03 January 2017 14:05:45 IST

Facebook apologises for removing photo of nude Neptune statue

The social media company said the picture violated its privacy policies

Last year, in October, Facebook removed a Swedish video on breast cancer awareness, deeming the images offensive. And now, the social media giant is at it again. The latest victim of Facebook's censorship is a photograph of a 16th-century statue of Neptune, the sea god, because it is "sexually explicit".

But as is routine, the moment there was outrage they unblocked it and apologised. Check out this article by Mashable on how things unfoiled.