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You rarely see shocking photos on Facebook.

Such photographs become prohibited immediately after publication. However, photographs from the “it seemed” series are also sharply censored.

Here are just a few of them that the Facebook administration, for one reason or another, considered unacceptable and provocative.

Some photographs were misunderstood (for example, one body part was mistaken for another).

Some photographs were banned for other reasons that are not entirely clear.

Prohibited pictures

1. Facebook vs Photoshop

Facebook has decided to ban a photo in which a woman in a bikini was "cut" in half by Photoshop.

In the picture, half of her body is on one side, while the other separated half is nearby.

2. Kylie Minogue with a teddy bear

A simple case where an unintentional microphone misalignment caused a teddy bear to suddenly grow a new organ.

Facebook censorship quickly prevented such “disgrace.”

Internet censorship

3. Nursing mothers

Facebook has announced a real hunt for photographs depicting breastfeeding mothers.

But to censor a photograph in which a mother is simply holding her child...

However, such photography was indeed prohibited.

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4. Just wet elbows

Facebook made a mistake when it mistook elbows for women's breasts. After which a new optical illusion appeared on the Internet, which the whole world saw.

5. Scandalous elbows

Oh those elbows!

This awkward moment when the Facebook administration was embarrassed again. Take a close look at the “provocative” photo, it’s not breasts at all.

6. Soldier in hospital

Facebook has banned a photo of a soldier who lost limbs in battle. But later the ban on this photo was lifted.

7. Insulting village name

Residents of one of the Irish villages obtained permission to indicate the name of their settlement on Facebook.

For more than a year, Ann Marie Kennedy sought this right from the Facebook administration, which stubbornly blocked the name of her small place of residence.

The thing is that the name “effin” is a shortened version of the famous curse word, and in modern slang it means a not entirely beautiful word.

It is for this reason that Facebook censored every mention of this village in the information section on its server.

8. Nursing mothers

The image of the Virgin Mary feeding Jesus is not a problem even for the Vatican.

Then why does Facebook censor such pictures and simply delete them from the server?

Facebook ban

9. Michel Bachmann and the sausage incident

Facebook blocked a photo of Michelle Bachmann eating a hot dog.

The point is quite controversial...

10. Ban on advertising birds whose name is similar to a woman’s breasts

According to the Facebook administration, this ad contains obscene words. The thing is that the breed of this bird (gannet) English coincides with the slang name for female breasts.

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11. Just a hug

And this is one of those cases when there is no good explanation why Facebook blocked and deleted the photo from its server.

12. The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna was considered too provocative for Facebook

A photograph of Italy's famous Fountain of Neptune (by Giovanni da Bologna) was banned on Facebook because "the bronze sculpture of the Roman god had visible genitals."

Writer Elisa Barbari published a photo of the statue of Neptune at the fountain in Bologna on her page “Stories, rarities and views of Bologna.”

The photo was immediately blocked by the site administration as being too revealing a photo.

This action was explained to Eliza herself as follows: “The use of the image was not approved because it violates Facebook’s advertising rules. Your post contains inappropriate sexual content. The photo is overly focused on certain parts of the body."

13. Fence vandals

Facebook also banned this completely harmless photo of boys peeing in their backyard.

14. Censorship of same-sex couples kissing

Censorship of kissing between same-sex couples is very strict.

15. Excess belly fat

Facebook heavily censored this photo as well, deeming it too revealing.

Yes, perhaps there is little that is pleasant in the photo, but to prohibit it from publication is already too much...

But the photo was instantly banned by the site administration.

16. Too revealing photo

Facebook has banned this photo, which depicts an African tribal woman as well as a white woman.

The reason is still the same: naked female breasts have no place on the vastness of a social network!

London-based photographer Michael Hunevich traveled to North Korea and, of course, took a lot of photographs. However, according to local laws, most of them are considered prohibited. That is why these pictures are extremely interesting, because we can learn a little more about one of the most mysterious countries in the world.
The photographer was warned that he would be arrested if such photographs were found on him. Even the assigned guide told him not to take so many photographs.
Nevertheless, Michael Hunevich managed, with great difficulty, to remove the rarest footage from North Korea.

