Instagram to free (some) nipples, as board calls nudity policy ‘discriminatory’

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 22, 2025View source ↗

Instagram is expected to showcase a whole lot more nipples, following its parent company Meta’s independent Oversight Board declaring the photo-sharing app’s adult nudity policy “discriminatory” and “unworkable”. Female nipples are banned from Instagram and the rule is pretty rigorously enforced, with the app’s chiefs keen to keep sexually explicit content off the platform. However, […]

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