Facebook has decided to allow users to share an iconic Vietnam war photo featuring a naked girl after CEO Mark Zuckerberg was accused of abusing his power when the social media company censored the image. Egeland’s post discussed “seven photographs that changed the history of warfare” – a group to which the “napalm girl” image certainly belongs. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Editor-in-chief Espen Egil Hansen with the edition of Aftenposten featuring the photo and an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of abusing power. In firing human editors, Facebook has lost the fight against fake news Read moreWhen Egeland complained about the censorship, the company suspended his Facebook account. Others including Hansen have suggested a possible way forward, which would see Facebook differentiating its rules on content according to region.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2016 17:45 UTC