Facebook Censors Andrea Lalama

Artist: Andrea Lalama

Year: 2013

Date of Action: May 2013

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Youth

Medium: Internet "Internet" is not in the list (Commercial Advertising, Dance, Design, Installation, Journalism, Literature, Mixed Media, Music, Online, Painting, ...) of allowed values for the "Has medium" property., Photography, Public Speech

Confronting Bodies: Facebook

Description of Artwork: Photograph of two children holding hand drawn signs in opposition to Monsanto.

The Incident: Facebook banned Andrea Lalama from posting any content for about two weeks after determining that her photograph of children demonstrating against Monsanto was unacceptable to be posted on Facebook.

Results of Incident: Not provided yet.

Source:
• http://now.msn.com/facebook-censors-monsanto-protest-photos-of-children-with-anti-gmo-signs