Facebook has apologised for removing this cancer awareness video

Facebook has issued an apology for removing a Swedish video on breast cancer awareness and deeming the images offensive. 

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The video from Cancerfonden, the Swedish Cancer Society, showed animated figures of women with their breasts represented by pink circles, with the aim of explaining to women how to detect suspicious lumps. 

Facebook later apologised for the blunder and said the images were now available: 

"We're very sorry, our team processes millions of advertising images each week, and in some instances we incorrectly prohibit ads," a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement to Mashable. Read more...

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