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Breastfeeding protest over Facebook policy
ZDNet Government —
... [image] Nursing moms held an in-person “nurse-in” at Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters – and a much larger virtual protest, in which members of the “Hey Facebook! Breastfeed is not obscene!” group replace their usual pictures with one of themselves (or partners) breastfeeding. The group has 50,000 members. Facebook has removed profile and gallery photos that show the exposed nipple and areola of nursing moms’ breasts (and non-nursing women’s, as well) as violating its “obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit” ban, ...
Should Facebook End Breast Ban?
Mashable! —
... The Facebook group “Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!(Official petition to Facebook)” is a hub for the breastfeeding pic proponents - established last year, it now has over 72,000 members. Some joined Saturday’s protest virtually by switching their Facebook profile pictures to images of breastfeeding. ...
Facebook’s War Against Lactivists
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
... Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews As a new father, I have to admit, watching my wife breastfeeding our daughter brings on feelings in me, but not sexual ones, rather sweet ones, as I find the interaction between mother and daughter beautiful. Facebook, on the other hand seems to think breastfeeding is obscene, having removed many photos from its site, citing violation of its terms of use. It has resulted in the creation of a Facebook group, Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene! . At the time of this writing, the group has about 78,000 members. This actually was first ...
Facebook vs. Breastfeeding moms: Fight!
VentureBeat —
... Last Saturday, the group Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene! got over 11,000 people to participate in an online protest of Facebook’s decision to remove user-uploaded breastfeeding photos. Dubbed the first ever Mothers International Lactation Campaign (M.I.L.C., get it?), potesters posted a profile photo of themselves breastfeeding, along with supporting status messages. Offline, about 30 M.I.L.C members staged a “nurse-in” outside of Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters, though it’s unclear how effective they really were at nursing while they ...
Hey, Facebook, what have you got against breast-feeding?
Technically Incorrect —
... Facebook, was not the actual image of breast-feeding. It was the visibility of her areola, the dark area around the nipple.
A Facebook spokesman named Barry Schnitt said that this is not a question of obscenity. Rather, he said, it is one of safety. Teenagers, the argument seems to go, use Facebook and one mustn't expose them to images that might inspire their baser, basic instincts.
Ms. Farley was not terribly impressed and created a Facebook group called Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!.
On the group's Facebook page there is a ...
Facebook Furore of the Week: Mothers getting bras into a twist over breastfeeding photo ban
Tech Digest —
... Who says we're not in touch with women's issues here on Tech Digest? Over 80,000 users have joined a Facebook group called "Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding is not Obscene," after the site started deleting innocent photos of women breastfeeding their newly hatched, soft-headed, screaming, purple-faced spawn. Here's how Facebook defines an offensive nipple photo... ...
Boobs
Digital Daily —
... that reveal the nipple or areola. Rallying on-site in a group called “Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding is not Obscene” that now boasts well over 80,000 members, they’re asking the social network to exempt such photos from its TOS. “I don’t want future moms to feel that breastfeeding is shameful,” Heather Farley, one of the groups organizers, told the San Jose Mercury News. “It might keep them from breastfeeding.” ...
Facebook ban of breast-feeding photos sparks protests
ZDNet News - News Page One —
... the nipple or areola) do violate those terms (on obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit material) and may be removed," he said in a statement. "The photos we act upon are almost exclusively brought to our attention by other users who complain." But Facebook's decision to ban some breast-feeding photos has angered some users , including U.S. mother Kelli Roman, whose photograph of her feeding her daughter was removed by Facebook. Roman is one of the administrators of an online petition called "Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!" which has picked up speed in ...
Facebook Draws Criticism For Policy On Breastfeeding Photos
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... site recently deleted or cropped photos of nursing mothers, and the action drew opposition from thousands of Facebook users who have signed online petitions and hosted "nurse-ins." Facebook critics say that the breastfeeding photos are not obscene or of a sexual nature. Protesters gathered outside the company's headquarters in California and the number of Facebook users in the group discussing the issue had grown to more than 113,000 as of Friday. The top post said the social networking site "has started pulling a MySpace" by prohibiting people from posting images of ...
Facebook Holding Firm On No Breastfeeding Pictures Policy
Green Daily —
... Facebook has a policy that prohibits members from uploading any content deemed to be "obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit."
One of the organizers of a Facebook group protesting the policy, Stephanie Knapp Muir, says that the policy unfairly discriminates against women, as men are allowed to show bare chests on Facebook. Barry Schnitt, a spokesperson for Facebook, says that Facebook believes it has a consistent policy and that they have no plans to change it.
The Facebook protest group can be found here, along with over 3,500 pictures of, you guessed it, mothers ...
Facebook Policy: Removal of Breastfeeding Photos Stirs Protests On, At Facebook
Inside Facebook —
... The protests were started back in August by Facebook users Kelli Roman and Stephanie Knapp Muir when they created the Facebook Group Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene! (Official petition to Facebook), dubbing the movement “MILC” (Mothers International Lactation Campaign). Roman and Muir started the group because photos mothers had posted of themselves breastfeeding their children had been taken down by Facebook for violation of Facebook’s terms of service. ...
Facebook Defends Holocaust Denial Groups
WebProNews Feed —
... on its deletion of photos of breastfeeding infants. It’s a bizarre message—and a PR nightmare!—that Facebook is protecting the rights of hate groups while declaring nursing babies obscene. ...
Facebook's phishing clean-up: A tad heavy-handed?
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... Who would want to keep it?
Still, it's the principle. Facebook has made a policy of deleting e-mail it deems malicious, even after I've received, opened, and read it. They get to decide when it's appropriate to do that, not me. And while it's clear that they're taking these actions to protect users, they're also protecting themselves, which means there's a subjective element to this. And as is well-known, people don't always agree with the decisions Facebook makes about content policing. Hypothetical: ...
