In Facebook deleted a photo of the famous “Horror of war” from the page of the Prime Minister of Norway.
The administration of Facebook removed the page of the Prime Minister of Norway Erna, Solberg famous photograph “the Terror of war and accompanying text.
Previously, Facebook removed a few messages journalists the largest Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, where he also placed referred to the times of the Vietnam war, supposedly due to the fact that it depicts a fully Nude nine year old girl.
In response to such actions by the chief editor Espen Egil Hansen wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg about censorship. The text of the letter published Meduza.
“Email with a request to remove this image came to our office from the mission of Facebook in Hamburg on Wednesday (September 7 – Ed.) in the morning. However, less than 24 hours after the letter was sent, and before I had time to answer it, Facebook automatically deleted the link to the article and photo from the page Aftenposten in your network,” said the editor.
“I have no illusions about the fact that you read this letter. But I still decided to address it to you because I’m upset, disappointed, let alone that there even scared the way you do with the principles of our democratic society,” he said.
Hansen reminded Zuckerberg that the social network removed a photo that changed the history of war.
“Look, mark, this is serious. First, rules that you created are not able to distinguish between child pornography and the famous military chronicle. Second, you don’t give people the benefit of the doubt. And finally, you do not accept the critical remarks of its rules and any discussions about your decision, and punish the man who dared to Express this criticism,” – said the chief editor.
