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Totally agree with everything you said here. I think it's important for people to realize that facebook is completely within their rights to take down any pictures they want. There are no civil rights violations occuring when facebook chooses to take down your pictures. Personally, I don't think they should be taking down breast-feeding pictures; however, there is nothing illegal or unethical about them doing so.

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I think it's important for people to realize that facebook is completely within their rights

Yes, it's within their rights, so it may be legal, but...

however, there is nothing illegal or unethical about them doing so.

How does this imply that it not being unethical? There are certainly plenty of cases where something is "within your rights" and "legal", but still unethical. If I plagiarize an out-of-copyright author, what I'm doing is unethical, but it's still within my rights, as wrong as it is.

Let's not perpetuate this stupid "it's legal, so it's okay" meme: not all things which are "legal" are perfectly ethical, nor are all things which are not "legal" unethical.

Right, it not being unethical is my opinion; I didn't mean to present it as an objective statement. I'm certainly open to listening to opinions that this is ethically "wrong", but as of now I don't believe it is.

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