Facebook apologizes to Iowa birth photographer
Facebook hypocritical for targeting art photos while allowing pictures of provocatively-dressed teenage girls.
Facebook apologized Thursday for disabling the account of an Iowa birth photographer who posted pictures the company initially deemed inappropriate, including shots of a friend and her newborn moments after birth that partially showed her friend’s breasts, but not her nipples.
Facebook wrote in an e-mail to Laura Eckert that it had restored her account and that its decision to deactivate it on Dec. 22 was “in error.” The company also apologized for “the inconvenience” she experienced.
FYI, Many hospitals no longer allow photos in the delivery room and shortly thereafter due to tentative medical malpractice lawsuits. These photos serve as excellent evidence in prospective cases. Frankly, I can’t blame the hospitals. The ambulance chasers in this country are completely out of control and the lawyers have made a mockery not to mention “a killing” out of medical malpractice in this country. Get it?
Another thing. I think I speak for everyone when I say this. Most intelligent individuals DO NOT want to see a photo of your new born baby and wife in her hospital bed after just having delivered. It is in very poor taste to showcase that private moment to others. Only very close family members and friends may want to share in that very intimate moment. Therefore, it is wise to keep it private in the home rather than force individuals to be exposed to something that they are uncomfortable viewing.
Omg! by the way – did Tera ever send you a poster? Talking about….
I’m torn. I agree with Marisa about not sharing private moments with the world, but on the other hand… show me your titties!
I actually have to defend Facebook in this particular case. If I received a photo like that of a friend on Facebook, I would be both disturbed and offended. This woman is obviously very low class and doesn’t have good judgement. In most cases, a Facebook friend is an acquaintance at best.
They apologized bc they are scared of alienating most of the feminist women who use their platform. Both photos portraying slutty images of teenage girls and extremely intimate and graphic photos such as the one above have no business floating around on Facebook as they are extremely inappropriate to share on a network. Both are much better left unseen!
Most importantly, please be very careful with photos of children! I have actually seen facebook accounts of ignorant individuals attempting to show-off their kids to the world! Pedaphiles prey on this stuff. Also, do you think that it is wise to announce to everyone that your family is leaving on a three week vacation? That is basically saying, please come and break into my house. You have three weeks to do it!
Photos that are appropriate for Facebook and the Office are the following:
The Family Ski Trip
The Company Golf Outing
The Chairman receiving an Award
Graduation Photos
Sailing Trip on your boat
Respectable and appropriate action, celebration, and/or adventure photos that do not reek of pretentiousness, ostentatiousness, or tackiness.
Just trying to help people out there who may not know any better.
If you need to make crude comments, please do not make any comments at all Einstein!