'Facebook bans 'offensive' Swedish breast cancer awareness video'
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/20/facebook-bans-swedish-breast-cancer-awareness-video-for-being-offensive
Facebook have been slated by The Guardian for banning a video that focused on breast cancer awareness
- Cancerfonden said, “We find it incomprehensible and strange how one can perceive medical information as offensive"
- Facebook took down the video believing that the video portrays images and themes that would be uncomfortable for a facebook audience
This story showcases social networks such as Facebook utilise censorship in the wrong way. The breast cancer awareness charity is sending out useful information to women regarding this illness. however some of the images where seen to be 'incomprehensible and strange how one can perceive medical information as offensive" by Facebook
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