Content Moderation Case Study: Facebook Removes A Picture Of A Famous Danish Mermaid Statue (2016)
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210326/15540546499/content-moderation-case-study-facebook-removes-picture-famous-danish-mermaid-statue-2016.shtml
Summary: For over a century, Edvard Eriksen’s bronze statue of The Little Mermaid becoming human has been installed on a rock along the water in Copenhagen, Denmark. The statue was designed to represent the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, and has become a tourist attraction and landmark.
In 2016, Danish politician Mette Gjerskov used Facebook to post a link to her own blog post on the TV2 website, which included an image of the statue. Facebook automatically displayed the image with the link, leading the company to then take down the link. The explanation provided by Facebook was that the image had "too much bare skin or sexual undertones."