Facebook, the popular social networking Web site most of us waste entirely too much time on, recently began removing photos of mothers breastfeeding their babies from the pages of its members, claiming such photos violate its indecency policy, something the other popular social networking Web site, MySpace, started doing two years ago. The Facebook terms of agreement state any content that is offensive, illegal or harmful or threatens the safety of any person may be deleted, and apparently breastfeeding is part of that. In its defense, Facebook said most breastfeeding pictures are allowed, but they draw the line at exposing a woman’s nipple and areola, the part of the breast that surrounds the nipple/
Anne-Marije Rook
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Question: The issue isn’t whether breastfeeding in public is right or wrong. It’s whether Facebook made the right call by removing photos that show a breastfeeder’s nipple and areola?