Soon Meta will
allow some people to post nude chested photos on their Instagram and Facebookplatforms. Many times, before Facebook, banned nude chested images on its
platforms but now the Oversight Board of Meta has decided to bring some changes
to this strict law. This law was banning women and trans people to post bare
nipple images on social platforms, which is a total violation of human rights
and freedom on the base of different sex.
Though women
protested against this strict law in front of Facebook’s office in 2008 and
several protests were performed by breastfeeding women across the globe. Their
saying was that Facebook’s this law is treating women like pornographers which
is a total injustice.
Now the Oversight
Board advised Meta to change the decision to ban nude chested images of women
and trans people. On this board, there are several members from politics,
journalism, and academics. This group is like the thinking tank of the Meta
which always gives pieces of advice to make decisions. They suggested changing
the law banning nipples to make adult nudity and sexual activity a community
standard, out of respect for international human rights standards.
The board suggests
changes to the rule after acknowledging that 2 trans people had problems with
the law. They are not women, but they were not able to post pictures, this was
a violation of human rights. The couple claimed that they posted 2 pictures on
Instagram in 2021 and 2022 which were deleted by Facebook. The board said that
this rule is not in line with community standards and human rights standards.
These are fundamental issues that Meta should address and fix.
Now after the
recommendation from the board, it is expected that Meta will change its
approach toward nudity on its platform by defining clear criteria for posting
pictures.
In my opinion, the
law that stops women from being women needs to be withdrawn! It's not about
nipples, or although nipples are never just women, because, at the same time
that breastfeeding women were protesting nipple laws, men were showing nipples
or bare chests on posts. This is a subject where humanism should raise its
voice because freedom is a human right, no one can take it away in the name of
gender.
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