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Facebook’s Twisted Priorities

So it seems that while Facebook spends all its time seeking out and deleting pictures of women breastfeeding, they’re letting far more dangerous activities go unnoticed.

David Wescott already posted about the high number of pro-anorexia groups available on Facebook, and today the New York State Attorney General announced they were investigating Facebook for not better protecting its younger users from sexual predators.

Investigators went undercover, posing as underage members on the social networking site, and found no shortage of porn and adults seeking sex with minors.

Facebook, where are your priorities? You spend all of your energy chasing after breastfeeding moms, yet you let sexual predators run wild on your site. You quibble over the definition of obscene when it comes to an infant sucking on a breast, but hard-core porn can be found with little trouble.

Which is more dangerous: a mom sharing photos of breastfeeding with other moms, or an adult contacting minors to solicit sex? Somehow I think Facebook has a different answer than mine, and that is scary.

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Posted in Boys, Breastfeeding, Children, Girls by Christina on September 24, 2007
Comments (6)


  1. Cristina said:

    I don’t get it either. The whole thing is unbelievable. Why don’t they spend their energies tracking down the pedofiles instead of the breastfeeding moms?

  2. Andrea said:

    It’ll definitely be interesting to see what’s going to come out of the Facebook spokesperson’s mouth about this one. That’s appalling.

  3. Izzy said:

    Facebook has flown under the radar for some time now while MySpace fields most of the criticism and scrutiny.

    I hope this information changes that and they have no choice but to expend their energies on more worthwhile issues.

  4. Amanda said:

    I’ve posted my boobs at work again. Damn Facebook.

  5. Shelli said:

    Ugh. That is just downright idiocy.

    I heard Microsoft is or has already put in a bid to buy Facebook. I think that’s a wise move, considering the spokespeople for Facebook may be faltering because of their inexperience. I’m sure they never imagined they would need to think about these sorts of issues. And it shows.

  6. A Suck-y Situation « The Road Less Traveled said:

    […] If you haven’t heard about the Facebook breastfeeding controversy, you can go read about it here. Women every where need to stand up together and say to the world that our body is ours. If we […]



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