The #FreeTheNipple campaign has been successful in getting Facebook to change their policy so that mothers can now post breastfeeding photos without their images being removed due to ‘nudity and pornography’.
 
There was never an outright ban on breastfeeding photos, but users had complained about Facebook moderators removing their photos despite the fact that they were not overtly sexual.
 
Thanks to the campaign, Facebook has ordered its moderators to consider the context of a photo or image, meaning non-sexual photos including female nipples, such as nursing mothers or women with mastectomies, will be allowed on the website.
 
However, it seems some moderators are still unclear about what is and isn’t allowed. US parenting blogger Paala Secor tested the new rule and posted a photo of her and her baby in which her nipple was exposed. Less than a day later, Facebook un published her page and warned that it could be deleted. However, she later received an apology from the website in which a member of the Community Operations  team admitted the page had been “accidentally” removed  because of “something posted”, and the photo was re-instated.
 

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