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Kobi · 01-15-2012, 08:24 AM

It's O.K. to Post Pictures of Kids Breastfeeding Their Dolls on Facebook

Proving that it still doesn't quite have a handle on what's offensive and what isn't, Facebook's latest apology has to do with taking down photos of young girls pantomiming breastfeeding. Ok, so the second part of that may strike you as a bit weird (especially if you don't know any girls who did that with any of their dolls), but apparently it's quite all right to post pictures of your children mock breastfeeding on the popular social media platform, as the pro-breastfeeding U.K. website Express Yourself Mums found out. The site had their Facebook page pulled and reinstated after its owners uploaded pictures (above) of their young girls breastfeeding. As The Guardian notes, "Facebook has a history of categorising photos of breastfeeding as 'obscene content' and removing them. But this is the first time a British group – or a picture of children role-playing breastfeeding – has been taken down." Facebook has also had a history peppered with controversy of keeping offensive jokes on for too long and more recently, taking down abortion instructions, which all kind of circles back to free speech and the problems of maintaining that on a money-making website. One analyst puts Facebook's censorship problems succinctly. "The risk is that it becomes associated with such acts as the US government taking down Wikileaks or the Chinese restricting Google ... On the other hand its commercial revenues depend on it not being linked to publicly odious sentiments."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/globa...acebook/47161/

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Condsidering I have been mulling this over for the last hour, pictures of young children simulating breastfeeding is just not sitting well with me.

I dont find breastfeeding, even in public, to be offensive. It doesnt bother me for kids to simulate what they may see at home, in the home.

What does bother me, I think, is posting pictures of it on the internet. I tend to fail to see the need to people to post pictures about every aspect of the lives, or to share every deal of it with a world of virtual strangers.

Something about doing this to kids seems exploitive to me. Parents go to extraordinary lengths to protect their children and the innocence of their children. Yet, they will post something for the entire world to see, some of those who are people who sexualize the innocent and playful acts of young children.

Wondering if this is bugging anyone else.

01-15-2012, 08:24 AM	#1
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,633 Times in 7,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Posting Pics of kid breastfeeding dolls It's O.K. to Post Pictures of Kids Breastfeeding Their Dolls on Facebook Proving that it still doesn't quite have a handle on what's offensive and what isn't, Facebook's latest apology has to do with taking down photos of young girls pantomiming breastfeeding. Ok, so the second part of that may strike you as a bit weird (especially if you don't know any girls who did that with any of their dolls), but apparently it's quite all right to post pictures of your children mock breastfeeding on the popular social media platform, as the pro-breastfeeding U.K. website Express Yourself Mums found out. The site had their Facebook page pulled and reinstated after its owners uploaded pictures (above) of their young girls breastfeeding. As The Guardian notes, "Facebook has a history of categorising photos of breastfeeding as 'obscene content' and removing them. But this is the first time a British group – or a picture of children role-playing breastfeeding – has been taken down." Facebook has also had a history peppered with controversy of keeping offensive jokes on for too long and more recently, taking down abortion instructions, which all kind of circles back to free speech and the problems of maintaining that on a money-making website. One analyst puts Facebook's censorship problems succinctly. "The risk is that it becomes associated with such acts as the US government taking down Wikileaks or the Chinese restricting Google ... On the other hand its commercial revenues depend on it not being linked to publicly odious sentiments." http://www.theatlanticwire.com/globa...acebook/47161/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Condsidering I have been mulling this over for the last hour, pictures of young children simulating breastfeeding is just not sitting well with me. I dont find breastfeeding, even in public, to be offensive. It doesnt bother me for kids to simulate what they may see at home, in the home. What does bother me, I think, is posting pictures of it on the internet. I tend to fail to see the need to people to post pictures about every aspect of the lives, or to share every deal of it with a world of virtual strangers. Something about doing this to kids seems exploitive to me. Parents go to extraordinary lengths to protect their children and the innocence of their children. Yet, they will post something for the entire world to see, some of those who are people who sexualize the innocent and playful acts of young children. Wondering if this is bugging anyone else.