The University of Warwick Rowing Society students are caught in a row with Facebook (Picture: Newsteam/SWNS)

A female university rowing club has been banned from Facebook after its nude charity calendar was branded as pornography.

The students, from The University of Warwick Rowing Society, ditched their life jackets for the cheeky photoshoot and sold 1,500 of their 2014 calendars, raising thousands of pounds for charity.

And despite the cash-strapped students managing to raise an incredible £3,400 for Macmillan Cancer Support by drumming up advertising on social media sites, they fell foul of Facebook’s notorious censorship policy.

After the page was removed, the society took to Twitter to publicise their cause and found support from all walks of life.


@nakedgirlsrow @facebook people can post CCTV of someone getting hit by a train, but this picture is offensive!? Ok then… — Ruaraidh Callinan (@pukkaefc) July 17, 2014

@nakedgirlsrow @facebook this definitely isn't pornography. fb is stupid and ignorant ? — Trista (@shavesmoothgirl) July 17, 2014

@nakedgirlsrow @facebook double standards at their very worst. The money raising these girls do is superb and important to the charities! — Simon Pilkington (@SimonPilko) July 17, 2014

Organiser Sophie Bell also criticised Facebook’s censorship, saying it would hit sales of the 2015 edition.

Members of the 17-strong team posed for shots around their clubhouse (Picture: Newsteam/SWNS)

It’s not the first time that Facebook users have fallen foul of ‘explicitly sexual content’ (Picture: Newsteam/SWNS)

Charity or pornography? Three of the team pose for the calendar (Picture: Newsteam/SWNS)

The girls’ hard work has raised £3,400 for Macmillan Cancer Support so far (Picture: Newsteam/SWNS)

Calendar organiser Sophie Bell says Facebook’s stance will hit sales of the 2015 edition (Picture: Newsteam/SWNS)