Madonna, who only recently joined Instagram, appears to have broken the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site's rules.
The mononymous pop celebrity posted a warning addressed to her that accused her of violating Instagram's community guidelines.
Instagram's rules ban nudity and the posting of images that don't belong to the user posting them, among other restrictions.
Madonna has more than 150,000 followers on Instagram. Many of them leapt to the assumption that Madonna was being punished for photos that displayed cleavage or ample portions of the star's buttocks. It's possible, however, that Instagram took action for other reasons.
For example, Madonna posted at least two photos of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist whom she has long cited as an inspiration.
Of course, it's difficult to know if those were actual copyright violations. Madonna may in fact own the photos in question; she's a known collector of Kahlo's works and other Kahlo-related material.
She misspelled Kahlo's name in one posting, though that's not a violation of Instagram rules.
Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company typically does not comment on individual users' use of its services.
Instagram drew criticism late last year for revising its terms of service in a way that suggested it might sell users' photos. CEO Kevin Systrom apologized and the service retracted some of the more controversial terms.
The mononymous pop celebrity posted a warning addressed to her that accused her of violating Instagram's community guidelines.
Instagram's rules ban nudity and the posting of images that don't belong to the user posting them, among other restrictions.
Madonna has more than 150,000 followers on Instagram. Many of them leapt to the assumption that Madonna was being punished for photos that displayed cleavage or ample portions of the star's buttocks. It's possible, however, that Instagram took action for other reasons.
For example, Madonna posted at least two photos of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist whom she has long cited as an inspiration.
Of course, it's difficult to know if those were actual copyright violations. Madonna may in fact own the photos in question; she's a known collector of Kahlo's works and other Kahlo-related material.
She misspelled Kahlo's name in one posting, though that's not a violation of Instagram rules.
Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company typically does not comment on individual users' use of its services.
Instagram drew criticism late last year for revising its terms of service in a way that suggested it might sell users' photos. CEO Kevin Systrom apologized and the service retracted some of the more controversial terms.
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Instagram, it seems, has no sense of humor. And they seem so morally strict,that one could believe their headquarters was located in Saudi Arabia or someplace like that! So boring.
Posted by: Queenie68 | Monday, 04 March 2013 at 09:24 PM
What I is wrong ? How she can offense some one ?? Instagram 5 minutes of fame really ?
Posted by: JC | Monday, 25 February 2013 at 01:14 AM
Aw it looks like Lady Goobers little freaks went on another obsessed rampage to get Madonna in trouble. Hilariously sad.
Posted by: T | Sunday, 24 February 2013 at 09:07 PM
Don't this...
Don't that...
Don't this...
Don't that...
...a free country ???
...and she is so grateful living there ???
...oh come on !
Posted by: Lev Tolstoy | Sunday, 24 February 2013 at 07:06 PM
Tell Instagram to go fuck itself, then post the pic! Don't take no shit Madonna! Sounds like a bunch of BS allegations to me.
Posted by: Kelly | Sunday, 24 February 2013 at 06:13 PM
M posted a picture of someone's upper body (nude art) and she deleted it before posting this.
Posted by: Tiffany | Sunday, 24 February 2013 at 04:37 PM