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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972 to be used on its platform.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on the grounds that it contained nudity.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The move sparked a debate about Facebook's role as an editor.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The editor of Norway's largest newspaper had written an open letter to Facebook's chief Mark Zuckerberg calling the ban "an abuse of power".</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The tech giant said it had "listened to the community" and acknowledged the "global importance" of the photo.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Because of its status as an iconic image of historical importance, the value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community by removal, so we have decided to reinstate the image
on Facebook where we are aware it has been removed," it said in a statement.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It will take some time to adjust these systems but the photo should be available for sharing in the coming days.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are always looking to improve our policies to make sure they both promote free expression and keep our community safe."</span></p>
<figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width lead" style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; position: relative;"><img class="js-image-replace" alt="Aftenposten editor and Napalm girl photo" src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/1099D/production/_91079976_mediaitem91079975.jpg" width="976" height="549" data-highest-encountered-width="410" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; -webkit-user-select: none; width: 398px; display: block;"><span class="off-screen" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; border: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Image
copyright</span></span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">AFTENPOSTEN/NICK
UT</span></span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; border: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Image
caption</span></span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.28571; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Espen
Egil Hansen is editor of Aftenposten, Norway's largest newspaper.</span></span></figcaption></figure>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972 to be used on its platform.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 19px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on the grounds that it contained nudity.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The move sparked a debate about Facebook's role as an editor.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The editor of Norway's largest newspaper had written an open letter to Facebook's chief Mark Zuckerberg calling the ban "an abuse of power".</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The tech giant said it had "listened to the community" and acknowledged the "global importance" of the photo.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Because of its status as an iconic image of historical importance, the value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community by removal, so we have decided to reinstate the image
on Facebook where we are aware it has been removed," it said in a statement.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It will take some time to adjust these systems but the photo should be available for sharing in the coming days.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are always looking to improve our policies to make sure they both promote free expression and keep our community safe."</span></p>
<figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; position: relative;"><img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/C5A7/production/_91099505_gettyimages-545629064.jpg" datasrc="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/C5A7/production/_91099505_gettyimages-545629064.jpg" class="responsive-image__img js-image-replace" alt="Erna Solberg" width="976" height="549" data-highest-encountered-width="410" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; -webkit-user-select: none; width: 398px; transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in; display: block;"><span class="off-screen" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; border: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Image
copyright</span></span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">GETTY
IMAGES</span></span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; border: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Image
caption</span></span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.28571; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Norwegian
Prime Minister Erna Solberg said it demonstrated the power of social media.</span></span></figcaption></figure>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Norwegian prime minister - who had earlier posted a copy of the photo on Facebook herself only to see it removed - welcomed the U-turn.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"That's very good, I'm a happy prime minister," Erna Solberg told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight programme.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It shows that using social media can make [a] political change even in social media."</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Egeland, the author whose Facebook account had been suspended over the affair, also expressed his pleasure.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Now I'm happy!" <a href="https://twitter.com/tomegeland/status/774312424031879168" class="story-body__link-external" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">he
tweeted</a>.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"This does not alter at all the difficult issues that involve Facebook and the Norwegian media. But tonight I'm just happy."</span></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tech or media?</span></font></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But Espen Egil Hansen - the editor of Aftenposten, who had brought the issue to prominence - said he still had concerns.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"When it comes to this photo specifically I would say that it was a sensible decision by Facebook. That's what we editors have to do sometimes - realise that we made a mistake and change our minds," he <a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Facebook-snur-om-Vietnam-bildet-604244b.html" class="story-body__link-external" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">wrote
in Norwegian on the newspaper's site</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"But the main point of my article, and the point that I have asked Mark Zuckerberg to engage in, is the debate about Facebook's power that results from so much information going through its channels. And
that still stands.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"He should begin to take part in this discussion, for there are no simple solutions. Facebook must recognise that it has become an information filter - and that raises problematic issues."</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last month, Mr Zuckerberg told an Italian audience that he did not want his firm to become a news editor.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"No, we are a tech company, not a media company," <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-zuckerberg-idUSKCN1141WN?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=107c14838f-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-107c14838f-395963781" class="story-body__link-external" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">he
said</a>.</span></p>
<p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.375; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The world needs news companies, but also technology platforms, like what we do, and we take our role in this very seriously."</span></p>
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On Sep 10, 2016, at 6:20 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>1. <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theguardian.com_technology_2016_sep_08_facebook-2Dmark-2Dzuckerberg-2Dnapalm-2Dgirl-2Dphoto-2Dvietnam-2Dwar&d=DQMCaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=IUfDbFCh8dUEJ0iyXugtDi6l2ovxKMldUJnxljATFxA&s=uxPwBMQSkBv9kWc7MFDUquQmK9N8ii_aaY9r4IXi_l0&e=">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/08/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-napalm-girl-photo-vietnam-war</a></div>
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<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theguardian.com_technology_2016_sep_09_facebook-2Ddeletes-2Dnorway-2Dpms-2Dpost-2Dnapalm-2Dgirl-2Dpost-2Drow-3FCMP-3Dfb-5Fgu&d=DQMCaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=IUfDbFCh8dUEJ0iyXugtDi6l2ovxKMldUJnxljATFxA&s=8gd_B_sW3vArlPR-lhnpXG_d36KeP9yB49gjTu0ZzyE&e=">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/facebook-deletes-norway-pms-post-napalm-girl-post-row?CMP=fb_gu</a><br>
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