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An obligatory moment of bad press for Facebook and its censorship team comes to us from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Facebook says it made a mistake in disabling the accounts of an artist who posted images of tattoos that she created for breast cancer survivors following reconstruction. "A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook. This was a mistake, and we sincerely apologize for they error," the social media site said in a message to Kerry Soraci. "We've since restored the content, and you should now be able to see it."
The note came after a story about Soraci's accounts was posted on stltoday.com Thursday afternoon, which launched other media inquiries into why Facebook took the action it did. "It is really annoying that we have to go through the media to get them to respond!" Sorachi told the Post-Dispatch Friday morning.
Facebook had disabled Soarci's page, Tattoos by Kerry Soraci, on Dec. 30, saying it did not meet the social media site's "community standards." "Your account has been disabled for not following the Facebook Community Standards, and we won't be able to reactivate it," Facebook's Steven Parker wrote in a response to Soraci. "We disable accounts that solicit others or feature content that is sexually suggestive/contains nudity."
(Score: 3, Informative) by purple_cobra on Sunday January 22 2017, @02:30PM
This from the POV of an administration worker in the UK's NHS, so of course all other countries/healthcare services will vary...
Post-mastectomy, women should (if appropriate to their individual case) be offered the option of reconstructive surgery and a nipple tattoo is part of that. Having one or both breasts removed is traumatic and a bare minimum reconstruction - i.e. a breast without a nipple - can make them feel just as bad as there being no breast there at all because it looks fake. It's a pretty specialised branch of the tattoo artists' work but it brings a worthwhile amount of psychological benefit to women who have had breast tissue removed. From a purely financial point of view, this is money well-spent as it helps to prevent issues with depression related to body image. It's also the right thing to do in terms of helping the patient through what is a shitty experience.