Emma Shapiro – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/emma-shapiro/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:28:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Emma Shapiro – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/emma-shapiro/ 32 32 118955609 How Will Meta’s New Content Policy Affect Artists? https://hyperallergic.com/984248/how-will-meta-new-content-policy-affect-artists/ https://hyperallergic.com/984248/how-will-meta-new-content-policy-affect-artists/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:28:53 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=984248 Artists have long faced censorship on the company’s platforms, but new guidelines limiting content moderation are far from a boon to free speech.]]>

Artists have long faced censorship on the company’s platforms, but new guidelines limiting content moderation are far from a boon to free speech.

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Meta’s Anti-Nudity Algorithms Go After AI Artists https://hyperallergic.com/867965/meta-anti-nudity-algorithms-go-after-ai-artists/ https://hyperallergic.com/867965/meta-anti-nudity-algorithms-go-after-ai-artists/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=867965 Artists who use the body in their work are falling victim to tech companies' struggle to respond to generative AI.]]>

Artists who use the body in their work are falling victim to tech companies' struggle to respond to generative AI.

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Artists Call on Congress to Stop Corporations From Copyrighting AI Art https://hyperallergic.com/847959/artists-call-on-congress-to-stop-corporations-from-copyrighting-ai-art/ https://hyperallergic.com/847959/artists-call-on-congress-to-stop-corporations-from-copyrighting-ai-art/#respond Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:08:48 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=847959 Together with writers and performers, visual artists declared an AI Day Of Action to fight for their copyrights.]]>

Together with writers and performers, visual artists declared an AI Day Of Action to fight for their copyrights.

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Artists Sound the Alarm on Censorship in Spain https://hyperallergic.com/840103/artists-sound-the-alarm-on-censorship-in-spain/ https://hyperallergic.com/840103/artists-sound-the-alarm-on-censorship-in-spain/#respond Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=840103 The suppression of films, plays, and other content expressing LGBTQ+ and feminist views in recent months has begun to raise the ghosts of Spain’s fascist past.]]>

The suppression of films, plays, and other content expressing LGBTQ+ and feminist views in recent months has begun to raise the ghosts of Spain’s fascist past.

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How a Bill to Protect Children Online Threatens Artists https://hyperallergic.com/833262/how-a-bill-to-protect-children-online-threatens-artists/ https://hyperallergic.com/833262/how-a-bill-to-protect-children-online-threatens-artists/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:02:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=833262 Decried by human and digital rights groups, the EARN IT Act threatens to undermine privacy and freedom of expression online.]]>

Decried by human and digital rights groups, the EARN IT Act threatens to undermine privacy and freedom of expression online.

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Is the “Free the Nipple” Movement Too White? https://hyperallergic.com/809277/is-the-free-the-nipple-movement-too-white/ https://hyperallergic.com/809277/is-the-free-the-nipple-movement-too-white/#respond Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:27:46 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=809277 Online representations of the activists lean White and thin, creating an image problem for the movement.]]>

Online representations of the activists lean White and thin, creating an image problem for the movement.

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Will Meta Finally Lift Its Female Nipple Ban? https://hyperallergic.com/794626/will-meta-finally-lift-its-female-nipple-ban/ https://hyperallergic.com/794626/will-meta-finally-lift-its-female-nipple-ban/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:16:35 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=794626 An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?]]>

An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?

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Artistic Freedom Reaches “Lowest Point” in Years, Human Rights Advocates Warn https://hyperallergic.com/787546/artistic-freedom-reaches-lowest-point-in-years-human-rights-advocates-warn/ https://hyperallergic.com/787546/artistic-freedom-reaches-lowest-point-in-years-human-rights-advocates-warn/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:30:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=787546 Rising traditionalism, conservatism, and populism have resulted in major discrimination against women and the LGBTQIA+ artistic community.]]>

Rising traditionalism, conservatism, and populism have resulted in major discrimination against women and the LGBTQIA+ artistic community.

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The Future of Art Censorship Is Being Decided Without Artists https://hyperallergic.com/772179/the-future-of-art-censorship-is-being-decided-without-artists/ https://hyperallergic.com/772179/the-future-of-art-censorship-is-being-decided-without-artists/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:26:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=772179 And it’s mostly our own fault.]]>

And it’s mostly our own fault.

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Artists Tell Instagram: We’re Done! https://hyperallergic.com/760697/artists-tell-instagram-were-done/ https://hyperallergic.com/760697/artists-tell-instagram-were-done/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:38:36 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=760697 Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network.]]>

Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network.

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Why Does Instagram Think My Artwork is Soliciting Sex? https://hyperallergic.com/723541/why-does-instagram-think-my-artwork-is-soliciting-sex/ https://hyperallergic.com/723541/why-does-instagram-think-my-artwork-is-soliciting-sex/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:13:19 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=723541 Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it's also offensive.]]>

Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it's also offensive.

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When We Confuse the Artist’s Muse with the Artist’s Model https://hyperallergic.com/706883/when-we-confuse-the-artists-muse-with-the-artists-model/ https://hyperallergic.com/706883/when-we-confuse-the-artists-muse-with-the-artists-model/#respond Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:02:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=706883 Our culture seems obsessed with the artist/model relationship, portrayed in countless movies and narratives as a relationship that is lustful and scandalous.]]>

Our culture seems obsessed with the artist/model relationship, portrayed in countless movies and narratives as a relationship that is lustful and scandalous.

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An Antidote to Instagram’s Toxicity Is Already in Our Hands https://hyperallergic.com/697635/antidote-to-instagram-toxicity-is-already-in-our-hands/ https://hyperallergic.com/697635/antidote-to-instagram-toxicity-is-already-in-our-hands/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:27:42 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=697635 The body positivity movement is an asset that Instagram seems reticent to put forward as the resource it is.]]>

The body positivity movement is an asset that Instagram seems reticent to put forward as the resource it is.

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Free the Nipple: A History of a Hidden Movement https://hyperallergic.com/681937/free-the-nipple-a-history-of-a-hidden-movement/ https://hyperallergic.com/681937/free-the-nipple-a-history-of-a-hidden-movement/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:37:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=681937 While court cases have helped to shape this movement from the 1930s until today, the social-media landscape has generally remained deaf to calls for change. ]]>

While court cases have helped to shape this movement from the 1930s until today, the social-media landscape has generally remained deaf to calls for change.

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Facebook’s Censoring of Women’s Bodies is Nipocrisy https://hyperallergic.com/673311/facebook-censoring-of-womens-bodies-is-nipocrisy/ https://hyperallergic.com/673311/facebook-censoring-of-womens-bodies-is-nipocrisy/#respond Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:08:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=673311 As long as Facebook and Instagram maintain a policy that female nipples are offensive and male nipples are not, they get to decide whose bodies count as valid for public viewing and whose bodies don't.]]>

As long as Facebook and Instagram maintain a policy that female nipples are offensive and male nipples are not, they get to decide whose bodies count as valid for public viewing and whose bodies don't.

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