France Wants To Punish Facebook For Censoring A Painting of A Vagina. Terrible Idea.

This post originally appeared on Slate by By Mark Joseph Stern Gustave Courbet's The Origin of the World is a stunning work of art, a gorgeous display of painterly brilliance and a cornerstone of the French Realistic movement. It is also, according to Facebook, pornographic. The website recently censored an image of the painting posted by a French teacher, then suspended his account for violating the terms of use. Now the teacher, whose name has not been released, is suing, claiming that Faceboo...