A native of Hickory, North Carolina identified as Jill White is battling against Facebook on image ban of her daughter which is deemed as "inappropriate" by the social media site.
White is a photographer who took the image of her daughter, posted it in Facebook, and believed it was a cute recreation of the 1953-made Coppertone ad. In the classic ad, a young girl is seen with her bathing suit tugged by a dog, exposing the lines of her tan. Someone disapproved of White's posted photo and reported the matter to Facebook which deemed that the photo's display of her daughter's nude bottom is within the site's parameters for deleting "inappropriate" photos. They eventually requested White to either change her account settings or to take down the photo.
White ignored the request and reiterated that the image doesn't fit the site's criteria of "inappropriate display of nudity." Being an anti-porn herself, she stressed that posting something with pornographic content is definitely out of her league. White was banned from her access to the social media site for a period of 24 hours. This meant that she didn't have access to her personal profile and the FB fan page of her Jill White Photography.
According to Facebook, a content can be removed if found to be violating the site's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. The policy is even stricter when dealing with a shared pornographic material that involves a minor. There are certain limitations imposed by the site on posting images that display nudity. Depending on the severity of the case, an unwanted post can either receive a warning or can be disabled from posting.
When the ban was lifted, White re-posted her image but added a smiley-face emoji that hides the exposed back of her daughter. So far, Facebook hasn't taken any actions against the re-posted image.
White tried to address the photo controversy by explaining her work as a photographer. She described that changing her privacy settings into "friends only" mode is a daunting task since her work requires her to be a "public" individual. The banning experience didn't make her change her views on posting and fighting for what she believes as right.
In the case of Facebook, the site defended its set of guidelines which it admits to be difficult to keep at times. Now that it has more than 1 billion users, the set guidelines must be universally applicable and reflect the views of a diverse set of people. Disabling a Facebook account totally will require multiple deleted contents reported. People behind Facebook are ensuring consumers that they will continue to enjoy the site's safe, secure and trusted features wherever they may be in the world.
