Facebook has blocked several posts of paintings by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, including one of a bare-chested crucified Jesus Christ, apparently for being too “indecent.” The Flemish tourist board, Toerisme Vlaanderen, wrote an open letter to Facebook’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, criticizing the social media giant’s policy of taking down artistic images of semi and full nudity, after several of its
posts in a promotional series were taken down. The open letter, shared on Sunday, explained: “Indecent. This the word used to describe the breast, buttocks and cherubs of Peter Paul Rubens. Not by us, but by you. The bare breasts and buttocks painted by our artists are considered by you to be inappropriate. We have noticed that Facebook consistently rejects works of art by our beloved Peter Paul Rubens.” READ MORE
