Inuk singer says Facebook suspended her account over seal fur photo
Facebook is apologizing for suspending the account of award-winning Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq after she posted a photo of a sealskin coat.
Tagaq, who is from Nunavut, said she was notified that her account was being blocked for 24 hours after she shared a friend’s photo of a young man wearing the coat, along with the hashtags #eatseal and #wearseal.
Tagaq said Facebook emailed her late Thursday afternoon to apologize after she raised the issue on social media.
“They said one of their members ‘accidentally’ removed the post and banned me,” she wrote on Twitter. “Thx for supporting.”