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Facebook Apologizes to Mom for Banning Dying Son's Photos

After media attention, thousands of online comments and the work of one Mid-South mother, Facebook is backing off its controversial actions of removing graphic pictures of a terminally ill child.

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UnoHoo - 5/22/2012 5:30 PM
2 Votes
I don't use FB, & never will. It is nothing more than 'targeted advertising', & as this incident shows, they are biased as to what they will "allow" to be posted. Vulgarity = O.K.; A touching moment for a family = banned. There ARE alternatives, & you do pretty much the same thing with email. The ONLY reason FB "appologized" is because of the backlash they have been recieving. They could truly care LESS, otherwise... You either have freedom of speech for EVERYBODY, or NOBODY. "Eff FB"

pgaukel - 5/22/2012 1:00 PM
1 Vote
I want to thank abc24 for giving this family, for giving Grayson James Walker a voice, a memory, and moving so many of us to support each other. This is true news - news that supports, uplifts, and connects people. Grayson, you are an angel in Heaven and we will all see one another in God's time.

kitcat104 - 5/22/2012 1:55 AM
1 Vote
That apology was amazing.... Mothers just want to share and with the Grieving Mothers site you have it give us strength....... I am proud of the fact that you stood up and apologized to a woman that was suffering.... Thank you for being human.....

EXC0P - 5/21/2012 8:11 PM
2 Votes
Don't want to compound the tanking stock price with more bad press huh?
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