January 7, 2009
Breastfeeding
Speaking of breastfeeding, a woman can’t post pictures of herself breastfeeding on facebook:
The deletions have spurred Facebook members to stage protests both online and offline. Dozens of supporters gathered last Saturday at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., while online, and more than 11,000 members participated in a virtual “nurse-in,” or changed their profile photos to images depicting women breastfeeding.
The controversy began after several women began noticing that photographs of themselves nursing their children had been flagged for removal. They formed a group called “Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding Is Not Obscene!” to protest a policy that prohibits members from uploading any content deemed to be “obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit,” which can include images showing exposed breasts.
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It’s odd how this story has suddenly appeared as a global news story. Fair dinkum, my wife had a photo removed and I joined that Facebook group in August 2007.