After Facebook initially told the Gaze Seed Company in St. John's its picture of walla walla onions was too 'overtly sexual' for advertising on the site, the social media giant has now restored the ad. (Eddy Kennedy/CBC)After a St. John's seed company's onions were deemed too sexy for Facebook, the social media giant says the advertisement has now been restored. On Tuesday, Gaze Seed company manager Jackson McLean told CBC News the business was unable to advertise its walla walla onions on the site, after a photo of the product was deemed "an overtly sexual image." On Wednesday, Facebook issued a statement to CBC News saying the ad had been restored and that Gaze Seed Company is now able to use the photo on the site. "But sometimes it doesn't know a walla walla onion from a, well, you know.

Source: CBC News October 07, 2020 19:41 UTC