SA minister urges change to Facebook ban

The SA minister for the status of women says she supports mothers who were banned from Facebook for posting breastfeeding photographs.

Women should be able to post pictures of themselves breastfeeding their children on Facebook, South Australia's minister for the status of women, Gail Gago, says.

Gago says she will write to Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg, asking that a ban on photographs of breastfeeding be overturned in cases where women had uploaded their own pictures.

She said she supported mothers protesting after news reports said at least 375 users were temporarily banned from Facebook for posting breastfeeding photos.

Facebook should allow photographs of those women who were willing to share their own experiences, the minister says.

"Breastfeeding your baby is a normal and natural thing to do," Gago said in a statement.

Facebook is a social network where people choose who they interact with, she said.

"There is no valid reason for any social media network to ban legitimate pictures posted by women of themselves breastfeeding their own children," the minister said.

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