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Why some onions were too sexy for Facebook – BBC News
A Canadian seed store inadvertently crossed the line with a seemingly innocent advert for onions.
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These onions were not flagged as risqué
There are regular onions, and then there are onions too sexy for Facebook, a Canadian seed and garden supply store recently discovered.
The Seed Company by EW Gaze, in St John’s, Newfoundland, had wanted to post a seemingly innocent advert for Walla Walla onion seeds on Facebook.
But to their surprise, it was rejected for being “overtly sexual”.
In a statement on Wednesday, the social media company apologis…
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