Re: g_b Deleted Facebook photo of gay Sikh man kissing another man goes viral, sparks debate

[Tintin Mumbai India]

What would be our stand now?
Would we close our facebook accounts, because facebook is not supporting us
Or because facebook has blindly taken a step against a simple support
picture?
That is what my point was (when I talked about BJP's voice on SC's verdict)
that we should not get judgmental and get divided based on different
political views of the topic.
May be I have taken an unrelated context, but thought of explaining my
point from a different example.


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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:12 PM, gay_bombay moderator <
modera...@gaybombay.in> wrote:

>
>
> Deleted Facebook photo of gay Sikh man kissing another man goes viral,
> sparks debate
> INDIA TODAY ONLINE  NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 18, 2013 | UPDATED 11:48 IST
>  Tweet 
>  Close on the heels of the Supreme Court giving the thumbs down to gay
> rights, protests erupted worldwide amid the Indian communities abroad. On
> Sunday, which was being called the Global Day of Rage, in more than 30
> cities across the world people gathered to protest the ruling that upheld
> Section 377 and criminalised homosexuality and to fight for India's LGBT
> community.
>
> Amid all the din that erupted worldwide, a photograph, that of Kanwar
> Anit singh Saini kissing another man, which he had posted on his Facebook
> Page, "Sikh Knowledge", went viral within hours of it being posted online.
>
>  This photograph of Kanwar Anit Singh Saini was removed by Facebook.
> Source Tumblr
>
>
> Within hours, it had amassed more than a 1,000 likes and had sparked off a
> debate on the social networking site. However, while most of the comments
> on his photograph were reportedly abusive and accused him of having
> betrayed his religion, others supported him.
>
> However, the photograph was removed by Facebook a few hours later saying
> that the photo had been removed as it "violates our terms and policies".
> Not just that, his account was also suspended for 12 hours.
>
> Refusing to taking it lying down, Saini shifted his focus to Twitter,
> Instagram and Tumblr where he posted the same photograph and questioned
> Facebook's screening policy.
>
> See his tweets here:
>
> Photo: Heres me stickin it to section 377…happily 
> #rage
>  http://t.co/WcC3b4GbEQ
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 15, 
> 2013
>
>  So #facebook  blocked
> me for the next 12 hours and removed this post of me kissing another man
> protesting #section377
>  pic.twitter.com/thdXQAE9CM 
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 
> 2013
>
>  @facebook  u guys suck. Do you see how
> important my post was? Homophobic morons are being hateful and violent, why
> not delete their posts?
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 
> 2013
>
>  @MadTatterFilms  i had a heated
> thread, but it was really interesting. So, for unknown violations, they
> removed it and banned me for 12 hours
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 
> 2013
>
>  @SeanEPanjab  well, im not clear on why
> it violates their terms... I think more than one of my haters flagged it,
> and FB deleted it auto.
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 
> 2013
>
>  @facebook  You guys are awful. What's this
> tap on the hand 12-hour suspension thing? I have 2 hours left like im on
> political parole.
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 17, 
> 2013
>
>  I cant even communicate with my fans 
> @facebook...You
> guys need to stop this automated post deletion and use some of ur $ to hire
> a screener
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 17, 
> 2013
>
>  Someone at Facebook is judging people for the way they look imo.
> http://t.co/aepHQnLvFkI'd like to know why my post was del'd. 
> @facebook
> ?
> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 18, 
> 2013
>
>
>
>
>
> Here are some more photos of the Global Day of Rage in which people from
> more than 30 cities around the world participated.
>
> GLOBAL DAY OF RAGE TORONTO. 
> #377DayOfRage
>  #nogoingback 

g_b Deleted Facebook photo of gay Sikh man kissing another man goes viral, sparks debate

[gay_bombay moderator]

Deleted Facebook photo of gay Sikh man kissing another man goes viral,
sparks debate
INDIA TODAY ONLINE  NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 18, 2013 | UPDATED 11:48 IST
Tweet 
Close on the heels of the Supreme Court giving the thumbs down to gay
rights, protests erupted worldwide amid the Indian communities abroad. On
Sunday, which was being called the Global Day of Rage, in more than 30
cities across the world people gathered to protest the ruling that upheld
Section 377 and criminalised homosexuality and to fight for India's LGBT
community.

Amid all the din that erupted worldwide, a photograph, that of Kanwar Anit
singh Saini kissing another man, which he had posted on his Facebook Page,
"Sikh Knowledge", went viral within hours of it being posted online.

This photograph of Kanwar Anit Singh Saini was removed by Facebook. Source
Tumblr


Within hours, it had amassed more than a 1,000 likes and had sparked off a
debate on the social networking site. However, while most of the comments
on his photograph were reportedly abusive and accused him of having
betrayed his religion, others supported him.

However, the photograph was removed by Facebook a few hours later saying
that the photo had been removed as it "violates our terms and policies".
Not just that, his account was also suspended for 12 hours.

Refusing to taking it lying down, Saini shifted his focus to Twitter,
Instagram and Tumblr where he posted the same photograph and questioned
Facebook's screening policy.

See his tweets here:

Photo: Heres me stickin it to section 377…happily
#rage
 http://t.co/WcC3b4GbEQ
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 15,
2013

So #facebook  blocked me
for the next 12 hours and removed this post of me kissing another man
protesting #section377 
 pic.twitter.com/thdXQAE9CM 
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16,
2013

@facebook  u guys suck. Do you see how
important my post was? Homophobic morons are being hateful and violent, why
not delete their posts?
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16,
2013

@MadTatterFilms  i had a heated thread,
but it was really interesting. So, for unknown violations, they removed it
and banned me for 12 hours
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16,
2013

@SeanEPanjab  well, im not clear on why it
violates their terms... I think more than one of my haters flagged it, and
FB deleted it auto.
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16,
2013

@facebook  You guys are awful. What's this
tap on the hand 12-hour suspension thing? I have 2 hours left like im on
political parole.
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 17,
2013

I cant even communicate with my fans
@facebook...You
guys need to stop this automated post deletion and use some of ur $ to hire
a screener
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 17,
2013

Someone at Facebook is judging people for the way they look imo.
http://t.co/aepHQnLvFkI'd like to know why my post was del'd.
@facebook
?
Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 18,
2013





Here are some more photos of the Global Day of Rage in which people from
more than 30 cities around the world participated.

GLOBAL DAY OF RAGE TORONTO.
#377DayOfRage
 #nogoingback 
#Canqueer 
pic.twitter.com/300SM6dB4l 
VIVEK SHRAYA (@vivekshraya) December 15,
2013




#dayofrage 
#Toronto
 @377gdr  multi-lingual power
pic.twitter.com/s0xhorApB1 
Indu (@indu_geita) December 15,
2013



The rain hasn't dampened our spirits
#sec377
 #dayofrage 
#nogoingback 
#London