Elisa Barbari, a local writer from Bologna, Italy, where the iconic statue stands, attempted to use the image to advertise her Facebook page: “Stories, curiosities and views of Bologna.”
“I wanted to promote my page but it seems that for Facebook the statue is a sexually explicit image that shows off too much flesh,” claimed Barbari , whose advert was denied by Facebook. “Really, Neptune? This is crazy!”
“Back in the 1950s, during celebrations for school children graduating, they used to cover up Neptune,” she continued . “Maybe Facebook would prefer the statue to be dressed again… How can a work of art, our very own statue of Neptune, be the object of censorship?”
In their statement, Facebook cited the social network’s rules against “nude bodies” as the reason why the image was censored, adding that there were no exceptions for “artistic or educational reasons.”
“The use of the image was not approved because it violates Facebook’s guide lines on advertising,” declared Facebook . “It presents an image with content that is explicitly sexual and which shows to an excessive degree the body, concentrating unnecessarily on body parts.”
“The use of images or video of nude bodies or plunging necklines is not allowed, even if the use is for artistic or educational reasons,” they concluded.
In September, Facebook came under criticism after they censored an iconic image from the Vietnam war, portraying a naked crying girl during a napalm attack .
The censorship of the image led to sanctions by the company against Norwegian author Tom Egeland, the editor of Norway’s largest newspaper Epsen Egil Hansen, and even the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who eventually received an apology from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Afterposten editor Epsen Egil Hansen criticized Facebook’s move , proclaiming that he thought the company were “abusing” their power, while Prime Minister Erna Solberg claimed that “What they do in removing such pictures, whatever their reasons, is to edit our common history.”
The social network has also taken a firm stance against harmless comedy meme pages, deleting and then reinstating the popular anti-SJW page “Meninist,” removing anti-Hillary Clinton comedy pages , and even sanctioning page admins for uploading pictures of the rapper Drake morphed into a Nintendo 64 controller , forcing Facebook’s top content creators to start numerous revolts against the social network .
However, Facebook have repeatedly refused to deal with real violations of their policy, including a picture that portrayed a robed man beheading a police officer that was posted by a Black Panther page , and numerous pages threatening or calling for the execution of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump .
Social media entrepreneur and WTF Magazine owner Jason M. Fyk , who is a part of the #PowerToThePages Facebook censorship awareness group , told Breitbart Tech that Facebook’s purge of pages meant that he had to let go of his former employees and rethink his business steps after they reduced his traffic substantially. He was even sanctioned by the site for posting a picture of Family Guy cartoon star Peter Griffin dancing while holding his digital man-boobs.
“Facebook literally saved my life. I wouldn’t be where I am right now in life and for that I thank Mark Zuckerberg directly, but don’t take away freedom of thought and expression,” said Fyk to Breitbart Tech. “Facebook has become something far more than just a business. People’s lives are effected by it. It supports single parents and gives some people outlets to express who they are. You’re hurting family’s both those that post and those that view our content. Please reconsider your stance on content because Facebook is important to all of us.”
Charlie Nash is a reporter for Breitbart Tech. You can follow him on Twitter @MrNashington or like his page at Facebook.

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A co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival has died.
Bill Marshall’s family has issued a written statement saying he died in Toronto of a cardiac arrest on New Year’s Day. He was 77.
Marshall founded festival in 1976 with two colleagues, and served as the organization’s director in its first three years, according to the current director and CEO.
Piers Handling says Marshall helped build the festival into one of « the most influential public cultural festivals today.  » It is North America’s largest film festival.
Marshall’s family said in its statement that he was a visionary in the Canadian film industry, and was also deeply involved in Toronto’s political landscape, serving as a campaign manager and chief of staff for three of the city’s past mayors.

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ST. LOUIS — Corey Crawford said the ice was “pretty bad.” Niklas Hjalmarsson said it was better than the indoor ice at Carolina’s PNC Arena. Trevor van Riemsdyk said none of it mattered.
“Both teams are playing in the same elements,” van Riemsdyk said following the Blackhawks’ 4-1 loss in a rainy Winter Classic at Busch Stadium. “It’s not like it was just raining on our end, or just raining on them. You can notice it when it rains, obviously the ice feels a little different. But it’s nothing that affected us too much, I don’t think.”
Five hours before the scheduled noon puck drop, the NHL announced that it was sticking with that original start time. But the league also laid out a whole bunch of bizarre scenarios. The game had to go two full periods to be deemed official, otherwise they would try again on Tuesday. If it couldn’t be played by Tuesday night, it would be rescheduled indoors at Scottrade Center at a later date. And in a fascinating possibility, if the game was official, but unfinished, and tied, each team would have earned one point, and a pregame shootout at the United Center on Feb. 26 would have decided the extra point.
But the game went off on time, and without a hitch. Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo said the rain was a bit of a factor early, with little puddles affecting play, but that it let up in the second period and everything froze over.
“I don’t think anyone’s really complaining about the conditions too much,” Patrick Kane said. “The ice was fine.”
Said Blues coach Ken Hitchcock: “It was way better than anybody thought. And I think the ice felt heavy, so the shifts were short. You were looking at 25, 30 second shifts. That fits us, too.”
“He’s been probably our best player so far this year, and [Scott Darling], too,” Niklas Hjalmarsson said. “We’re spoiled with having great goaltending. It makes it extra tough sometimes, when you feel like maybe you don’t have his back sometimes, when he had your back.”
“I went there and the guy suggested a sombrero, and I told the guy, ‘I’m round enough as it is,’” Hitchcock said. “Wo we settled on a navy fedora and the Stetson style.”
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In 2016, “Deadpool” triggered profound admiration from Marvel fans and secured a milestone as the highest-grossing X-Men movie.
Well, the blockbuster motion picture bagged another “award.” The film starring Ryan Reynolds earned the tag as the most illegally downloaded flick in 2016, according to data compiled by TorrentFreak. Millions of internet users downloaded “Deadpool” in February, and in the succeeding months, thousands continued to stream the film from pirated sites.
Other box-office hits that made the list included “Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Captain America: Civil War.” International top-grossing films “Suicide Squad,” “X-Men: Apocalypse” and “Finding Dory” also made it to the top 10.
After a terse stint in the 2009 action flick “X-Men: Origins,” Deadpool, who is also known as “Merc with a Mouth” because he is talkative, landed his very own title role in February 2016. It was the seventh-highest-grossing film in 2016 with $783 million (P38 billion) in global revenues.
Due to its cinema glory, a “Deadpool 2″ is up in the works with Reynolds reprising the badmouthed antihero. The film’s production is slated for summer of this year, and its first theatrical screening is scheduled on March 2, 2018. Gianna Francesca Catolico
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