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It wouldn't have anything to do with this, would it?

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-29677.pdf

See pg 38-42

These NEW record keeping regulations extend a NEW recordkeeping requirement to a LOT of work involving mere nudity, and some with no actual nudity at all, presented in any way that can be interpreted as "lascivious exhibition of the genitals or public area" [even if covered] that is produced on or after March 18, 2009

Seems to me that Facebook is just trying to cover it's ass.

Well ... not exactly its ass.

Breasts aren't considered part of the genitalia, and also breastfeeding isn't exactly a lascivious display. That they did this does not strike me as a legal thing, much more a PR thing; they don't want to piss off anyone who is offended by the display of too much of the wrong area of skin.

These people must realize that the problem really isn't Facebook. Americans fear the human body. With the current legal atmosphere their actions are most prudent.

It's interesting though about the platform for your social network defining what is acceptable.

I can understand Facebook making a clear decision to have their platform not be about Porn and sex, but this seems a little bit too far.

Facebook Balks at the Bosom