Ghost, zombie ghoul, dismembered body, or vampire, which does this look like to you?

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Facebook Apologizes For Banning 2-Month-Old Heart Patient's 'Gory' Photo

As 2-month-old Hudson Azera Bond of North Carolina awaits a desperately needed heart transplant, his father Kevin Bond has fundraising for the operation in every way he knows how, including through a Facebook page. But dealing with the social media giant added to Bond’s heartache over the weekend. That’s when the company deemed a photo of Hudson connected to various medical tubes “scary” and “gory,” and rejected Bond’s attempt to boost site traffic with a $20 paid ad.

Facebook quickly reversed its decision, and a representative called Bond to personally apologize Wednesday, but the father said the damage was done.

“It hurt our whole family,” Bond, a photographer, told Yahoo Health. “Nobody wants their beautiful son compared to ghosts, zombie ghouls, dismembered bodies, and vampires, and whatever else that rejection letter said.”

The email from Facebook (a screen shot of which can be seen below), which did include that wording and which also put the photo into the “sensational” category, was an automated generic response explaining why something might have not fit into its ad guidelines. The company representative told Bond the rejection had been made in error by its system, apologized, and said it was working out a way to compensate the family, possibly with a free ad. Bond said Facebook’s apology call did help, but still felt the wording of the rejection email was “outrageous,” and that reading it “sickened” him.

WTF?


Edited to add link: https://www.yahoo.com/health/facebook-apologizes-for-banning-2-month-old-heart-97161297552.html

[KurtNYC]

1. the baby and the father have the same look on their face, same eyes n/t

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2. I hadn't noticed that but very true.

Adorable baby, How could FB be so shallow?

[Warpy]

3. Oh, FFS. It's not like the poor baby is shown with an open sternotomy

He looks really good, all things considered. I guess all the tubes made Miss Prunella of either sex uncomfortable. Knowing some kids are born really sick is unsettling.

I think it's a hopeful picture of a little kid on the mend.

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5. He's got a lot ahead of him.

But thanks to you I realized I forgot to add the link. It is there now.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. The real outrage

is that people in this country have to do fundraisers to pay for medical care to save their baby's life.

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6. So very true. nt

[BlueJazz]

7. Awww..poor little fellow. Got a rather rough start in life. He's adorable.