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Flickr Censorship - YouTube

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:41:00 +0000

In June 2007, Flickr started censoring users in Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. For more info see http://www.flickr.com/groups ...

Censorship | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

I was out for a while because Flickr had restricted some of my pictures. I don't post any pornographic subject matter but some of my photos were stopped because of ...

Flickr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:09:00 +0000

Many Flickr users, particularly in Germany, protested against the new restrictions, claiming unwanted censorship from Flickr and Yahoo. Flickr management, unwilling to go ...

Reams of Data in Google's 'Transparency Report' - UPDATE - AVN News (press release)

Sun, 27 May 2012 02:26:35 +0000

Reams of Data in Google's 'Transparency Report' - UPDATE
AVN News (press release)
The reason it fell of the map is likely due to the fallout from a March 2012 episode in which a writer and comedian named Dave Gorman complained publicly, pointedly and rightfully about a takedown notice sent to Flickr by Degban on behalf of ...

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Flickr Censorship - SML Wiki

Sat, 26 May 2012 13:53:00 +0000

In February 2009, Flickr set my account to Restricted status, resulting in a drastic decrease in stream and photo viewership. During this incident, my entire stream ...

The Mining Lobby And Mainstream Media Censorship In Lobbyocracy Australia - CounterCurrents.org

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:37:57 +0000

The Mining Lobby And Mainstream Media Censorship In Lobbyocracy Australia
CounterCurrents.org
By Dr Gideon Polya Censorship violates free communication crucial for democracy. An interesting insight into Mainstream media ownership, media bias and media censorship comes from Murdochracy and Lobbycracy Australia where Big Money buys political ...

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Yahoo = Censorship | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:21:00 +0000

Censorship is never right! - Dshalock® Libertarian Emperor of America; what the heck? - lapietra; Flickr: You are Cowards. CENSORSHIP is EVIL - ---Brad---

The good and the bad of Eurovision, illustrated through infographics - The Guardian (blog)

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:17:46 +0000

The Guardian (blog)

The good and the bad of Eurovision, illustrated through infographics
The Guardian (blog)
The next graphics come from the freedom of expression campaign group, Index on Censorship. The first focuses on democracy and civil liberties in Azerbaijan, highlighting statistics including political prisoner numbers and attacks on foreign journalists ...

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Flickr = censorship | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Flickr is now engaging in outright censorship . The ridiculous over-prudishness of their safe-search settings, which mean that entire photostreams disappear from ...

Flickr: "censorship"

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:56:00 +0000

Explore / Tags / censorship: Slideshow. Sort by: Most recent • Most interesting. censorship clusters. Explore and refine this censorship list with our wonderful ...

L'Eurovision en Azerbaïdjan : flonflons et répression - Atlantico.fr

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:34:49 +0000

L'Eurovision en Azerbaïdjan : flonflons et répression
Atlantico.fr
Crédit Flickr, reproduite sous licence CC BY Depuis lundi soir 21 mai, l'Eurovision s'échauffe. Bakou, en Azerbaïdjan, accueille cette année l'incoulable festival de la chansonnette car il a remporté ce prix l'an dernier avec un duo de chanteurs azéri.

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Nato summit: Obama meets Karzai on Afghanistan; huge protests – live - The Guardian

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:29:51 +0000

The Guardian

Nato summit: Obama meets Karzai on Afghanistan; huge protests – live
The Guardian
Love this @petesouza pic of David Cameron and Angela Merkel watching the Chelsea game with President Obama flickr.com/photos/whiteho… 10.09am: Pakistan has announced that it has blocked Twitter because of a promotion on Twitter of a competition to ...

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Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » Blog Archive » Flickr = Censorship

Sat, 19 May 2012 04:51:00 +0000

[I am CEO of Zooomr] I’m pretty pissed right now. Two days ago I blogged about an incident involving Rebekka Guðleifsdóttira. Rebekka is one of the most popular ...

