{"id":62504,"date":"2019-10-30T01:04:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62504"},"modified":"2019-10-30T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T02:05:00","slug":"sexual-use-eggplant-peach-emojis-banned-facebook-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62504","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sexual\u2019 use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is waging a sexually charged war on fruits and veggies.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Facebook and Instagram quietly updated the\u00a0Facebook Community Standards\u00a0language regarding permissible sexual expression on the social media platforms. (These guidelines cover Instagram, too.)<\/p>\n<p>Under the new terms \u2014 which were officially enacted in September \u2014 pairing an eggplant or peach emoji with any expression of what\u00a0Out.com deems \u201cbeing horny\u201d\u00a0now qualifies as \u201cSexual Solicitation.\u201d This can get a user\u2019s account flagged or removed, adult industry news site\u00a0XBIZ reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>BBC journalist Thomas Fabbri was researching a piece on social media bans when he noticed the new language and notified XBIZ.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook Community Standards language is quite broad, not naming the emojis specifically but referring to \u201c[commonly used] sexual emojis or emoji strings\u201d as criteria which qualify as \u201cSuggestive Elements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Content] will only be removed from Facebook and Instagram if it contains a sexual emoji alongside an implicit or indirect ask for nude imagery, sex or sexual partners, or sex chat conversations,\u201d Instagram tells The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aren\u2019t taking action on simply the emojis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nude photos where emojis cover genitalia, butts or female nipples are also now formally not allowed, as are any links or info leading to pornographic or otherwise adult material.<\/p>\n<p>Porn stars feel explicitly targeted by the new standards.<\/p>\n<p>Adult actress Kendra James tells XBIZ she was once banned from Instagram on the grounds of solicitation \u201cafter I told a man who DM\u2019d me demanding free nude pics that this was my job and he could join my site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Still, that outlet points out, the new guidelines are so wide that they could even be applied to the scene in \u201cAustin Powers\u201d where Mike Myers asks, \u201cDo I make you horny?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one clear exception to the near-blanket ban on sexual expression is using the platforms \u201cto discuss and draw attention to sexual violence and exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>XBIZ reports that a Facebook company spokesperson \u201cdeclined to answer any of our questions,\u201d but offered this statement: \u201cWe often make updates to our Community Standards. 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