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CHaskell
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From the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/article/255628

Facebook is getting an online scolding after the social networking site deleted pictures of nursing babies it considered "obscene content" and closed the account of at least one Canadian mom.

Breastfeeding activists are emailing, posting and instant messaging their outrage. A new Facebook group set up to petition for a change in site policy – called "Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!" – has swelled from 7,000 members to more than 10,200 in the past few days.

In response to this outrage, as well as the general attitude towards nursing moms in this country, a popular mom blog, the "League of Maternal Justice" is speaking out, and encourage an event they're calling "The Great Breast Fest," scheduled for October 10th.
This will include video montages nursing mom's photos, live webcams of nursing mothers, YouTube videos, photos and banners everywhere.
http://www.leagueofmaternaljustice.com/2007/09/mission-2-the-g.html

Moms have been deleting their FaceBook accounts, and you can write Facebook to complain as well.


Posted Oct 9, 2007, 12:26 am	Last edited Oct 9, 2007, 12:28 am by CHaskell

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Hooray for mothers who breast feed and who are not going to let Facebook get away with this bigotry.

A breast is FOOD and LIFE as well as anatomy that can be ####ual. How sad that in 2007, Facebook seemingly cannot be bothered with the 21st century. Thanks for bringing this up--it will be mentioned in the missive this week.


Posted Oct 9, 2007, 5:11 pm	Last edited Oct 9, 2007, 5:43 pm by Erin