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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> said it amended its rules about <keyword id="33002" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="nudity">nudity</keyword> following a three-month campaign from a Black plus-size model whose photos were taken down.</li><li><keyword id="10172556" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nyome-nicholas-williams">Nyome Nicholas-Williams</keyword> said in August that her images were taken down while images of "very naked, skinny white women" remained on Instagram.</li><li>Instagram said that it had incorrectly applied its rules on "breast squeezing" to Nicholas-Williams' images and that it was adding more nuance to those rules.</li><li>Instagram said the platform and Facebook would now allow any images where someone is "simply hugging, cupping or holding their breasts." It said they would still ban photos where people are grasping their breasts "in a grabbing motion with bent fingers or if there is a clear change in the shape of the breasts."</li></ul>Instagram said it added some nuance to its rules about what constitutes nudity after a three-month campaign by a model who said the platform was censoring her images.Nyome Nicholas-Williams, a plus-size Black model from the UK, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/09/instagrams-censorship-of-black-models-photo-shoot-reignites-claims-of-race-bias-nyome-nicholas-williams">said in early August</a> that while Instagram told her it took down her images from a photo shoot for breaking nudity rules, she saw lots of images of equivalently unclothed — or even more-naked — thin, white women on the platform."Millions of pictures of very naked, skinny white women can be found on Instagram every day," she told The Observer. "But a fat black woman celebrating her body is banned? It was shocking to me. I feel like I'm being silenced."Her campaign became a hashtag, #IWantToSeeNyome.Instagram said on Monday that after investigating it found that its policy on "breast squeezing" had been inappropriately applied to Nicholas-Williams' images. "Hearing her feedback helped us understand where this policy was falling short, and how we could refine it," an Instagram representative told Business Insider."With the new update, we'll allow content where someone is simply hugging, cupping or holding their breasts. And, if there's any doubt, we'll ask that reviewers allow the content to stay up."We do have to draw the line somewhere so when people squeeze their breasts in a grabbing motion with bent fingers or if there is a clear change in the shape of the breasts, that content will still break our rules. This policy will apply across Instagram and Facebook," the representative said."This is a huge step and I am glad a dialogue has now been opened," Nicholas-Williams <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/25/instagram-row-over-plus-size-model-forces-change-to-nudity-policy">told The Observer</a> on Sunday. "I want to ensure that I am respected and allowed to use spaces like Instagram, as many other creators do, without the worry of being censored and silenced."Nicholas-Williams also welcomed the announcement in a post on Instagram on Sunday. "Hopefully this policy change will bring an end to the censorship of fat black bodies," she wrote.She added that Instagram still needed to do more."There's still a lot of work to be done, as black plus sized women continue to be censored in many ways; and white women STILL tried to hijack and make it their campaign."There is of course a huge racial imbalance in the algorithm that still exists as white bodies are promoted and don't have to worry about censorship of their posts but black bodies still have to justify presence on the platform," Nicholas-Williams wrote.In July, Instagram <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-instagram-create-teams-study-racial-bias-platforms-2020-7">created an internal team to examine racial bias on its platform</a> after it received complaints from underrepresented groups that they were being unfairly targeted by its moderation policies.

Instagram changed its policy on nudity and 'breast squeezing' after a plus-size Black model campaigned against double standards on the platform

