Facebook banned a North Carolina mom from the site after she posted a picture of her young daughter's bare bottom in an attempt to recreate the beloved "Coppertone girl" pose, Fox News reported.
Professional photographer Jill White said she posted a picture of her 2-year-old daughter at the beach with her friend pulling down the bottom of the toddler's bathing suit.
White said the harmless pose was meant to imitate the one shown in a 1953 ad for Coppertone sunscreen of a blonde-haired girl's bottom being exposed by a puppy tugging on her bathing suit. The photo was posted to Coppertone's Facebook page on June 30.
But Facebook took the photo down and temporarily banned White from the social media site, saying the photo violated the site's "nudity and pornography" standards.
"I was completely shocked and outraged," White, of Hickory, told Fox News. "Nowhere did I see anything pornographic about this photo. There is nothing sexual about it. It's sweet."
White said it was by chance she captured the photo. Her daughter was at the beach playing with her friend when she jokingly pulled down the 2-year-old's bathing suit in the back.
"We didn't stage the photo," White told the station. "When we looked at it later, her tan line reminded us so much of the famous Coppertone ad."
The picture was barely up for three hours when Facebook warned White to take it down or change her privacy settings. According to Facebook's policy, it has the right to delete content that "violates our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
"If we determine you've posted something that violates our terms, you may receive a warning or become disabled, depending on how severe the violation is."
Facebook banned White for 24 hours after she ignored the warning. White said she saw nothing in her daughter's photo that was pornographic.
"I despise pornography and anything to do with it," White told Fox Carolina. "I would never ever post a pornographic photo. I am anti-porn."
After the ban was lifted, White posted an edited version of the same photo. But she still finds nothing wrong with the original. The mother of the other girl even approved the photo before she posted it, White said.
"Actually, she is the one that insisted," White told Fox Carolina.
