Around 125 demonstrators lay naked in the middle of the street last Sunday with images of male nipples covering their genitalia, in protest against what they perceive as censorship by Facebook.
under the banner #WeTheNipple, co-organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and renowned American artist Spencer Tunick.
A Facebook spokeswoman has subsequently confirmed to CNN that they have"agreed to meet with the National Coalition Against Censorship and other stakeholders." The campaign group said that participants in the meetings will discuss the issue of"nude photographic art," and warned that Facebook's current policy banning nude images is unduly harming artistic expression.
Naked volunteers pose for the US photographer Spencer Tunick in the ice-cold Swiss glacier of Aletsch, the largest in the Alps, as background for an environmental campaign about global warming in 2007.The NCAC also noted that the ban prohibits galleries and museums from promoting exhibitions featuring nudity.
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