"Because of its status as an iconic image of historical importance, the value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community by removal, we have decided to reinstate the image on Facebook where we are aware it has been removed," the company said in a statement. "Facebook is making a serious mistake in censoring pictures like this," Prime Minister Erna Solberg wrote on Friday on her Facebook account. "This is an image that has contributed to universal history, the image of a terrified girl fleeing from war. "Administrators at the social media site deleted the prime minister’s comments.Norwegian daily Aftenposten’s editor-in-chief, Espen Egil Hansen, wrote an open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg saying the newspaper would not delete the image from its page. "First you create rules that don’t distinguish between child pornography and famous war photographs.Then you practice these rules without allowing space for good judgment.Finally you even censor criticism against and a discussion about the decision - and you punish the person who dares to voice criticism," he wrote.- DPA

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 10, 2016 03:56 UTC