Facebook’s has been accused of “discriminatory and racist” behaviour after it deleted historical photos from a group that publishes archival photos of men and women from Papua New Guinea. The group encourages users to post any historical photos with whatever background information that can be provided, with many publishing detailed breakdowns of photos from a wide range of contexts. But users have been complaining of feeling censored, accusing Facebook of deleting some of the photos and banning some users from posting. The attitude is just incredible.”A spokesperson for Facebook said that images had been removed in “error” and were being restored. “I’ve been blocked on three occasions for posting photos that are legitimate from historical documents, and are found in museums, libraries and collections around the world,” he said.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2021 17:26 UTC