Scout Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, thought Instagram was behaving like a giant boob when the site took down one of her photos, citing a violation of community guidelines. So she decided to retaliate by showing her own, taking a topless stroll around Manhattan to protest Instagram’s anti-nudity policy. 
 
 Via Scout Willis/Twitter 
 
 On Tuesday, Willis tweeted photos of herself using the hashtag #freethenipple. The pictures, taken by professional photog Mario Sorrenti, were captioned “Legal in NYC but not on @instagram” and “What @Instagram won’t let you see.” 
 
 Public female toplessness has been legal in New York City since 1992. But while it’s legal for women to bare their breasts outdoors, police continue to arrest them. 
 
 A documentary film, Free the Nipple, is about the fight against these censorship laws in New York City. The MPAA, of course, limited its exposure by giving the film a NC-17 rating. Spurred on by a topless Miley Cyrus, a hashtag in support of the film, #freethenipple, popped up in late 2013. 
 
 Willis’s crusade against Instagram’s prudishness appears to have started last week, when Instagram removed a photo of a sweatshirt she designed that featured an image of two topless models. She was, to put it mildly, displeased: 
 
 Made a new Instagram,gonna post lots of beautiful photos of naked women I think.Tasteful, non aggressive, whomever wants to see can, if not — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 27, 2014 
 
 Not even 24 hours before getting kicked off again.... pic.twitter.com/J4iGB2r2Jz — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 27, 2014 
 
 A) fine👌 B) got flagged and removed from @instagram pic.twitter.com/IZ80lrXJRc — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 27, 2014 
 
 @instagram pictures of breast cancer survivors have been flagged+deleted but this is super #sick and #hot amiright??? pic.twitter.com/zMRvftipfg — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 27, 2014 
 
 Since then, Willis has been on a nonstop quest to get Instagram to acknowledge the existence of breasts, specifically her own. She’s been sharing photos of breasts. She’s been tweeting about breasts. She even changed her middle name on Instagram to “Areola.” (Her account is currently disabled). 
 
 But it wasn’t until she stripped down on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that her quest to bare breasts on social media started getting real attention. From the looks of her Twitter, most people are applauding her efforts, tweeting in support of her cause. 
 
 For now, Willis is still furiously tweeting at Instagram in protest of their anti-nudity policy. When I asked her if they had responded yet on Twitter, she was just as succinct as she was, er, topless that one time: 
 
 “@ej_dickson: Hi @Scout_Willis have you heard from Instagram since your protest?” No — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 28, 2014 
 
 H/T Mirror UK | Photo via Scout Willis/Twitter ||||| Scout Willis Goes Topless on the Streets of N.Y.C. to Protest Instagram 
 
 My comfort with my body should not be dictated by how others perceive me. However, I don't wish to force this view on anyone. — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 27, 2014 
 
 Scout Willis is on a mission to bare it all.The 22-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore walked around New York City while topless on Tuesday, sharing photos of her promenade to protest Instagram's nudity policy. The social media site has come under fire for deleting pictures of breast cancer survivors and women breastfeeding."Legal in NYC but not on @instagram," she Tweeted along with a photo of her shopping for flowers wearing only a skirt."What @instagram won't let you see #FreeTheNipple," she added along with another daring photo.The model and actress even changed her Instagram name to "Scout (Areola) Willis" – before her account was deleted.Willis isn't the only celebrity to protest Instagram. Rihanna 's account was deleted after the singer posted a racy magazine cover featuring an image of her topless.According to Instagram's basic terms of service , "You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other content." ||||| Person who's here, Scout Willis, floated through the Lower East Side like a topless ghost Tuesday afternoon, scouting locations where nipples are welcome. So far the list consists of: New York City; not Instagram. 
 
 Willis, daughter of Bruce and Demi Moore, posted two images of her topless promenade to Twitter, using the hashtag #FreeTheNipple in protest of Instagram's censorship policy regarding female nudity. (An image of the topless magazine cover that got singer Rihanna's Instagram account suspended in April currently serves as Willis' Twitter avatar.) 
 
