The Observer also decided, after review, that the company should reinstate two previously deleted posts on the page of a transgender non-binary couple who posted photos to discuss the effects of breast reduction surgery. Facebook moderators blocked the pictures.

an era has passed

Facebook has always been known for its extreme intolerance to nude body images. While the rules don’t prohibit such situations, the company has repeatedly fallen into scandals when it even removed photos of paintings in which artists depict people naked. After years of protests and calls from activists, Meta’s supervisory board is calling for a review of the company’s rules that ban images of topless women, not men.

Consisting of academics, politicians and journalists and advising the company on content moderation policy, the supervisory board, with a decision dated January 17, said, He recommended that Meta amend community standards on nudity to be “guided by clear criteria that respect international human rights standards” without gender-based discrimination.. The Commission finds that today’s “policy is based on a binary view of gender and differences between male and female bodies”, making the rules for exposing nipples “ambiguous” when it comes to intersex, non-binary and transgender users. Also, the exceptions to the bare-chested rules are too “broad and confusing”. The rules create confusion for users and moderators when it comes to removing or leaving meme images.

The company often listens to the advice of the supervisory board, contrary to the demands of activists. Since 2013, the #FreetheNipple movement (#SvoboduSoskam) has grown in popularity around the world, calling for changes to the rules for moderating “naked” content. The campaign was supported by numerous stars: Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Lena Dunham, Florence Pugh, Naomi Campbell and others. However, Meta ignored them.