Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972 to be used on its platform. It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on the grounds that it contained nudity. The editor of Norway’s largest newspaper had written an open letter to Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg calling the ban “an abuse of power”. “This does not alter at all the difficult issues that involve Facebook and the Norwegian media. “When it comes to this photo specifically I would say that it was a sensible decision by Facebook.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 10, 2016 06:00 UTC