 In one image, a shirtless Willis walks away from a fabric store. She has no use for fabric; her skin is her fabric and her nipples are two gemstone embellishments placed symmetrically on the front of her head-to-toe bodysuit. This photo Willis has captioned "What @instagram won't let you see #FreeTheNipple." 
 
 In the other photo, Willis touches flowers, though it is unclear if she intends to purchase them. "Legal in NYC but not on @instagram," writes Willis. (She is referring to bare nipples in the street.) 
 
 Legal in NYC but not on @instagram pic.twitter.com/YX9BymV6R6 — Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) 2014. Május 27. 
 
 Previous supporters of the Free The Nipple movement include Miley Cyrus and Cara Delevingne. 
 
 [h/t TMZ // Image via @Scout_Willis on Twitter] ||||| A new Instagram account is using closeup images of nipples to test the photo-sharing app’s notoriously strict policy on female nudity. The account, @genderless_nipples, publishes user-submitted photos of both male and female nipples, drawing attention to what many see as a clear double standard in Instagram’s moderation policy. 
 
 “Men are allowed to show their nipples, women's get banned,�? the account’s bio reads. “Support ALL genders! Let's change this policy!�? 
 
 Instagram and Facebook have come under strong criticism in recent years for aggressively censoring female nudity — sometimes to the point of absurdity. Facebook has used its policy to censor famous works of art, historical images, and photos of women undergoing mammograms. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, even removed a photo of a cake because it looked like female breasts, as The Daily Dot notes. 
 
 People of quality do not fear equality. A photo posted by Genderless Nipples (@genderless_nipples) on Dec 4, 2016 at 9:40pm PST 
 
 The social media sites are entirely ambivalent about male nipples, however, as activists have been quick to point out. A 2015 campaign encouraged women to photoshop male nipples on their topless photos, in a test of Instagram’s censorship policy, while the #freethenipple movement calls on women to post topless photos in an ongoing effort to destigmatize the female breast. 
 
 All of the photos on @genderless_nipples are closeups, with submitters’ names and genders remaining anonymous. From this vantage point, it’s nearly impossible to distinguish male from female, which is entirely the point. 
 
 In an email to The Huffington Post, the account’s creators, Morgan-Lee Wagner, Evelyne Wyss, and Marco Russo, said they decided to launch the page during the US presidential election. (The account was originally launched under the @genderlessnipples handle, which was later hacked. It has since been restored.) 
 
 “During that period, so many horrible things were said by candidates, and their supporters, about woman rights and gender equality, that we decided we should do something about it,�? the students wrote. “And what better way to start spreading a message of gender equality than pointing out the rules of social networks?�? 
 
 It appears that the effort has already run afoul of Instagram’s community standards. A post published on Monday to @genderless_nipples said that one of its images was removed from the site. According to the account, it was a photo of a male nipple. 
 
 “Instagram, you can't even tell the difference between male and female nipples; who could!?�? the caption reads. “So why even bother banning female nipples if they can be so similar?�?
– Scout Willis spent Tuesday walking around Manhattan, sans top, while a professional photographer followed her around taking pictures, which Willis then tweeted with the hashtag #freethenipple. Why? She's mad at Instagram. Willis, Bruce and Demi's 22-year-old kid, had one of her photos removed by the picture-sharing site last week because it included two topless models, which Instagram said violated its community guidelines. So Willis started sharing all sorts of pictures of breasts and changed her middle name on the site to "Areola" (sic), though you can't see that right now because her account is disabled, the Daily Dot reports. She then took to Twitter, posting pictures of her topless stroll with the captions "Legal in NYC but not on @instagram" and "What @Instagram won’t let you see." It is legal for women to be topless in public in New York City, though the Daily Dot notes that they are still sometimes arrested for it, and Free the Nipple is a documentary about the fight against the city's censorship laws. People notes that Willis' crusade comes after Rihanna's Instagram account was taken down after she posted topless photos from a magazine shoot, and Gawker adds that Willis' current Twitter avatar is one of those photos. Click to see Willis' topless photos.