Facebook has reportedly come under fire after it banned a post-mastectomy nude photograph of a model was suffering from breast cancer.
The social networking giant removed the picture of Malu Galeote who lost her right breast and had posed as part of a campaign to support other women suffering from the disease.
According to the Daily Express, Facebook removed the picture saying it violated their policy on nudity adding that mastectomies can be shown but naked breasts cannot, because many of their audience are young.
Meanwhile, Spanish photographer Benya Acame, who had uploaded Galeote's picture with the message that "Beauty is not only skin deep but is in fact an inner quality that can still shine through", said that it was a very artistic picture and not at all distasteful.
Acame further said that the picture was published on other social networks such as Flickr and there were no problems.
He further said that he had posted the picture to motivate women not to be embarrassed if they were forced to undergo surgery.
Facebook's user policy states that photos with fully exposed breasts, particularly if they are unaffected by mastectomy violate the site's terms, the report added.