Female body, resistance and algorithmic censorship: the case of Tetas X Tetas

Paper written by Carla de Araujo Risso (UFBA) Daniela Osvald Ramos (USP)
for the GP Communication, Media and Freedom of Expression, XXI Meeting of Research Groups in Communication, component event of the 44th Brazilian Congress of Communication Sciences (Intercom).

Abstract
In the 21st century, women continue to fight for the right to express themselves with their bodies in the way that suits them; this was directly observable at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, and has been observable in the digital layer as well. In this article, we discuss algorithmic censorship and cultural hacking as a way to circumvent this structural censorship on platforms in the discussion of the Argentine campaign Tetas x Tetas, censored since 2016 on platforms such as Facebook, You Tube and Instagram. We conclude that algorithmic censorship can be more active and interventionist and that it will not be reviewed without social pressure.

Read the full paper here (in portuguese).