A photo of the Hercules statue in the German city of Kassel was removed by Facebook. Photo / Facebook, GrimmHeimat NordHessen
A photo of the Hercules statue in the German city of Kassel was removed by Facebook. Photo / Facebook, GrimmHeimat NordHessen
The German city of Kassel is once again able to display its treasured statue of Hercules on Facebook ... or at least most of it.
Tourism officials for the city were shocked recently to discover that a photo gallery they had put up on Facebook - including a shot ofthe statue from the rear - had been blocked on the site because Facebook censors recognised it as an image of a nude man.
Der Herkules darf die Hosen wieder herunterlassen ;) - Nachdem Facebook das Kasseler Wahrzeichen in unserer Werbeanzeige...
The statue does indeed depict a nude man. But the city is quick to point out that it is, indeed, a statue, not a man.
However, rather than get into an argument with Facebook, city officials reposted the photo, this time with a pair of red digital swimming trunks protecting both Hercules' modesty and the world from a view of his buttocks.
"We thought, before we got into a long back-and-forth fight, we'd just pull some swim trunks on him. We might even get a little extra attention that way," said Ute Schulte, head of tourism at the GrimmHeimat NordHessen regional tourism office.
