REPORT: Facebook Quietly Lifts Ban On Exposed Nipples In Breast-Feeding Photos
The #FreeTheNipple campaign was apparently a success, as The Huffington Post U.K. reported that Facebook has quietly stepped back from its ban on photos of women breast-feeding in which their nipples are revealed.
The #FreeTheNipple campaign was apparently a success, as The Huffington Post U.K. reported that Facebook has quietly stepped back from its ban on photos of women breast-feeding in which their nipples are revealed.
The social network has come under fire in the past for bans on both breast-feeding photos and images of breast-cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomies.
According to HuffPost U.K., feminist Soraya Chemaly broke the news in her blog, writing earlier this week:
Two weeks ago, if a photograph of an actively breast-feeding mother with nipples exposed was shared in Facebook, that photograph would have violated the company’s guidelines regarding nudity and obscenity and been removed.
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