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Three British women said their photos were used for a body positivity ad without their knowledge.</li><li>The artist of the poster, commissioned by Spain's Ministry of Equality, has apologized publicly.</li></ul>The artist behind a poster for a high-profile body positivity campaign in Spain has apologized for using the photos of three British women — including a cancer survivor and a model who's also an amputee — without their permission.Arte Mapache, the creator of the campaign's poster, <a href="https://twitter.com/ArteMapacheArt/status/1552700880138420224">tweeted</a> a public apology on Friday to the women "for having been inspired by their photographs for the 'Summer is ours too' campaign.""I hope to be able to solve all this as soon as possible, I accept my mistakes and that is why I am now trying to repair the damage caused," the artist wrote.The poster features illustrations of five women of different body types on a beach, with the caption: "Summer is ours too." It was commissioned by Spain's Women's Institute, a branch of the country's Ministry of Equality, and was widely <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/women-enjoy-summer-spain-says-launch-beach-body-positivity-campaign-rcna40392">reported</a> on by <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62325030">media</a> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/spain-beach-body-campaign-intl-scli/index.html">outlets.</a>"All bodies are beach bodies," Spanish Social Services Minister Ione Belarra tweeted after the campaign launched on Wednesday.However, the campaign has since come under fire after three British women said the poster was made using photos of them without their knowledge or consent.The first woman to raise the issue, model Nyome Nicholas-Williams from London, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgrY-PiKWt0/?hl=en">said a photo of her</a> in a bikini from her Instagram feed was used in the poster and that she had found out about it from her followers.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-62345734">The BBC</a> reported that Nicholas-Williams had received a private apology from the artist, who said that her photo was used because they were "running low on time." She added that the artist had also promised to compensate her.Nicholas-Williams told Insider that, as of Sunday evening, she had not heard from the Ministry of Equality."Given that all of this could have been avoided if they had simply asked us to use the images is what is blowing my mind," she wrote in a message to Insider."I just think this whole situation brings up the conversation surrounding consent once again and women not being able to have a say over how our bodies are used," she added. "It's abhorrent that the powers that be think they can just take and that there will be no repercussions."Another model from the UK, Sian Green-Lord, said in an Instagram story that the Spanish advert had used a photo of her posing while reclined but edited out her prosthetic leg."I am literally shaking, I am so angry. I don't even know where to begin to explain this and how it has actually made me feel," she said in the story, according to <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/british-model-so-angry-after-spanish-governments-body-positivity-campaign-edited-out-her-prosthetic-leg-12662639">Sky News.</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62365796">Per the BBC</a>, Green-Lord's leg was amputated in 2013 after she was struck by a taxi in New York.Green-Lord did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.Meanwhile, Juliet Fitzpatrick, a breast cancer survivor from southern England, <a href="https://twitter.com/Julietfitzy/status/1553640370973573120">said her face</a> "may have been used and superimposed" on the illustration of a woman with one breast."Can you tell me what images were used to make this woman?" she tweeted in response to the poster, adding that she would be "furious if the image has been used without consent."Fitzpatrick told <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62371773">the BBC</a> that the body of the woman in the poster couldn't have been hers, as she had undergone a double mastectomy — a procedure to remove both breasts.She also told Insider that while she hasn't heard from Arte Mapache since coming forward with her complaint, Spain's Women's Institute had reached out to her on Sunday to apologize.A portrait of Fitzpatrick had been taken by photographer Ami Barwell, who <a href="https://twitter.com/amibarwell/status/1553690592881872896">tweeted</a> that the campaign poster involved a copyrighted photo "stolen" by the advert.Arte Mapache tweeted that they had been paid around $4,600 and would be privately contacting the three women to compensate them for the use of their images.Spain's Women's Institute lauded the artist's apology."Thank you for your anti-fatphobia activism, for recognizing the error regarding illustration and being open to listening to the women involved in the fight against fatphobia and racism," it <a href="https://twitter.com/InstMujeres/status/1552705842675388416">tweeted</a> on Friday."We continue to build alliances so that aesthetic violence is recognized," the organization added.As of Sunday evening, the organization has continued to display the poster on its website.In response to queries from Insider, The Women's Institute said: "The Instituto de las Mujeres wants to clarify that at no time was it aware that the women who appear in the images were real people.""The work contracted was the elaboration of an illustration, without the use of models," it added. "The Instituto de las Mujeres, as an injured party, have contacted the models to clarify the situation, and are waiting for the illustrator and the models to reach an agreement."

Artist behind Spanish body positivity ad apologizes for using photos of British cancer survivor and 2 models without their permission

