Facebook Freaks Out Over Boobies
Most people know that posting pictures of boobies on Facebook is a surefire way to get banned. But what if the “Boobies” in question aren’t breasts, but birds?
Christmas Island Tourism, the small Australian island’s tourism board, says its Facebook ad inviting eco-tourists to its annual Bird ‘n’ Nature Week has been unfairly banned. Along with images of the Red-footed Booby, Brown Booby and critically endangered Abbott’s Booby, the ad featured the text: “Some gorgeous shots here of some juvenile boobies.”
The potentially sexual (pedophilic?) dual meaning didn’t sit well with Facebook, which banned
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