fb removes 'offensive' breast cancer video - manhattan post

The Swedish melanoma Society, whose breast cancer awareness video was yanked through facebook after it deemed photographs of red circles offensive, got here up with an choice – two purple squares.

The video – which displayed animated figures of women — was meant to clarify to girls the way to examine for suspicious lumps, The Guardian suggested.

The removed animated pink breasts featured on a fb video by Cancerfonden.image: Cancerfonden

Sweden's Cancerfonden said it had tried in useless to contact fb to attraction its decision to eradicate the video.

"We discover it incomprehensible and ordinary tips to understand medical counsel as offensive," Cancerfonden communications chief Lena Biornstad instructed Agence France-Presse.

The crimson rectangular alternate options through the Swedish melanoma SocietyPhoto: Cancerfonden

"this is assistance that saves lives, which is vital for us," she spoke of. "This prevents us from doing so."

In an open letter to fb, Cancerfonden pointed out the video changed into now not meant to offend, the BBC suggested.

"We remember you must have suggestions about the content material posted on your platform. but you must also needless to say one among our leading projects is to disseminate essential suggestions about cancer — during this case breast cancer," it wrote.

"After trying to meet your handle for several days devoid of success, we have now come up with a solution if you want to confidently make you satisfied: Two pink squares!"

fb later reversed itself on the breast brouhaha.

"We're very sorry, our group strategies thousands and thousands of promoting pictures every week, and in some situations we incorrectly limit ads," a fb spokesperson informed The publish in a statement.

"This picture doesn't violate our advert policies. We express regret for the error and have let the advertiser know we're approving their adverts," facebook mentioned.

The social media enormous also confronted a backlash in September for deleting a historic Vietnam conflict picture for violating its guidelines on nudity.

Norwegian leading Minister Erna Solberg defied facebook by means of posting the Pulitzer Prize-successful 1972 photograph of a lady fleeing from a napalm bombing.

She protested that social media need to differentiate between child porn and historically huge images.

facebook later allowed the photograph to be posted.