October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so it is more than a little ironic that Facebook doesn’t want you to see a photo of a mammogram.
Yesterday, I was blocked from accessing Facebook, along with the other admins of website BLUNTmoms.com, because our photo of a breast in a mammogram machine was reported as offensive nudity.
Due to the couple of centimetres of nipple shown in the side-angle shot, Facebook agreed that the photo violated its community standards. Our team was left with the option of removing the photo or unpublishing the page if we wanted to have our accounts reinstated.
Facebook community guidelines state that it ‘[allows] photos of women… Read the full story