That time my husband reported me to the Facebook police: a case study

When Burt Reynolds died I posted the Cosmopolitan picture on FB.

It got taken down. I appealed. They said it didn’t follow community standards. I appealed again with the following reasoning.

  1. It’s not full frontal nudity. 2) It’s historical. Heck, it was published in a national magazine before most of us were even born. 3) If you’re concerned that it does contain full frontal nudity, take a closer look. That’s the folds of his skin and his body hair creating that optical illusion. 4) It’s newsworthy, since he recently died.

I got this response back.

We’re sorry we got this wrong. We reviewed your post again and it does follow our Community Standards.

We appreciate you taking the time to request a review. Your feedback helps us do better.

Woo!

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