Free the Nipple: Facebook and Instagram Asked to Overhaul Ban on Bare Breasts
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InternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Oversight Board of Meta* told the tech giant that its Facebook* and Instagram* services should clarify their rules on images of bare female breasts because they were “confusing,” particularly for transgender and non-binary users.
"The restrictions and exceptions to the rules on female nipples are extensive and confusing, particularly as they apply to transgender and non-binary people," the panel of independent experts advising the US company said in a conclusion.
The board overturned Meta’s decision to remove nipple-baring photos of a trans and non-binary couple who were fundraising on Instagram for gender-affirming top surgery for one of them. The board argued that Meta’s policy, which bans pictures of women’s nipples but not of men’s, was discriminatory because it was based on a “binary view of gender and a distinction between male and female bodies.” Meta has been told to define “clear, objective, rights-respecting criteria… so that all people are treated in a manner consistent with international human rights standards, without discrimination on the basis of sex or gender.”*Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is banned as an extremist organization in Russia.
