Microsoft Skydrive Nude Censorship

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Date: 2012

Region: Europe

Subject: Nudity

Medium: Painting, Internet


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Artist: Amedeo Modigliani

Confronting Bodies: Microsoft

Dates of Action: January 8-10, 2012

Location: London, United Kingdom; the Internet

Description of Artwork: Oil painting of female nude

The Incident: UK blogger Michael Ohajuru had his Microsoft SkyDrive storage account frozen because the picture violates Microsoft's Code of Conduct which prohibits images that "depict nudity of any sort.”

Results of Incident: Ohajuru removed the prohibited image from his SkyDrive account, and his account was subsequently re-activated.

Source: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-art-blogger-microsoft-skydrive-confuses-naked-with-nude-freezes-account/