Ban on free the nipple movement lifted.Photos of nipples allowed on Facebook and Instagram

Miley Cyrus’ Instagram pictures of baring her nipples went viral back in 2019. She was a supporter of Free the nipples movement and made many public appearances with bare breasts and showing her nipples to support the movement.

The ban gave rise to numerous protests by the breast-feeding mothers who said that the Facebook was treating these photos as pornographers.

The decision to undo the ban was taken by Meta’s oversight board which is composed of academics, politicians and journalists on January 17.

The board said in its recommendation that the ban was based on a binary view of gender and a distinction between male and female bodies.

\ Even though male nipples were allowed, it was female body that was censured. With the end of this ban, that discrimination ends