Brazil to sue Facebook for blocking photo of indigenous woman from 1909
The Brazilian Ministry of Culture has announced plans to file a lawsuit against Facebook for blocking a photograph made back in 1909 showing an Indian with her breasts exposed.
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The Ministry said on Friday that Facebook is promoting censorship in the Internet trying to illegally and arbitrarily impose their standards in Brazil and other countries, thus disrespecting their rights to national self-determination.
The move also violated numerous laws, such as the Constitution of Brazil and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity and Cultural Expressions, the ministry said.
“The Ministry of Culture will take appropriate legal action against the practice of censorship and the attack on freedom of expression,” it said as quoted by O Globo newspap
The picture was placed on web as part of a post dedicated
