COO Sheryl Sandberg has acknowledged that Facebook was wrong to delete posts showing an iconic image of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam war. The admission came in a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Facebook last week repeatedly deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, “The Terror of War,” on grounds that it violated its nudity restrictions. A global firestorm over censorship ensued. The controversy began when Norwegian author Tom Egeland included the image in a post on the history of warfare.
I have two problems with Facebook. One is they insist on gathering as much info on you as they can. But filter what you post because they want control. Is Facebook really a freedom of speech platform? Or do we end up going the direction of a China, or North Korea where big entities with power decide what is correct? It's a slippery slope when a Facebook or Google or even our news media begins to filter information. The filter should be at the end user to decide if they want to view content not from a provider of said content. I understand some content can be disturbing and needs some sort of control. But with verification you should be able to access it. Otherwise we become a nation of censorship decided by one entity who should not have that kind of power.
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Facebook’s Sandberg Expresses Regret Over Deletion of Historic Vietnam War Photo
Posted by: David Jones September 12, 2016 04:08 PMCOO Sheryl Sandberg has acknowledged that Facebook was wrong to delete posts showing an iconic image of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam war. The admission came in a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Facebook last week repeatedly deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, “The Terror of War,” on grounds that it violated its nudity restrictions. A global firestorm over censorship ensued. The controversy began when Norwegian author Tom Egeland included the image in a post on the history of warfare.