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PEN America to Facebook: Stop Taking Money for Bogus Political Ads

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 22, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg, when your platform has the ability to sway entire national elections, it’s time to take a stand.

Posted inNews

Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Artist Subodh Gupta to Be Wiped From Instagram and Google, Delhi High Court Orders

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 1, 2019

The court also ordered that Facebook, which owns Instagram, reveal the owner of Scene and Herd, an anonymous Instagram account responsible for sparking a #MeToo movement in India’s arts community.

Posted inIn Brief

Facebook Settles 8-Year Case With Teacher Who Posted Courbet’s “Origin of the World”

by Hakim Bishara August 6, 2019

After an eight-year legal battle, the company has finally reached an agreement with Frédéric Durand-Baïssas. The social media giant will make an unspecified donation to a French street art association, Durand’s lawyer said.

Posted inArt

How Social Media is Allowing for Illegal Antiquities Trafficking

Avatar photo by Michael Press July 11, 2019July 12, 2019

The Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project has published a critical report on West Asian antiquities trafficking taking place more or less out in the open on Facebook.

Posted inIn Brief

Facebook’s Possible Skyscraper Inaugurates the “Penn15” Club

Avatar photo by Zachary Small June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

New architectural renderings for Facebook’s offices at 15 Penn Plaza have an absurd name, but the real joke is that the company has already committed to leasing another building at One Madison Avenue.

Posted inOpinion

A Woman’s Work is Never Done (Or, Too Often, Is Done and Attributed to a Man)

Avatar photo by Oriane Stender June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

After Spencer Tunick staged an action outside of Facebook’s NYC headquarters to protest social media censorship, many pointed out its similarity to the work of feminist artist Micol Hebron.

Posted inArt

How Social Media Profiles Act as Bizarre Digital Gravestones

by Jake Pitre May 17, 2019November 4, 2019

As more people die but their internet presences linger, we have to find ways to grapple with these documents of who they were.

Posted inIn Brief

The Dead May Outnumber the Living on Facebook in 50 Years

Avatar photo by Zachary Small April 29, 2019May 1, 2019

But what will happen to our personal data when we give up the (digital) ghost? Research from Oxford University suggests a curious change.

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Facebook Censors Art Historian for Posting Nude Art, Then Boots Him from Platform

Avatar photo by Zachary Small November 27, 2018November 27, 2018

Ruben Cordova used his social media profile as an archive of his research, but his photos of the Met Breuer’s Like Life exhibition triggered Facebook’s censors, who then permanently disabled his profile.

A Facebook-safe version of the Venus of Willendorf (illustration by the author for Hyperallergic)
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Facebook Censored a Stone Age Nude Sculpture, Venus of Willendorf [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 28, 2018March 2, 2018

An Italian woman’s post featuring the 30,000-year-old artifact was removed late last year; last month, the museum that houses it called out the social network.

(illustration by the author for Hyperallergic)
Posted inIn Brief

Facebook on Trial in France for Allegedly Censoring Courbet’s “Origin of the World” [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 7, 2018March 19, 2018

Frédéric Durand-Baïssas finally had his day in court with Facebook more than six years after his account was deleted.

Posted inIn Brief

Leaked Document Lays Out Facebook’s Policy on Sex and Nudity in Art

by Jillian Steinhauer May 22, 2017

The Guardian has seen more than 100 internal documents from the social media giant, including one clarifying guidelines on sex and nudity in art.

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