They will debate the censorship of works of painters

Facebook representatives will visit the Flemish region (northern Belgium) in September to discuss the censorship of the social network of Baroque flamenco painters to show bads, according to the director of the Flanders Flemish Tourism Masters campaign, Tama D & # 39; Haen

"We are very pleased that Facebook has responded positively to our proposal to meet us and we have invited them to come to Flanders so that they can immerse themselves in it. art of our Flemish masters, "said D Haen

Facebook censorship has been a big problem for tourism in Flanders for months: 20% of the 900 publications that were launched between February and July were eliminated in showing bads.

Facebook has reached blocking paintings like "The Descent from the Cross" of Rubens, in which Christ appears naked with the exception of a fabric that covers his private parts, or "The Triumph of Bacchus" ", by Michae lina Wautier, where appear the bad of the participants of a bacchbad.

& # 39; We always received Facebook's automatic response, which alerted us that our content was badually explicit nudity or content; We appealed again and again and tried to contact them, but there was no reaction until last week, "said the representative of Tourism of Flanders.

In l & # 3939; no response from the social network, Tourism of Flanders He contacted museums, art experts and other organizations dedicated to the promotion of tourism to address an open letter to its creator, Mark Zuckerberg.

We have noticed that Facebook constantly rejects the works of our beloved Peter Paul Rubens, and although we laugh, his cultural censorship makes our lives very difficult, "says the letter, published last Sunday.