Mom's Instagram account deleted after she posts pic of daughter showing tummy

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An American-born blogger is furious after Instagram shut down her account because she shared an innocent snap of her toddler daughter showing off her tummy.

Courtney Adamo, who lives in Highgate, north London, said she was stunned to receive an email from the photo-sharing site describing the image of 18-month-old Marlow as 'inappropriate.'

The message also informed the 33-year-old mom-of-four, who uses the site to share photos with family back in the U.S., that the photograph had been deleted.

Adamant that the picture didn't violate Instagram's rules, Adamo re-posted the allegedly offending photo.

Then, hours later, she found that her account had been completely disabled, reports the Standard.

Enraged, Adamo - who studied journalism in Chicago and worked in Los Angeles before moving to England 10 years ago - took to her Babyccino Kids blog to vent her anger.

courtneybabyccino via Instagram

'She is a baby!' she wrote.

'It's no different than a photo of a baby wearing a nappy, or a little boy in swim trunks, and to entertain the idea it is even remotely inappropriate is a disgusting thing in itself,' she added.

Adamo, who said she was 'devastated' that four years of pictures had been deleted, was backed by hundreds of her followers.

And, before long, they started tweeting pictures of their young children revealing their belly buttons, using the hashtags #savethebelly and #BringBackCourtneyBabyccino.

It appears that Instagram - bought by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012 - got the message and, on Tuesday night, her account was reactivated.

courtneybabyccino via Instagram

'We try hard to find a good balance between allowing people to express themselves creatively and having policies in place to protect young children,' a spokesman told the Standard.

'This is one reason why our guidelines put limitations on nudity, but we recognize we don't always get it right. In this case, we made a mistake and have restored the account,' he added.

Adamo said she hoped the incident would lead to Instagram improving the way it processes so-called inappropriate images.

'I want to make sure that my experience is educational for others and changes an Instagram policy that is overbearing and imbalanced,' she said.