Facebook keeps changing how much it uses humans vs. algorithms to control news feeds; trouble ensues either way. The issue raises questions about whether Facebook acts — or should act — as a media company with editorial responsibility or as a neutral distributor.

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