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Friday, Australian comedian Celeste Barber posted a semi-nude photo on <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword>, in which she re-created a picture from Victoria's Secret model Candace Swanepoel.</li><li>When Instagram users tried to reshare Barber's post, the platform notified them that it violated the "community guidelines on nudity or sexual activity," while Swanepoel's post remained shareable.</li><li>Barber called out the app's apparent <keyword id="6425075" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="censorship">censorship</keyword> on her Instagram story, writing: "Hey Instagram, sort out your <keyword id="3096902" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Body-shaming">body-shaming</keyword> standards, guys. It's 2020. Catch up."</li><li>A representative for Instagram told Insider in a statement that its team has apologized to Barber, telling her the restriction on her post was an "error" and has since been fixed.</li></ul>Instagram has apologized to Australian comedian Celeste Barber after restricting a semi-nude photo she shared, which she wrote was an example of the platform's "body-shaming standards."On Friday, Barber posted a photo as part of her #CelesteChallengeAccepted series, where she parodies models and celebrities' pictures and videos. The comedian shared <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGXGDWOHl02/">a side-by-side photo</a> of herself imitating <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGWFcmrB173/">Victoria's Secret model Candace Swanepoel</a>.Barber captioned the photo: "When you finally sit down and your kid asks for a drink."Swanepoel and Barber are both pictured semi-nude wearing unbuttoned oversized shirts. Barber is wearing a brown thong, while Swanepoel appears to not be wearing underwear. Shortly after posting the photo, some of Barber's fans noted in the comments section of her post that when they tried to reshare it, Instagram restricted them from doing so and displayed a message that the post "goes against our community guidelines on nudity or sexual activity," <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/20/instagram-censored-one-of-these-photos-but-not-the-other-we-must-ask-why">according to The Guardian</a>.Several users commented on Barber's Instagram post to share that while the comedian's post was restricted, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGWFcmrB173/">Swanepoel's Instagram post</a> remained shareable. "Hey @instagram- Why is @angelcandice's original photo is allowed but we can't share this one with @celestebarber?? #bodyshaming much?!" one fan wrote on Barber's post.Barber took to her Instagram story to call out the app, saying: "Hey Instagram, sort out your body-shaming standards, guys. It's 2020. Catch up."Instagram's algorithm uses a mix of reporting by users and artificial intelligence (AI) to flag certain content as inappropriate, <a href="https://ai.facebook.com/blog/powered-by-ai-instagrams-explore-recommender-system/">according to a webpage from Facebook, which owns Instagram</a>. Instagram's Help page states that the platform <a href="https://help.instagram.com/477434105621119/">doesn't allow</a> nudity, which it refers to as exposed genitals, buttocks, or female nipples.<h2>A representative for Instagram told Insider that the platform is updating its photo policies 'to make sure all body types are treated fairly' </h2>After a number of fans left comments calling out Instagram for flagging Barber's photo, the comedian wrote on her Instagram story that the platform had apologized to her."Instagram emailed me an apology, bless, saying it was an error and that they are working to fix it. They also said that even the people that tried to share my post will be able to," Barber wrote.A representative for Instagram confirmed in a statement to Insider that its team apologized directly to Barber."This shouldn't be happening and we are committed to addressing any inequality on our platforms. We expect to update our breast covering policies very soon, to make sure all body types are treated fairly," the statement read.Barber continued her #CelesteChallengeAccepted series on Monday, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhYOBmn9XP/">posting a side-by-side photo inspired by supermodel Bella Hadid</a>."Oh hi, just out here checking on your double standards," Barber captioned the post.<h2>Instagram has previously been called out for its community guidelines that seem to target plus-size bodies </h2>In 2018, plus-size influencer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katanafatale/?hl=en">Katana Fatale</a> posted a nude photo of herself on Instagram in the shower, with her nipples, buttocks, and genitals covered, as per Instagram's community guidelines. However, Fatale's post was removed by the platform, which called it a violation of the community guidelines, according to <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/influencers-say-instagram-is-more-likely-to-remove-photos">BuzzFeed News</a>.Fatale told BuzzFeed News that she wondered why her image was taken down when similar photos of smaller-bodied women were not reported by the platform.In June, the Black plus-size model Nyome Nicholas-Williams <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRUNf9gOvt/?utm_source=ig_embed">posted a semi-nude photo</a> of herself on Instagram where she is pictured holding her breasts. Nicholas-Williams' photo was flagged by the platform as inappropriate and originally taken down for violating the community guidelines.Nicholas-Williams' image sparked a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/instagram-stop-instagram-from-censoring-fat-black-women?recruiter=89448450">Change.org petition</a>, "Stop Instagram from censoring fat Black women," which has gained more than 21,000 signatures at the time of writing.Nicholas-Williams later stated on her Instagram story that the platform had apologized to her for taking down the photo and said it would review their nudity guidelines. Although her photo has since been republished on Instagram, Nicholas-Williams is still calling attention to the social-media app's apparent censorship.On Friday, she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGZcnMjg-2t/">posted a nude photo</a> and called attention to the continued need for appreciation of all bodies."Slim white bodies are praised for being nude and appreciating their form on this platform all the time and never have images taken down or asked as to why they are posting them," Nicholas-Williams wrote in the caption.Celeste Barber, Nyome Nicholas-Williams, and Katana Fatale, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/things-that-are-actually-body-shaming-2018-7">12 things you don't think are forms of body shaming, but actually are</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-edited-photos-of-celebrities-can-be-harmful-2020-9">People are editing photos of celebrities to give them Instagram-inspired faces. Experts say it could be harmful.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/amber-heard-shirtless-photo-jason-momoa-instagram-nipple-censorship-2019-10">After Instagram censored Amber Heard's nipple, she called out the double standard with a topless picture of Jason Momoa</a></li></ul>

Comedian Celeste Barber called out Instagram's 'body-shaming standards' after the platform appeared to censor her photo, but not a similar one from a supermodel

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