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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by wyager on Friday October 21, 2016 @12:56PM (#12762140)
Women leaving their faces uncovered is illegal in many countries. This should have zero bearing on what I can do in my own country.
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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by DanBC on Friday October 21, 2016 @02:37PM (#12763276)
> Women leaving their faces uncovered is illegal in many countries.

Which countries?

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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by Symbiote on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:51PM (#12764017)
As far as I know, only Afghanistan during the period of Taliban rule, and Daesh until they decided it was a security risk.

So: none.

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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by witty_username on Friday October 21, 2016 @01:03PM (#12762239)
It's not "should"; that's how it is.

Facebook isn't your country.

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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by vkou on Friday October 21, 2016 @01:18PM (#12762412)
It's also 'illegal' for women to have their faces covered in some countries.

Does this mean that there should be no pictures of women on Facebook?

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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by witty_username on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:14AM (#12772075)
It's upto Facebook what they want to do.
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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by jacalata on Friday October 21, 2016 @08:15PM (#12766117)
Really? Where?
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Re:Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness ... by vkou on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @12:38PM (#12789369)
Burkas, burkinis in France. (It's a bit more complicated then that, hence the scare quotes.)

Depending on who you ask, it's either because of some hand-waved nonsense about public safety, or because liberal Western values include telling women what they can and cannot wear.

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