State-Run Daily Wonders If Facebook Will Enter China - Investor's Business Daily

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:19:14 +0000

State-Run Daily Wonders If Facebook Will Enter China
Investor's Business Daily
Access to Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Foursquare is also blocked by Chinese officials. In July 2010, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a government think tank, charged that the US is using Facebook and other social media to "destabilize" China's ...

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Flickr Censored | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:22:00 +0000

No pictures of space invaders, Paris or Amsterdam today. Flickr is making a very BIG mistake here! Attention to all Pool admins This photo was taken on June 14, 2007

Book Review: “The Street Sweeper” By Elliot Perlman Raises Issue Of Faction ... - CounterCurrents.org

Sat, 12 May 2012 17:29:18 +0000

Book Review: “The Street Sweeper” By Elliot Perlman Raises Issue Of Faction ...
CounterCurrents.org
This Zionist propaganda and call for censorship of anti-Zionist opinion is seen in a different light when you consult “Full transcript of President Ahmadinejad speech at Columbia University” (see: http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6889 ...

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Flickr = Censorship | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Sat, 12 May 2012 01:24:00 +0000

[I'm CEO of Zooomr] Well it is with great disappointment that I found myself yet again a victim of censorship on Flickr. Earlier today while engaging in a debate ...

Combating The Culture Of Fear And Doubt By Reclaiming Fair Use! (Techdirt's ... - Techdirt

Wed, 09 May 2012 22:54:25 +0000

Combating The Culture Of Fear And Doubt By Reclaiming Fair Use! (Techdirt's ...
Techdirt
Gordon faced censorship via the insurers' reluctance to employ fair use. The next film he made, Gordon Quinn was in a far different position. By that time he had participated in the creation of a pioneering document, the Documentary Filmmakers' ...

Facebook: Comment Limitations Are A Spam Filter, Not Censorship - TechCrunch

Sat, 05 May 2012 21:23:31 +0000

TechCrunch

Facebook: Comment Limitations Are A Spam Filter, Not Censorship
TechCrunch
An automated Facebook spam filter gone slightly awry, not purposeful censorship, is to blame for startup enthusiast Robert Scoble and some other commenters getting blocked, according to a company spokesperson. Users attempting to comment on blog posts ...

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World Press Freedom Day: Where We Stand After the Arab Spring - PBS MediaShift

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:35:54 +0000

PBS MediaShift

World Press Freedom Day: Where We Stand After the Arab Spring
PBS MediaShift
Photo by Ars Electronica on Flickr With the Internet, "censorship is harder; there are more sources of information," sociologist Zeynep Tufekci told us. "The barrier to publish has become lower, so there are more people publishing information that may ...

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Nudity and Censorship in America

nobody@flickr.com (magneticart) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:37:06 +0000

magneticart posted a photo:

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Censorship on Flickr?!!?? (31/52)

nobody@flickr.com (- POD -) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:43:54 +0000

- POD - posted a photo:

Follow my Year Long Project Here!!!

It seems that the flickr universe is flustered with the recent censorship of several popular members.

To be honest I'm not sure I feel strongly one way or the other. On the one had I feel strongly for the right to personal self-expression. However, on the other hand, Flickr does have (albeit an ambiguous one) a terms of use agreement. Either way, it's not enough to put me off my breakfast. =)

I'd like to hear what others think!!

As always, comments and feedback are greatly appreciated.

PS - This photo is probably the one mostly likely to get me flagged by someone. That would be pretty ironic.

I'm off to shoot the dragon boat races today, I'll be back later this weekend to check out all your great work!

Lighting info:
- ab400 camera left on full with shoot through umbrella
- ab800 camera right @ 1/2 with silver reflective umbrella
- 430 exII @ 1/2 on the chair I'm sitting on
- Triggered with cybersyncs

The Most Important Part of a Childs Life

nobody@flickr.com (firoze shakir photographerno1) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:41:58 +0000

firoze shakir photographerno1 posted a photo:

129,850 items / 954,151 views

We all shoot pictures , as we see them first with our eyes and than magnified through our camera vision.

I shot this fast because Tom and Jerry are the two best friends of my grand daughter Marziya, she is a child hooked on Cartoon Network and You Tube..

