Facebook Bans Jane's Addiction Album Cover
Social networking site removes Nothing Shocking artwork
The band posted the cover for their 1988 album on their official Facebook page along with a few other classic images from their history, but Facebook apparently took offence to the Nothing's Shocking cover, which features two naked ladies, and removed it.
The band quickly reposted the image, albeit an edited version with Facebook logos covering the girls' modesties, along with a post that said "In 1988, nine of the 11 leading record chains refused to carry Nothing's Shocking because of its cover. (In 2011, Facebook joined them.)"
Back in July Facebook denied that they had removed the artwork for Nirvana's Nevermind.
After the official Nirvana page accused Facebook of censorship the social networking site told the NME "The photo on the cover of 'Nevermind' album does not actually violate Facebook’s terms. Facebook does allow photos of naked children 'that are clearly unable to stand on their own' in a non-sexual situation – so in other words, babies. Why? Put it this way – if a parent wanted to share some photos of a newborn with their grandparents, we wouldn’t want them to not be able to share them on Facebook."