Instagram Is Making a Major Change to Its Breast-Covering Policies

INSTAGRAM has refined its nudity policies following a months-long campaign from plus-size model Nyome Nicholas-Williams, who the platform was accused of censoring earlier this summer.

A spokesperson tells InStyle that as of Wednesday, October 28, Instagram and Facebook will update their policies “to help ensure all body types are treated fairly.” The platforms will now allow “content where someone is simply hugging, cupping, or holding their breasts,” — though photos where “people squeeze their breasts in a grabbing motion with bent finger” will still be banned.

The change comes after Nicholas-Williams and photographer Alexandra Cameron told The Guardian’s Observer paper that pictures from their photoshoot were repeatedly deleted and taken down.

“Millions of pictures of very naked, skinny white women can be found on Instagram every day,” Nicholas-Williams said at the time. “But a fat black woman celebrating her body is banned? It was shocking to me. I feel like I’m