Facebook is offering a mea cupla after it deactivated an account of a tattoo artist who showcased her artwork on the bodies of breast cancer survivors.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that tattoo artist Kerry Soraci was using the social media site to promote her business and share the work she had done for women who have undergone mastectomies. Soraci was trying to do a good deed by showcasing the photos and hoping to educate women about breast cancer and reconstructive surgery so you can imagine her surprise when Facebook disabled her account.
The account was taken down because it violated the site's community guidelines and featured “content that is sexually suggestive/contains nudity.”
Not only that, but two other accounts she managed for her businesses were also taken down.
Soraci's accounts were disabled late last month and when she inquired about it only got a response that Facebook would not reactivate the accounts due to the violation. Since she could not get anyone else from the site to help her with the matter, she reached out to the media about it.
"It is really annoying that we have to go through the media to get them to respond!" Sorachi said.
Finally after multiple reports and media members reached out to Facebook, the site apologized to Sorachi saying, "A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook. This was a mistake, and we sincerely apologize for [the] error.”
By Friday, all of Sorachi's accounts including her all important Tattoos by Kerry Soraci account had been activated again.