Facebook's breastfeeding ban

[Commentary] Facebook, the popular social networking website, provoked a squall of maternal wrath when it yanked photos of breastfeeding babies that women had posted on their personal profiles because it deemed them a little too revealing. In response to the terse notices alerting mothers that they were violating Facebook's decency policy, "lactivists" responded with a virtual nurse-in; 11,000 women posted photos of themselves breastfeeding and/or updated their profiles to read: "Hey, Facebook. Breastfeeding Is Not Obscene!" Within days, 47,000 women had joined the "Hey, Facebook" cause, and by late last week, more than 150,000 had signed on. Why does this policy matter? Because Facebook, with 140 million members around the world, has more denizens than many countries. The Internet is a powerful force in shaping cultural norms, and breastfeeding is a normal -- and very healthy -- part of raising a child.