In Pyongyang, military personnel are everywhere, embodying power.

The difference between North Korea (left) and China is staggering.

The difference is especially noticeable at night.

When traveling to North Korea, you will need to fill out several of these forms.

The first photograph Michael Hunevich took in North Korea. Photography is prohibited from this train.

Koreans can only travel within the country with special permission.

Korean soldiers.

Arrival in Pyongyang. It even seemed to the photographer that it was no coincidence that these exquisitely dressed travelers were there: there were no more scheduled trains that day, only the one on which he arrived.

The group of people who arrived in the capital were assigned several guides who followed literally every step of the travelers - they even told them what time to go to bed and get up in the morning.

Brutal architecture of the capital of North Korea.

View from the Yangakdo Hotel, the second tallest skyscraper in Pyongyang.

The hotel elevator does not have a button for the 5th floor. It can only be reached by stairs.

Any communication between tourists and locals is suppressed in every possible way. Michael Hunevich said the waitresses at the restaurant were a little scared when they saw the group.

Kim Il Sung Square is the largest city square in the center of Pyongyang, opened in 1954. This is the area where you can take pictures. Even necessary.

The right to live in the capital is considered a privilege. Residents of Pyongyang wear special badges that cannot be purchased, only received.

You can only take full-length photographs of monuments.

A store for locals. It is also prohibited to photograph him. The guide assigned to the group of tourists, where there was a photographer, immediately took Michael Hunevich away as soon as he noticed him in the store.

I wonder if there was anything in the USSR that was not prohibited? In any case, these photographs were certainly considered forbidden.
There are nudes.

1. His photos of Russians in swimsuits are presented at the exhibition “Ostalgie”, which will take place behind the Iron Curtain and in the countries that emerged from behind it after 1989. The exhibition is currently on view at the New Museum in New York. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

2. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

3. In the 1970s, when Nikolai Bakharev began taking his amazing portraits of Russians in swimsuits, it was against the rules to distribute any nude photos. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

4. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

5. And, of course, taking such photographs or selling them, which is what Bakharev did, was illegal, since it was considered private enterprise. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

6. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

7. Even the process of exposure itself was strictly controlled. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

8. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

9. “The beach was the only place where people could take their clothes off without provoking a negative reaction in society,” says Bakharev. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

10. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

11. Bakharev's photographs immediately became incredibly interesting, because they should not even exist. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

12. (Courtesy of Nikolay Bakharev and Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow)

These pictures were taken by photographer Eric Lafforgue during his last visit to the closed country. Moreover, the latter - not in the sense of the most recent, but in the sense that now entry into this country is closed to him forever. He took the photos while on tours with government-approved guides, who asked him to delete all the photos. But Eric Lafforgue managed to save them and later put them on public display.

Photographer Eric Lafforgue has visited North Korea six times. Using memory cards, he managed to smuggle out of the country those photographs of himself that should not have been published. When filming, Lafforgue sought to show that the people of North Korea are, first of all, unhappy people, and not the soulless robots they seem to be in ceremonial photographs.

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The North Korean army is considered one of the largest in the world, but in reality, soldiers are often forced to take on menial jobs rather than weapons.


“The authorities hate it when people take photos like this. Even when I explained to them that poverty exists everywhere, they still forbade me to take these pictures.”

“When times are tough (and they are here all the time), children can be seen working in the fields,” explains Lafforgue. — I was denied entry after a trip in September 2012, when I published several photos on the Internet. North Koreans saw them and asked for them to be removed, finding them offensive. I refused because I thought it was unfair not to show the reality of their country.” According to the photographer, local people have a hard time outside of Pyongyang and major cities. “Life is brutal in many places in North Korea, far from Western standards,” says the photographer.

In the small fishing village he was received as an honored guest. Never seen in this settlement mobile phone. Its inhabitants spend their days busy fishing and growing seaweed. “Even with such a hard life, they told me with tears in their eyes that they honor their respected leaders... even if sometimes they do not have enough food.”