You Tube is her instruction manual for life as poetry.. she will wait for me to play her favorite nursery rhymes.

At 2 and a half years she tells me Grand Pa put YouTube..

Her favorite nowadays is the Clinic commercial Chulbuli.

So I shot this child and added text to a vacuous moment of a street scene.

I shot a moment as I saw it and they are million moments vying for attention and I have selectively as a poet shot a few and bought it at your door step.

Street Photography is what keeps my camera alive not allowing it to rust , I am sorry I cant shoot what you shoot I dont have your vision.

Last evening near my workplace I saw a man asleep , I dont know if he was a drunk, or drugged but I kept shooting several frames as people touched him with their shoes and walked by.. I was shooting Humanity one that was asleep the other awake.

People wondered why I was shooting this but such is life , through the camera lens you see truth as it exists raw bare and vulnerable.

So street photography is shooting realism, shooting bare necessities of life on the mean streets of your town or city.

For me this is poetry shooting man on the street.

I have come across men drunk naked on the street but did not shoot them , knowing well that Flickr where I post all my stuff with its robotic inhuman censorious mind would label it porn..and I dont want to shadow box with the Devils advocate Terence.

So I shoot simple pictures simple situations I enjoy aesthetic nudes women and they inspire me no less .

My heart goes out to Kelly Rae who is a great photographer , intuitive cultured , and I dont know why she wants to delete her Flickr account , I have requested her not too.

I hate any good photographer leaving Flickr or Facebook..

Good photographers are good ambassadors of a web site and add to its popularity..but free membership on Flickr and a Nelsons eye to pornographers has made my life miserable on Flickr too..

People who dont read my Flickr profile and add me as one side contacts with the dirtiest and filthiest pictures on their photo stream and among their favorites , I have nothing against what you like or what you shoot but dont make me swallow what I dont like.

I have blocked over 375 people at Flickr for this particular reason.

I think Flickr management should take this issue seriously it is a malady that touches everyone instead of going after creative photographers with a biased attitude.

And I promote both Flickr and Facebook..

With 14250 links on Facebook about 80% are Flickr links.

Yes I pimp my Flickr blogs at Facebook and Twitter too.

I know a lot of good people have joined Flickr because of me.

Censorship is no joke

nobody@flickr.com (just wally) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:56:35 +0000

just wally posted a photo:

www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/21/flickr-v-free-speech-where-...

and, finally, here...
www.flickr.com/photos/khateeb88/

Heads up people

nobody@flickr.com (johan m b) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:37:43 +0000

johan m b posted a photo:

one of my contacts got this e-mail this morning from Flickr: this is the 3rd one I know of who has had a problem, with photos they have taken of people in the street

Hello,

"There's still alot of voyeur content in your photostream that needs to be deleted.
At present, it's very likely that we will need to deactivate your Flickr account.

-Terrence"

Liliana Montoya High Swin Wear 2006 - 2011 / Retoque, Maquillaje y Composición Digital / Photoshop

nobody@flickr.com (Juan Camilo Bedoya Vargas) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:41:24 +0000

Juan Camilo Bedoya Vargas posted a photo:

2008 High Swimwear Liliana Montoya.

Revelado y Retoque Digital: Juan Camilo Bedoya Vargas
Maquillaje Digital: Camilo Bedoya
Producción: Liliana Montoya

Trabajo Profesional
Realizado en el Año 2008

6.000 Visitas hasta ahora!! Muchas gracias, y Gracias por sus comentarios!! (Abril de 2012)

Nueva censura para Flickr... aunque ella tiene traje de baño... así es..

