The closely tattooed Mötley Crüe drummer shared a full-frontal selfie on Instagram and Fb on Thursday, with the caption “Ooooopppsss.”
Instagram and Fb took it down inside hours for violating nudity guidelines, a Meta spokesperson advised CNN. It sparked a debate on social media — with critics accusing the platform of delaying its elimination and double requirements.
“So Tommy Lee can submit an image of his penis on @instagram that is nonetheless up three hours later however an image of my curvy booty in a thong bikini will get taken down? Cool, cool,” journalist Lola Méndez
tweeted. She
compared seeing Lee’s nude picture on social media to getting an unsolicited image of a penis.
Others cited the photograph for example of the misogyny ladies face, saying a few of Britney Spears’ revealing posts have been extensively criticized whereas Lee’s picture principally acquired reward.
“Make it make sense. The double customary is so obvious,”
one user posted. “2022 and we now have to witness Tommy Lee being praised for posting a frontal nude whereas Britney Spears is continually momshamed for posting horny pics,”
another one added.Lee is the newest in a slew of celebrities who’ve had their pictures faraway from the platform. Instagram suspended Rihanna’s account after the singer posted a topless photograph of herself on the duvet of Lui journal. Pictures posted by Chelsea Handler, Scout Willis, Miley Cyrus and non-binary mannequin Rain Dove have additionally been faraway from the platform.
Instagram explicitly states that it doesn’t enable nude pictures.
“This contains pictures, movies, and a few digitally-created content material that present sexual activity, genitals, and close-ups of fully-nude buttocks,” it says on its web site. “It additionally contains some pictures of feminine nipples, however pictures within the context of breastfeeding, delivery giving and after-birth moments, health-related conditions or an act of protest are allowed.”
Lately, artists and activists have launched the “Free the nipple” marketing campaign to demand that Instagram cease censoring pictures.
This isn’t the primary time Lee has made headlines for one thing aside from his music. Within the Nineteen Nineties, the rocker’s stolen intercourse tape together with his then spouse Pamela Anderson turned such a defining second in popular culture, Hulu launched a sequence on the viral intercourse tape this 12 months.
Lee has not responded to the Instagram controversy however posted a further photograph with a sexual theme after his nude. Some commenters questioned why he posted a brand new picture whereas others advised him to fall asleep.