The North Korean government prohibits photographing anyone who suffers from malnutrition like this man...

...or this boy.


“It is forbidden to photograph people who are poorly dressed. According to my guide, this man was not well dressed enough for me to photograph him.”


“I saw these children picking corn on the street near Begaebong,” explains Lafforgue.


A woman stands in the center of a crowd of soldiers. The authorities do not allow photographs of military personnel to be taken.


North Korea doesn't like to show off its army. “You can see this there all the time, but you can’t photograph it.”


“Taking photos in the demilitarized zone (between North and South Korea) is easy, but if you get too close to the soldiers, they will stop you.”


Photographing soldiers on vacation in North Korea is also prohibited.


“During a visit to the Pyongyang Dolphinarium, you can photograph the animals, but not the military, which makes up 99% of the audience.”


North Korean authorities hate pictures of their soldiers relaxing. “That photo probably contributed to my being expelled from the country,” says Lafforgue.


A man washes in a river near Pyongyang. “In rural areas this happens quite often.”


“This man used an old tire as a boat. IN rural areas people often fish in lakes - this good way get fresh food where it is very rare.”


“During the bus ride to Chongjin, an area suffering from famine, my camera was confiscated. When I saw people on the streets, I understood why.”


“This man was sleeping by the sea in Chilbo. My guide asked me to remove the photo because he was afraid people would think the man was dead. No, he was alive."


“In Kaesong, next to the demilitarized zone, tourists live in a hotel complex built from old houses. The guides say that everything is the same on the outside. No, that's not true."


“These are the kind of photos that are common in the West. The captions usually say that North Koreans have to eat grass. The guides get mad if you take a photo like that.”


“People go to the village for public Works. "The authorities used to consider these images positive, but now they understand that we consider them evidence of forced labor."


“As we walked past these buildings, the guides asked me not to take pictures with flash. The official reason is “so as not to scare people.”

“North Koreans are a little paranoid. The guides asked me to delete this photo because they were sure that I would later say that these people were homeless, but they were just relaxing.”

Authorities consider photographs of smiling people standing under portraits of the country's leaders to be offensive. "Never take pictures when you see people doing stupid things in front of the Kims," ​​Lafforgue says.


“Although there are more and more cars in Pyongyang, ordinary people are not yet used to them. Children continue to play in the middle of the road, as if not noticing the cars passing by.”

“In Pyongyang's two supermarkets you will find all kinds of food and drinks. They even have Evian water, but only the elite stock it here.”

“We were in an art gallery in Pyongyang when another power outage occurred. When this happens, they say the Americans are to blame.”


“Probably the most ridiculous ban of all. When I took this photo, everyone started screaming at me. Since the painting was unfinished, I could not photograph it.”


“Songdowon Children's Camp is supposed to be about laughter and fun, but many children come here from villages. They are scared, for example, by escalators, which they have never seen before.”


“The authorities had problems with this photo for two reasons: the teenager is wearing a cap in a strange way (according to my guide), and military personnel are visible in the background.”


“The Pyongyang metro is the deepest in the world, because... it also serves as a bomb shelter. I was asked to remove this photo because it shows a tunnel."


“Clothing is very important in North Korea. When I asked to take a photo of these students, the girl insisted that the guy straighten his shirt.”


“When you visit families, the guides love it when you take photos of the children with their computers. But when they see that the computers are not even turned on, they ask you to delete the photo!”


“There are a lot of tired people on the side of the road because... Many people have to bike to work for hours. Naturally, it is prohibited to photograph tired people.”


Although the authorities shut down the black market, " gray market”, to which they turn a blind eye, allows some to scrape together a living.

“Photographing the World Food Program sign through the window of a house in the village is prohibited.”

“A rare example of an undisciplined child in North Korea. The bus was traveling along the small roads of Samillon in the north when this boy ran onto the road.”


“Queuing is a national sport for North Koreans.” In this photo, people are waiting in line to board the bus.

“Pyongyang is a showcase of North Korea, so what the appearance buildings are carefully monitored. But once you look inside, everything secret becomes clear.”