As Facebook cracks down on hate speech, it's also re-evaluating another policy: Nipples.
The first time Savannah Spirit remembers Facebook censoring her work takes her back to 2011.
In the coming years, Spirit, like many other artists, would move to Instagram, where her edgier art — usually with some form of nudity — would often run afoul of the company’s policies and be removed. Complaints and protests from artists and arts organizations in real life and on social media, including at least“I started to decide that it just comes with the territory,” Spirit said of Facebook’s bans.
The artists’ action speaks to just how important the platforms, especially Instagram, have become to the arts now that Tumblr — once a haven for artists —“Instagram has been so important for artists, especially those who don’t necessarily have a regular venue for their work,” said Svetlana Mintcheva, director of programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship , an alliance of more than 50 nonprofits.
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