Facebook speaks out about removing the 'Napalm Baby' photo.

On the morning of September 13th, Facebook's representative in Vietnam officially commented on the world's largest social network removing the Napalm Baby photo (which has since been restored).

On the morning of September 13th, Facebook's representative in Vietnam officially commented on the world's largest social network removing the Napalm Baby photo (which has since been restored).

Accordingly, a Facebook representative stated that they have “listened to feedback from the Facebook community and carefully reviewed how we applied our ‘Community Standards’ in this case.”

Facebook argues that, generally, a nude photo of a child would be considered a violation of Facebook's "Community Standards." In many countries, such images are even classified as child pornography.

However, in this case, Facebook recognized “the importance and historical significance of the photograph capturing a precious documentary moment. Because of the photograph's importance as a historical artifact, the decision to ‘grant permission to share’ would be more valuable than removing the photograph for reasons of respecting community rights. Therefore, we decided to restore this photograph on Facebook,” explained a representative of the world's largest social network.

In addition, Facebook stated that it will work to adjust the mechanism for censoring the sharing of this image in the future. The change process will take time, but Facebook said that the Napalm Baby image will continue to be allowed to be shared in the coming days.

According to Vietnamplus