Historically important Vietnam war photo of children escaping US napalm bombing deleted over nudity concern

Stockholm (dpa) – Facebook was under fire Friday for deleting a famous Vietnam War-era photo of a young girl running naked down a road after a napalm bombing because it violates its nudity policy. The photo was removed from the page used by Norway’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten, on Thursday and later from Norwegian Prime Minister Erna…

Facebook is facing public backlash for censoring a famous Vietnam War photo of a Napalm victim. After the social media outlet removed the photo from Facebook, Norway’s largest newspaper Aftenposten accused CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg of abusing his power, according to CNBC. Facebook sent the Norwegian newspaper a notice after one of its journalists posted…

Norway’s prime minister joined a campaign by a Norwegian newspaper on Friday accusing Facebook of undue censorship byan iconic Vietnam War era photograph showing a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack. The social media giant erased the photograph, showing children running from a bombed village, from the Facebook pages of several Norwegian authors and media outlets,…