Blimey - Facebook has removed our picture of a baby being breastfed...

linspins - surely one of the best ways to desexualise breasts being used for their primary purpose is for people to become accustomed to seeing it?

I like the idea of a coordinated day of action so to speak
Let's name the day and all post pictures of breastfeeding mothers either ourselves if we have one or someone else
I'll be up for that, even though it was 20 years ago and the fashion may offend more than anything

My news feed has just included a montage of 3 or 4 fully naked (from the waist up) pictures of a woman doing some kind of Eastern dance, posted by the dancer herself: it was apparently reported (obviously not by me as I am not bothered as long as she isn't) but it has been deemed by fb not to break their guidelines. So now I am completely confused: and very troubled by the implication that breasts are allowed to be art for the enjoyment of the public but not allowed to be seen fulfilling their biological function.

I would love to see a facebook campaign getting people to change their profile pictures to one of them feeding their baby.

I don't have any photos of me feeding my babies. I never felt the need to have one taken.

Changing it to the photo in the OP would make sense, given the context.

Shared the photo on my facebook page, and got a comment from a friend about 'what about her rights not to see it? ' and that not everyone wants to look at this, and it's not all about women's rights to bare it all. She compared page three to breast feeding pictures, and said women want these censored...
I do see that discretion feeding is important, and there is a balance between flopping out your boobs for all and sundry, and quietly going about your business feeding your child.
Until breasts are not sexualised all over the media, we are not really going to change attitudes.

This is why I hate facebook. I refuse to engage with it. It is horrible.

One of my FB friends recently shared a photo of a naked woman doing a headstand and a child attached to one of her nipples. As far as I know it's still on her wall.

I'm guessing no one was offended enough to report to FB's pearl-clutching department otherwise it would have gone straight away. Not because of the nudity of course, but because of the breastfeeding element of the photo.

Bonkers.

I would love to see a facebook campaign getting people to change their profile pictures to one of them feeding their baby. eg something along these lines

'If you agree that every parent should be able to feed their baby however and wherever they like, please post this as your status and change your profile picture to a picture of you feeding your baby.'

I think the wording should be a bit tighter to avoid people wilfully misinterpreting about feeding somewhere dangerous/dangerous food, but you get the idea! even if there are more pictures of people bottle feeding than breastfeeding I think it would still be positive for breastfeeding.

can mn coordinate something?

I reported a video of a man beating his teenage daughter for being disrespectful and they deemed it within community guidelines! Facebook are shits

I just can't wrap my head around the fact that it's ok to have a topless photo in a newspaper, but a baby breastfeeding is offensive. If you don't like it - don't look at it!!! And people really should just grow up. Showing a little bit of breast isn't going to kill anyone is it? I too can't believe the hatred and racism allowed on FB, but something as natural and peaceful as a breastfeeding baby is removed. I agree with the other comments about all posting photos - maybe we should have a national "post breastfeeding photos day" :)

I am also surprised that HQ were unaware of this Facebook policy. Your members have been complaining about it for years!

I don't have Facebook so can't share but obviously this is surprising and wrong.

Clearly I'm a bit old school to ask this, but have Facebook been contacted about this for an explanation? Is there a response?

Although I suspect they would say the problem is that you can see a small, rather inoffensive bit of areola.

That is really odd - it's sounds a bit deliberate to remove a breastfeeding picture from a Mumsnet Facebook page - it's as though they want things to kick off.

I report loads of Muslim hatred on Facebook. Really explicit stuff and it always comes back as 'this did not break our community guidelines.'

How the fuck not?

And yet this picture gets removed? I just do not get it.

Linskibinski I thank you.
Do you think we can make it a Christmas Number one?

family photos of a child breastfeeding

Is that their loophole here? I assume it isn't a family photo.

What would happen if you posted pornography involving breastfeeding, a bit of extreme violence and lots of people using offensive and racist language?

"Actually, am surprised how naive Mumsnet has been on this - I had my breastfeeding pics taken down years ago - I thought everyone knew that FB were breastfeeding fascists"

But supposedly they'd had a change of heart relatively recently and were now all in favour of BF photos. Or so they told everyone.

Funny thing is that I have had this breastfeeding Dd photo up for nearly 4 years and they haven't touched it.

yes, and as widgeon suggested c&p FBs guidance on BF which they seem to have forgotten.

Could all BFing MNers who also use FB flood the place with ostentatious BFing photos?

Bonkers.

What MN needs to do is sort out a way we can connect with each other and share infirmation and photos etc. then we can break free of the tyranny of FB. DO IT PLEASE, it is your duty.