Accusations of censorship are being tossed at Flickr after Rebekka Guöleifsdóttira had photos removed from her Flickr page. The story making the rounds is that Guöleifsdóttira had some of her photos used without permission and decided to complain about the incident on her Flickr page.
Soon after, the photo garnered so much attention Flickr removed the photo allegedly telling Guöleifsdóttira, “Flickr is not a venue for to you harass, abuse, impersonate, or intimidate others. If we receive a valid complaint about your conduct, we will send you a warning or terminate your account.”
Fellow photographer Thomas Hawk (also CEO of the Silicon Valley based photo sharing site Zoomr) offers all the gritty details on his Flickr page. The matter seemed to be turning into a full scale photographer revolt until Guöleifsdóttira posted this: “I have received an apology from Flickr HQ… I’m relieved that they owned up to their hasty action of removing the photo. That’s something.” A nice sentiment, but the page is still missing.
