Instagram does not allow nudity among its photos because of Apple
Regular users of the photography social network Instagram will have noticed the short survival of the photographs and videos with nudes or content pornographic And it is that Instagram is extremely strict when it comes to nudity, especially feminine, which has managed to create a whole movement in favor of it, with the support of artists like Miley Cyrus or Rihanna, who don't seem to mind showing meat on the networks social.Especially if it is done to defend equal rights between men and women when expressing themselves. Now, the head of Instagram casts values off and directly blames the policies of Apple of its own restriction on these contents.
The statements have come from Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom , who tried to clarify her position on the freethenipple movement that many artists have led to this social network Thus, it is surprising that he directly accuses Apple's application publication policies in its store App Store, affirming that if were to give permission to this type of content, the app would receive a ratingation of plus 18+ in its age recommendations, possibly losing the young audience that uses Instagram. And it is that, currently, its age recommendation is 12+.
In this way, it continues to hide behind the fact that Instagram allows certain photographs with female nudes, as long as they are based on artistic lines and contexts It also offers the possibility of publishing female breasts after a mastectomy operation, and other special situations such as the breastfeeding But not the possibility of showing a naked female torso on the beach, for example, as a man could. Issues that have been unleashing the controversy of sexism on this social network for some time, and that has given strength to the aforementioned movement freethenipple
The most curious thing of all is that, if the words of Systrom are true, there are other social networks with true pornographic content that is open to users of fourfour years or more in the App StoreWe are talking about Twitter, where there is no type of censorship when it comes to sharing content, be it artistic photographs or real porn videos Even so, this app has a recommendation of age 4+, reaching any user in iOS, without having to face these claims by women seeking the same freedom of expression as men regarding their bodies
With this, the words of Systrom fail to ward off criticism. And it is that, although his social network is based on respect and on being a “safe place where users can find inspiration and express themselves”, it seems that it is not the same if you are a man or a woman Some statements that are based on the stability of your businesstargeting younger users, but that falls far short of really clarifying what is artsy and what isn't for Instagram , in addition to continuing to apply censorship to women's bodies and not men's.
