No parent wants to hear negative comments about their children's photos — especially when the pictures are being used for an important cause. But that's what happened when Kevin Bond shared a photo of his son Hudson [1] on social media. After being told that his newborn son needed a heart transplant, the North Carolina dad created the Facebook page Hudson's Heart [2] to raise awareness and, hopefully, money to help pay for the procedure. Bond even tried to spread the word beyond his family and friends by paying $20 to boost the post from his page. But shortly after submitting a request, the father received the following message from Facebook:

"Your ad wasn't approved because the image or video thumbnail is scary, gory, or sensational and evokes a negative response. Images including accidents, car crashes, dead and dismembered bodies, ghosts, zombies, ghouls, and vampires are not allowed."

Bond was shocked and saddened, telling a local news station that he cried while reading the company's rejection e-mail [3]. He tried filing an appeal through a provided link and even reached out to Facebook directly, but had no luck in getting his message out to the millions of users.

"He's my son, I love him," Bond says. "To have someone reject a picture… [of] my beautiful son lying in a hospital bed needing help — that really cut me."

Facebook representatives eventually released a statement about the incident. To see what they said, read the full story on Huffington Post [4].

Source: Facebook user Hudson's Heart [5]; Front Page