Facebook Discriminates Against Nursing Moms

Unfortunately it is not discrimination in the legal term. Generally speaking, "discrimination" is applied to either "sex", "age", and/or "race", not breastfeeding. And, Facebook, as an organization providing a free service has the right to moderate and filter the content of their site. It is all in the "user agreement" that we never read but agree to by clicking the "ok" box at the end of their disclaimer. Fortunately, we all have the right to create our own website, and to include as many breastfeeding photos as we desire. Feed on!!!

Thank you so much for gathering in support of breastfeeding moms and for reporting on the action for indybay.

I wonder which part of the facebook terms of use are you specifically referring to, John, which allows facebook to filter out there photos since mom checked the box? By clicking the box folks agree not to: "upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;"

Is that the one that is being read to include breastfeeding?

In my opinion there's no way for facebook to plead anything but zealous overcaution with regards to nudity, and as one sign put it, simply needs to update their policy to reflect reality: that women are proud rather than ashamed to breastfeed their children, and that it's a beautiful and natural thing, and not 'vulgar' or 'obscene' as some men might believe.

Gender discrimination indeed.

You can keep saying it's gender discrimination all you want, but legally it is not. John is 100% correct. Just like you can keep saying that breastfeeding in public is natural and not obscene. That is an opinion, not a fact. There are many people who disagree with you, which is why Facebook adopted the policy.

Breasts are for feeding babies, dudes. Betcha John and Ben think they are meant for their playthings, that's why they are so willing to call photos of breasts "obscene". Just more male domination of the internet...think about it.