Facebook censors king cake babies for nudity. No kidding (NSFW?)

We couldn’t make this up. King Cake Snob is a website dedicated to rating New Orleans’ ring-shaped Mardi Gras pastry. On Monday (Jan. 7) the management of King Cake Snob published a Facebook post proclaiming the start of the king cake consumption season. To draw more attention to the website, King Cake Snob sought to popularize the social media post by offering to pay Facebook to elevate its online presence.

The Facebook post included the words “We’re Back, Baby” and a photo featuring glinting plastic king cake babies – the traditional charm found inside of most king cakes. That’s where the trouble began.

According to King Cake Snob spokeswoman Beth Harris, by Tuesday morning (Jan. 8) Facebook had sent an email rejecting the website’s request for a paid boost, because their social media post included “an image or video depicting excessive skin or nudity, which includes medical diagrams depicting external organs of reproduction, breasts or butt. This kind of material is sensitive in nature."

Harris said King Cake Snob reached out to Facebook to explain that the excessive skin was of the pink plastic variety and that their intentions were innocent, but they were rebuffed.

Read more: https://www.nola.com/eat-drink/2019/01/facebook-censors-king-cake-babies-for-nudity-no-kidding.html