Facebook criticized by cancer support groups after blocking accounts sharing images of surgical scars



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FAcebook has been accused of preventing cancer support groups from having blocked accounts sharing images of surgical scars.

Breast cancer activists have described Facebook's decision as "harmful" to remove post-mastectomy images and ban users, while the photos were "critical" to reveal the realities of the disease.

This comes after Facebook has updated its community guidelines last year to allow sharing of this type of photos within the cancer community.

Jay Walker, 40, of Horwich, Manchester, has been banned from Facebook "countless" times for sharing photos of his chest scars since his preventive mastectomy in 2016.

"Two weeks ago, a ban on sharing images in a …

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