When General Franco appointed his Moroccan lieutenant Mohammed ben Mizzian as Captain-General of Galicia after the Spanish civil war, the cathedral authorities reputedly found it tactful to cover up or remove some of the gorier depictions of Santiago Matamoros.
He also felt at some remove from the show's depiction of the HIV/AIDS crisis in its second act.
Earlier this year, Merrill and her sister Anna Zuccaro penned a petition demanding that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art either remove or contextualize a sexualized depiction of a young girl, Balthus' "Thérèse Dreaming".
The Chicago Board of Censorship found some scenes objectionable and required that Chicago showings of the film be edited to remove the dueling scenes and the depiction of Murray's dead body.
The internal moderation guidelines show, for example, that Facebook allows the sharing of some photos of non-sexual child abuse, such as depictions of bullying, and will only remove or mark up content if there is deemed to be a sadistic or celebratory element.
Following the script's purchase by Miramax, Williamson was required to remove much of the gorier content, such as graphic depictions of the internal organs of gutted murder victims "rolling" down their legs.
Literal depictions of God and the devil, angels and beasts, torments and blessings remove all sense of mystery from John's imagery.
The previous day, a conservative website on California politics was launched, featuring a raunchy photo-shopped image of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — a depiction that prompted the most powerful Republican congressman from California to remove his column from the site.
It also follows the decision by Australia retailers Target and KMart to remove Grand Theft Auto V from their shelves after an online petition criticised the game for its depiction of violence against women.
Valve's decision to remove Hatred comes days after Apple initially rejected the award-winning simulation Papers Please for inclusion on the App Store due to its brief depiction of nudity.
