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chicagotribune.com Facebook orders breast-feeding photos off member pages No visible areolas, Palo Alto-based social networking giant says By Trine Tsouderos December 31, 2008 Ladies, put away your breasts, please! So says Facebook, which has been removing breast-feeding photos from member pages, arguing they violate its decency policy. Momsand some dadsare striking back, launching a full-frontal attack on the Palo Alto-based social networking giant. Last Saturday, 11,500 people posted breast-feeding photos to the site as moms picketed Facebook headquarters. "We challenge the notion that women's breasts are dangerous or sexual, especially in the context of breast-feeding," said Stephanie Muir, organizer of the virtual "nurse-in." Facebook isn't budging. Post pictures if you want, the company says, but just make sure you can't see the areola. "We've made a visible areola the determining factor," said Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt, who stressed that the company supports breast-feeding. "It is a common standard." That has some members fuming. "If I had large areolas, I would be offended and upset," said Kelli Roman, the Fallbrook, Calif., mom who founded the 85,000-member strong Facebook group, "Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!" last summer after the company took down a photo of her nursing her 3-month old. Roman said the movement is growing: "I have gotten 150 new friend requests in the last four hours." Copyright © 2008, Chicago Tribune
