Facebook bans 'offensive' Swedish breast cancer awareness video Read moreThe Swedish Cancer Society has come up with a new strategy to evade Facebook’s censorship of female anatomy: make round breasts square. The not-for-profit organization’s breast cancer awareness video, featuring animated images and information on how to conduct breast exams, was taken down by Facebook this week. But you must also understand that one of our main tasks is to disseminate important information about cancer – in this case breast cancer. The breast cancer video was an advertisement, however, and was governed by a separate set of policies. Facebook’s global dominance over the dissemination of news and information has placed it at the center of frequent censorship rows.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2016 19:39 UTC