Supervisory Board of Meta*, whichowns the social networks Facebook* and Instagram*, recommended that the company change the community's standards for nudity and sexual activity to meet "clear criteria consistent with international human rights standards."
The Supervisory Board considered two casesremoval by an automated content moderation system and company employees of posts containing images of breasts with closed nipples. While in these specific cases, Meta* acknowledged the error and restored the publications, the Supervisory Board's decision notes that they reveal a more significant problem.
Complicated company policy related toThe regulation of adult nudity and the display of sexual activity results in users being unable to understand the rules. For example, the company's standards contain a large number of exceptions regarding female nipples, which confuse both users and moderators.
Supervisory Board recommended Meta*определить четкие и объективные критерии для модерации. Новая политика должна соответствовать международным стандартами в области прав человека и исключить дискриминацию по половому признаку или другим основаниям.
Social network users throughoutSocial networks' policies regarding nudity have long been criticized. For example, back in 2012, the feminist movement Topfreedom launched the Free the Nipple campaign, which spread to social networks. It was intended to demonstrate the discriminatory nature of the generally accepted rule, which allowed men to appear topless in public places, but considered similar behavior by women indecent.
* Meta Platforms Inc. recognized as extremist in Russia. The activity of the company and its social networks Facebook and Instagram is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation
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