Mother's fury after Facebook BANS her for posting pictures of her baby son

[Gina]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146588/Heather-Patrick-Walker-Facebook-ban-pictures-baby-son-died.html?ICO=most_read_module

A furious mother is demanding answers from Facebook as to why they took down photographs she posted on the site of her son, who was born with a rare birth defect, and then later banned her from the site altogether.

Grayson James Walker, from Memphis, Tennessee, was born on February 15, 2012 with Anencephaly, a rare neural tube birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull.

He only lived for eight hours but the Walkers wanted to capture his short life so his memory could live on forever.

Heather explained to Fox News that she uploaded the pictures on to her Facebook page so she could share them with family and friends.
WHAT IS ANENCEPHALY?

Anencephaly is a  disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the head end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day of pregnancy, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp.

The remaining brain tissue is often exposed — not covered by bone or skin. Most babies with this genetic disorder do not survive birth, however there have been notable exceptions.

In most of the pictures, baby Grayson is wearing a hat. But in some, he was not.

Heather explained: 'Not long after, Facebook deleted them because of the content. They allow people to post almost nude pictures of themselves, profanity, and so many other things but I'm not allowed to share a picture of God's beautiful creation.'

After repeatedly putting the removed picture on her profile, her account was temporarily disabled.

According to Facebook's community standards page, there are nine types of content that may be deemed offensive and removed: Violence and Threats, Self-Harm, Bullying and Harassment, Hate Speech, Graphic Violence, Nudity and Pornography, Identity and Privacy, Intellectual Property and Phishing and Spam

    How dare they remove those photos and who the hell reported them?  Hope they rot in hell.

[obumazombie]

And the Facebook conspiracy grows.

[Danglars]

Why does she care? It's just a website! ARG! It shouldn't matter to anyone!

Why do people let themselves get sucked into this stuff?

[Wineslob]

Googled the deformity. Donno if I'd want that on my Facedbook. Nothing against a grieving mother, but that's pretty gruesome.

[Celtic Rose]

Googled the deformity. Donno if I'd want that on my Facedbook. Nothing against a grieving mother, but that's pretty gruesome.

My good friend had twins three years ago, one was perfectly healthy, the other had anencephaly.  Very difficult for the entire family, but baby Grace lived for 8 hours, both of her older siblings were able to hold her, and she was baptized before she died. 

Looking at Facebook's rules regarding pictures, I don't see where they can argue a violation of their rules. 

[RightCoast]

Facebook as a business should be able to delete any content it chooses.

[Gina]

if it was public then yeh but if it's private and on her wall then **** them.

[DumbAss Tanker]

At least they wanted it to live forever as long as it was free and assuming Facebook lasts forever.  She could always pay the minimal price for her own domain if this was really about the memorial and not about the 'I can do what I want and I'll make life Hell for anyone who disagrees' philosophy that infects our society.

As far as the pics, there's a reason we don't have freak shows anymore, and the fact that the person putting someone with gross deformities on display is the kid's mother doesn't make it right.

[Gina]

As far as the pics, there's a reason we don't have freak shows anymore, and the fact that the person putting someone with gross deformities on display is the kid's mother doesn't make it right.

The kid wasn't a freak.  The baby was innocent and was a human.  The mother was proud of her child as she should be.  She was offered by her dr's to have an abortion and she didn't give in because she believed she was carrying a child and not a freak. At least we could stand behind her since she was woman enough to carry her baby full term and not just get it sucked out of her.

[vesta111]

At least they wanted it to live forever as long as it was free and assuming Facebook lasts forever.  She could always pay the minimal price for her own domain if this was really about the memorial and not about the 'I can do what I want and I'll make life Hell for anyone who disagrees' philosophy that infects our society.

As far as the pics, there's a reason we don't have freak shows anymore, and the fact that the person putting someone with gross deformities on display is the kid's mother doesn't make it right.

Hold on Tanker, I wonder if you are part of the baby perfect movement.

This was not a freak show, this was a mother loving unconditionally her child, this is a woman that refused to hide her shame and embarrassment over giving birth to a not perfect baby.

Put it this way, suppose the deformity was not obvious,  something internal that meant the child could not be cured and would die in 30 days.   Should the mother reject the child or do for it what we mothers do, take photos and rejoice in every breath they take ??

What is a gross deformity, a hair lip, a birth of a Thalidomide baby with flippers ????   

I as have millions watched the video of a young man coming home from war.   His little boy was born with a deformity that all said would never allow him to walk in his life.   This little boy over came the odds and when Daddy got off the plane managed to stand up and walk into his waiting arms. Gallons of tears were shed.
 
So what bothers you Tanker, the physical appearance of the baby or the fact that the Mother was proud of him and loved him and wanted to have a detail of his short life. ??????

Why not put the baby on display the same way we do with the perfect Gerber baby. A baby is a baby, no arms, no legs, no eyes no ears, they are not Freaks, they are humans that may or may not make it.

You do know that it is animals that abandon their new Born's if they are not Perfect or have a defect.

The love of a mother is so great that God only sends these children to mothers that will love them no matter what.

[Eupher]

If the mother truly wanted to memorialize her child, all she has to do is pony up a few bucks to buy a domain name, pay somebody for hosting privileges, design a web site (or pay somebody to do it) and put her pictures up.

Happens every day.

Facebook, or any site owner, has a responsibility to control its content. I'm sure in the fine print, there's a caveat statement that says that if FB determines a posting is illegal, or inflammatory, or [insert the condition here], they have the right to remove that item.

There's nothing wrong with a parent loving his/her child, regardless of the condition. But that love can be expressed apart from a FREE web site that happens to allow its members to upload photos that meet those criteria, fine print or not.

Looks like Mom is looking for another free ride, And DAT, quite rightly, states that that's a condition that infects more and more of our illustrious citizenry ( ) as time goes on.

[seahorse513]

I have seen alot of pictures of children with major defects or victims of abuse, where for every like, so and so will donate a dollar and it becomes scam at the original poster's expense. I think Facebook, is trying to tone down on scammimg. People out there are making serious money off of these....

I don't know that for sure, but it makes sense....

[obumazombie]

Almost any forum has a catch all phrase like "disruptive", as a tool for the owners to effectively censor content.