Facebook Censors Famous French Painting

Gustave Courbet’s The Origin of the World hangs in Paris’ renowned Musee d’Orsay—but good luck posting it on Facebook. A French man made the painting, which features a woman’s, ahem , lower half, his profile picture—and found his profile deleted. He is now suing the social networking site, the…

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Facebook Censors Famous French Painting

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