Indonesian woman's Facebook account suspended for posting historical images of topless women

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Facebook has suspended the account of an Indonesian woman who posted historical pictures of topless women to protest against the censoring of a recently held beauty pageant in the country. Dea Basori, 23, said she posted the photos to challenge the broadcaster's decision to censor part of the pageant.

 

The photos that Basori uploaded on her Facebook account were black and white images of Indonesian women from the past, dressed in traditional attires, many of them showing their nipples. "I did this to counter the censors and ask, 'whose culture are you protecting?' Is their definition of Indonesian culture a true reflection of it?" Basori told Asian Correspondent.

 

 

The Puteri Indonesia 2016 pageant was held on 20 February and was broadcast on local channel Indosiar. However, the country's censor, Indonesian Broadcasting Commission, blurred out the chest and legs of contestants who were wearing a traditional costume called the kebaya, which is also considered to be the national dress.

 

Basori received a notice from Facebook on the night of 23 February, which said that her account had been suspended. "Facebook told me to write an appeal if I wanted to get my account back up," she said.

 

 

 

 

"The photos I posted are all over the internet; all I did was compile them. And besides, it's a part of our history – how can people be offended?

"Why are women told to cover up, but not men? We see men freely posting photos of their bare chests or going topless in advertisements. How can you sexualize women's chests but not men's?" she added.

Basori said the photos that she compiled into an album — The Culture of Real Indonesian Women — and uploaded on her Facebook account received almost 3,000 shares within 24 hours. 

 

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/indonesian-womans-facebook-account-suspended-posting-historical-images-topless-women-1545690

[Space Cowgirl]

 

 

Hopefully my country won't turn like those conservative middle eastern countries...

 

racist 

[piccolo's girlfriend]

 

Hopefully my country won't turn like those conservative middle eastern countries...

 

Indonesia is in the middle east? 

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racist 

ok took it back, sorry. Its just I am very pissed off rn

[Deâ„“phina]

racist 

But did he/she lie ?

 

Indonesia is in the middle east? 

No one said that.

[peachtea]

Indonesia is in the middle east? 

 

It's in South East Asia. dunno where the comparison came from.

[ellectrified]

But the censorship is this country has gone terribly messy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like, dude, who gets hard on watching a cartoon girl, for God sake?

This is what happens when stupid people reign in the government.

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But the censorship is this country has gone terribly messy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like, dude, who gets hard on watching a cartoon girl, for God sake?

This is what happens when stupid people reign in the government.

 

 

Don't forget about this one

 

 

 

it's fucking ridiculous

[Jeffrey Jung]

racist 

did she lie tho

[ellectrified]

Don't forget about this one

 

 

 

it's fucking ridiculous

I know, right?

 

Seriously, though. Even my dad, who is quite conservative, saw this thing as blatant stupidity. Like, what's the purpose? Doesn't the blurred portion make people more curious?

 

They're censoring everything based on "appropriateness". Appropriateness my ass. They think we're gonna get aroused seeing it? Please.

[Jeffrey Jung]

I know, right?

 

Seriously, though. Even my dad, who is quite conservative, saw this thing as blatant stupidity. Like, what's the purpose? Doesn't the blurred portion make people more curious?

 

They're censoring everything based on "appropriateness". Appropriateness my ass. They think we're gonna get aroused seeing it? Please.

if they censor Shizuka's chest that like i'm more worried about the pedophilic implications they are having...

[sublime]

Not just this but things that are blown out of proportion in our media these days are ridiculous.

[ellectrified]

if they censor Shizuka's chest that like i'm more worried about the pedophilic implications they are having...

I'm aware of that. I even joked about that with my professor. I said, "Oh maybe it's not us that's gonna get aroused, maybe it's they themselves."

 

These people are so tragic. I wonder when they will stop their stupidity.

[Vogue]

Mess.

[Toastie]

It's gotten so out of hand there. I feel like day by day Indo is going more and more backwards. :/ I'm pissed tbh, it wasn't like this not that long ago.

[Miyami]

wow, that country has fallen so deep... sad.