The Real Reason Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively's Wedding Pics Are Banned On Pinterest

A spokesperson for Pinterest told BuzzFeed News that the company is restricting plantation wedding content and that they are also de-indexing Google searches for plantation weddings on the site. Users are still able to search for such content, but will see an advisory that the content might violate the website's policies. "Weddings should be a symbol of love and unity," said the spokesperson. "Plantations represent none of those things. We are working to limit the distribution of this content and accounts across our platform, and continue to not accept advertisements for them."

Civil rights advocacy group Color of Change has been pressuring companies to stop promoting plantations. "The decision to glorify plantations as nostalgic sites of celebration is not an empowering one for the Black women and justice-minded people who use your site," they wrote to The Knot Worldwide which owns wedding platforms The Knot and WeddingWire. Pinterest also received a similar letter.

"Plantations are physical reminders of one of the most horrific human rights abuses the world has ever seen," the letter continued. "The wedding industry routinely denies the violent conditions Black people faced under chattel slavery by promoting plantations as romantic places to marry."