bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/3/2009
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Some mothers are upset over Facebook's policy of removing some photos showing women breastfeeding their children.
blog.facebook.com - 1/7/2009
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blog.facebook.com —
Today, we reached another milestone: 150 million people
around the world are now actively using Facebook and
almost half of them are using Facebook every day. This includes people in every continent—even Antarctica.
(more)
A Great Start to 2009
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/2/2009
weblogs.hitwise.com - 1/2/2009
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weblogs.hitwise.com —
January 02, 2009 Facebook Traffic Reaches Peak -
Christmas Eve On Christmas Day 2007 Facebook reached a
peak in traffic that wasn’t surpassed until July 2008. Traffic reached a new high on Christmas Eve 2008 when Facebook saw its highest ever traffic ...
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Hitwise Intelligence - Heather Hopkins - US: Facebook ...
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Facebook Holding Firm On No Breastfeeding Pictures Policy
Green Daily —
... no plans to change it.
The Facebook protest group can be found here, along with over 3,500 pictures of, you guessed it, mothers breastfeeding.
What do you think? Should Facebook allow images of nursing mothers?
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Breastfeeding - How Long is Too Long?
ParentDish —
... her svelte post-baby figure to breastfeeding: "He's sucking it all out of me." Don't overlook the Facebook dust-up, where members are posting nurse-ins in response to site's decision to ban breastfeeding photos. ...
Facebook Defends Holocaust Denial Groups
WebProNews Feed —
... connection to the Holocaust, through parents who were forced to flee Europe or relatives who could not escape. We believe in Facebook's mission that giving people tools to make the world more open is a better way to combat ignorance or deception than censorship, though we recognize that others -- including those at the company, disagree. We may be fools for doing the former but not 'cowards'."
The battles Facebook chooses are interesting. The social network once also stood firm on its deletion of photos of breastfeeding infants. It’s a ...
Facebook Breast Ban Ended by Cancer Case
Valleywag —
An outcry from breastfeeding mothers wasn't enough to get Facebook to lift its ban on "exposed breast" earlier this year. But a breast cancer awareness campaign has finally ended the absurdly broad restriction. Sharon Adams uploaded a picture of her post-mastectomy chest to the social network as part of an effort to encourage women to get regular breast exams. Facebook removed it within a day as "sexual and abusive." After 900 people joined a Facebook protest group, the company backed down and reinstated the picture (the graphic ...
Facebook Breast Ban Ended by Cancer Case
Gawker: valleywag —
An outcry from breastfeeding mothers wasn't enough to get Facebook to lift its ban on "exposed breast" earlier this year. But a breast cancer awareness campaign has finally ended the absurdly broad restriction. Sharon Adams uploaded a picture of her post-mastectomy chest to the social network as part of an effort to encourage women to get regular breast exams. Facebook removed it within a day as "sexual and abusive." After 900 people joined a Facebook protest group, the company backed down and reinstated the picture (the graphic ...
Okay Facebook, it’s time to do the right thing…
LIVEdigitally —
... . Breastfeeding women pictures are banned. In other words, Facebook can identify hate groups and content they don’t like and has already taken it down. This is a crucial issue to me. Had Facebook never taken any proactive content cleansing actions in the past, I think they could sit safely on the sidelines. Instead, they are basically taking the position that the KKK is bad, but a Holocaust Denial group is not. ...
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