Social media censorship and body-shaming must stop!
In a blog post published today, INF-FNI president Stéphane Deschênes strongly condemned censorship of innocent naturist images by social media, while salacious near-pornographic images are permitted because they are considered “art”. And recent days have seen a renewed assault by social media algorithms on naturist content – including the banning of the French naturist federation’s Facebook chat.
Speaking from Paris on International Human Rights Day, Stéphane Deschênes deplored this sudden change in approach. It has caused considerable concern within the naturist community, as many posts promoting body positivity and non-sexual nudity have been removed, he said.
Stéphane added that the new social media algorithm “appears to lack the nuance needed to differentiate between explicit content and naturist expressions, leading to widespread frustration.”
“Meta needs to make an exception for naturism similar to its exception for artistic nudity. Just as artistic nudity is allowed to foster creativity and cultural expression, naturism should be given the same consideration to promote body acceptance, inclusivity, and diversity in the digital public square.”
“Unfortunately, the ‘community standards’ enforced by these platforms are increasingly stifling free speech. This is particularly true with regards to the suppression of naturist content, often due to a lack of nuance in distinguishing between sexual and benign nudity, which highlights the broader issue of how social media censorship can inadvertently limit free speech, prevent the development of new ideas, as well as hinder the growth and visibility of certain movements.”
He ended with a call to social media to stop blaming the victims and to stop body-shaming.
Read the full protest here:
Very true! Naturists do not have a social media platform to be themselves due to content restriction algorithms. Only one who is very open to accept naturism (including various adult and porn contents) in social media is X (Twitter) and they do not ban your account for nudity. I feel all naturists and naturist associations, resorts etc should make their presence strong in X and build an ecosystem there. Bluesky is one more platform, but with very limited reach now. X is presently world’s number 1 social media & microblogging platform.