Facebook sparks outrage by removing mastectomy portraits, claims it was a mistake [View all]
Facebook sparks outrage by removing mastectomy portraits, claims it was a mistake
Facebook angered women yet again. The social media network that has sparked outrage countless times by removing users’ images of nursing moms is now in the dog house for pulling photographs of women who’ve undergone mastectomies.
In light of Angelina Jolie’s brave decision to go public with her double mastectomy in a riveting essay that ran in The New York Times last month, the SCAR Project posted a gallery of 24 images of young breast cancer survivors with surgery scars across their chests. The May 15 post included some images showing women with reconstructed nipples.
Are these images inappropriate for a website that doesn’t allow pornographic nudity?
“The images are what they are,” David Jay, a fashion photographer who founded the SCAR Project, told NBC News.
“I can’t imagine anyone finding anything pornographic or sexualized or even offensive in any way,” added Jay, whose large-scale portraits are meant to “put a raw, unflinching face on early onset breast cancer while paying tribute to the courage and spirit of so many brave young women.”
But the review team at Facebook didn’t seem to get the point behind the photos and immediately removed many of them. Jay was blocked from his account for 30 days.
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2013/06/05/facebook-sparks-outrage-by-removing-mastectomy-portraits/
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