“Yesterday evening, as I was nursing my daughter, I got logged out of Facebook. As soon as it happened, I knew what it meant. I logged back in and was prompted to go through all of my photos and to select any with nudity. Of course, there was none.” Moutrie wrote on her blog post last December 31.
“And then I received the news. The video I created for Birth Becomes Her in May...the video that went viral and was viewed over 100 million times… the video that contained NO EXPLICIT nudity...was gone. Removed for violating community standards. And I was effectively banned from Facebook because of it.” She added.
“Have we reached a point in our obsession with apps and usernames that we've forgotten that behind our pixelated screens are real bodies that breathe and beat and love and birth and eventually die?” Moutrie further wrote, and emphasized that her video did not violate any of Facebook's community standards.
We at Philippine News Courier are in full support of Monet Nicole Moutrie in her complaint against Facebook. We watched the entire video very carefully, and all we saw are happy mothers seeing their babies right after they were born. And if the video is against their rules, why did they wait for 7 months before they delete it?
Ironically, there are tons of images and posts on Facebook that should be deleted but are still visible. We see violent videos, young girls with provocative poses, and not to mention fake news, cyberbullying, and others. As of posting, the ‘Birth Becomes Her’ video is still unavailable, and Facebook has not yet commented on this matter.
Contributed by Cherry Luz Alcantara
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