Dont Comment

nobody@flickr.com (Cid Miranda) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:00:51 +0000

Cid Miranda posted a photo:

#756

flickr gives it to me again

nobody@flickr.com (violet.blue) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:48:35 +0000

violet.blue posted a photo:

thanks to the trolls that haunt and "report" me on any website they can.

www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2007/12/flickr_censors_m...

www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2007/12/oh_flickr_no.html

I'm fine to make my photostream "moderate" if they'd just tell me what I did wrong and let me make my ordinary photos "safe". right now, only outsiders see photos of me *in my panties*. Flickr also needs to face the fact that I'm going to be reported no matter what I do. not because I'm willfully being "bad" or don't understand their (admittedly vague and confusing) TOU -- in fact, I'm extra careful and restrictive because I *want* to keep my account. no, I'll consistently be reported because I'm a woman, and a sex writer with a hateful neocon following that attack me in the SF Gate comments constantly (and formerly on my now-locked Wikpedia page), and this year I've collected two (known) troll/stalkers who make a regular habit of attacking me online.

guidance and care would be nice, not punitive measures.

flickr gives it to me again

nobody@flickr.com (violet.blue) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:48:32 +0000

violet.blue posted a photo:

thanks to the trolls that haunt and "report" me on any website they can.

www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2007/12/flickr_censors_m...

www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2007/12/oh_flickr_no.html

flickr gives it to me again

nobody@flickr.com (violet.blue) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:48:29 +0000

violet.blue posted a photo:

thanks to the trolls that haunt and "report" me on any website they can.

www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2007/12/flickr_censors_m...

www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2007/12/oh_flickr_no.html

Another satisfied Flickr customer

nobody@flickr.com (The Partnership of Huge Things) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:00:21 +0000

The Partnership of Huge Things posted a photo:

In solidarity with our German comrades -- The Partnership of Huge Things

Adios Flickr!

nobody@flickr.com (Christopher W. Moriarty) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:09:38 +0000

Christopher W. Moriarty posted a photo:

My pro account on Flickr expires on October 11th. I don't think I'll be renewing for reasons such as cost and the recent censorship that's been going on. I think I'm going to roll-my-own solution. Keep track of me and my work at siokaos.org

Serious Nuns

nobody@flickr.com (Velovotee) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:33:50 +0000

Velovotee posted a photo:

Flickr Think Flickr Think

nobody@flickr.com (firoze shakir photographerno1) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:47:39 +0000

firoze shakir photographerno1 posted a photo:

photo courtesy
www.oknation.net/blog/home/blog_data/458/458/images/Censo...

flickr think flickr think
for god sake wake up
from your rip van winkle like sleep
into a morass of just
making money
cybernetic power don’t sink
between a creative artist
and your administration
reforms
create a two hand clapping link
don’t cause a ruckus of a stink
now don’t look the other way
nelsons eye at you tube
orkut facebook like don’t wink
me and others like me think
more than money
it is the soul and the heart
the heartbeat of a photographer
here the soundless pain
in a clink

What I am today as a photographer and photo blogger I owe to El Gekko ,
A white man who never ever made me feel brown or black , a great difference there is among photographers and poets who carry hate ..Wordsmiths of hate .

This poem is my solidarity with a human being with a heart of gold.

Message from the finest photographer at Flickr El Gekko
Lost in a hudge playground!
That's me in the Web... ;)

My dear friends... I'll stay around, even if not as often as before.
The thing is that Flickr is just using our work to promote itself, to gain more power, and then, more money, with our work, and now that I understood that, I'm not interested much.

A board that is administrated by some lines of code, lines of code that will -then- decide that this image, or this one, or this other again, is good enough to be put in front page...

A board that uses censorship if some pubic hair is shown...

A board like that as no appeal to me, anymore.

There are many other boards around, that have a much better, and nicer, and respectfull approach toward "artists".

What has some appeal to me, though, are people like you, that I met around, shared with, laughed with.
This is why I'll keep an eye around, and post, once in a while, an image here, a comment there, a wink over here!

But I have the intention to regain full power on what I want to show, and that will be through my own website. I don't need no robot to tell me what to show, what to promote, what to do with *MY* work.

Thanks very much for your encouragements, you all around that found some interest into my work, for a year now.
I found a lot of inspiration into your various work(s), inspiration that led me toward new creative pathes and imaginative use of imagery. This I don't want to lose.
This I wanted to thank you for, too.

www.flickr.com/photos/elgeko/1277158352/