Help keep the pressure on Facebook - another 'virtual nurse-in' planned

[johnsmom]

Facebook continues to remove nursing pics and classify them as obscene.
The first event organised by MILC (mother's international lactation campaign) has resulted in major media coverage around the world. The group 'Hey, Facebook, Breastfeeding is not Obscene' (where the protest started) has grown by more than 100,000 members.
In order to keep the media's attention focused on the issue and keep pressure on facebook to stop this discriminatory practice, the MILC organisers are planning another 'virtual nurse-in' on Feb.21, 2009.
In addition to the nurse-in, a letter writing campaign is underway. Write your letter to Facebook and let them know WHY breastfeeding is never obscene.
Here's a link to the event's page.
http://www.facebook.com/board.php?ui...id=74481493344

[alllyssa]

Once again, Facebook has labeled them as nudity, NOT obscene.

Don't you see the difference?

[beru]

I think, as a private company, they have a right to restrict nudity in posted pictures. However, I am offended that they remove pictures of breastfeeding that do not contain nudity. Is this continuing? If it is, then I would protest their inconsistency and hypocrisy.

I didn't join the last facebook "nurse-in" because I felt it was poorly done. I think there needs to be explicit, detailed goals. Does the group want breastfeeding pictures with nudity allowed? Does the group want the adminstrators to more consistently follow their own policies? What are the priorities of the groups goals? Last time, I felt the answers to these questions were unclear so I didn't participate...I guess I feel like members of the group actually are pretty heterogenous and probably have different goals from each other-not very cohesive.

[johnsmom]

Originally Posted by beru

I think, as a private company, they have a right to restrict nudity in posted pictures. However, I am offended that they remove pictures of breastfeeding that do not contain nudity. Is this continuing? If it is, then I would protest their inconsistency and hypocrisy.

I didn't join the last facebook "nurse-in" because I felt it was poorly done. I think there needs to be explicit, detailed goals. Does the group want breastfeeding pictures with nudity allowed? Does the group want the adminstrators to more consistently follow their own policies? What are the priorities of the groups goals? Last time, I felt the answers to these questions were unclear so I didn't participate...I guess I feel like members of the group actually are pretty heterogenous and probably have different goals from each other-not very cohesive.

Your questions were answered much better by Tickledeeboo than I could answer them in this thread -
http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1038794

[johnsmom]

Originally Posted by alllyssa

Once again, Facebook has labeled them as nudity, NOT obscene.

Don't you see the difference?

Women with bare breasts are not nude. If bare-chestedness constituted nudity, every picture on FB of a bare-chested man would also be reportable and removeable.

[michelleklu]

Originally Posted by johnsmom

Women with bare breasts are not nude. If bare-chestedness constituted nudity, every picture on FB of a bare-chested man would also be reportable and removeable.

[alllyssa]

If you don't see the difference between a bare-chested man and a bare-chested woman, then we are on different planets.

[Romana]

Originally Posted by alllyssa

If you don't see the difference between a bare-chested man and a bare-chested woman, then we are on different planets.

In some places (Canada, Ohio, for example) it is protected for women to be able to go anywhere topless that a man can go topless, because anything else is sex-based discrimination.

That said, Facebook's official policy is that the will remove any photos that have visible nipple or areola. It's possible to show breastfeeding without showing any areola, but not super-easy. I think it's likely that they remove pretty much any photo that gets flagged by a user, though. They don't want people complaining about it being an unsafe space or whatever.

I think they love the breastfeeding controversy because of all the media attention it's getting - free advertising. Unfortunately, the protest doesn't seem to have roused much opposition to Facebook, or even much negative press.