Facebook is being pressured by The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children after allowing a user to post a "disturbing" video of a crying baby being repeatedly dunked into a bucket of water.

The NSPCC reportedly wants Facebook, as well as other social networks, to be held accountable for not removing such footage, adding that it wants the intervention of the UK government on the matter.

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It remains unclear where the "baby dunking" video originated, but Britain alerted Facebook Wednesday citing "graphic violence" and "nudity," reported The Straits Times.

Claire Lilley, NSPCC's leads on Child Safety Online, told Today that the manner in which the baby had been flung in the video could result to "serious damage" to her limbs.

Even if some reports claimed that the video portrayed a form of "baby yoga", Lilley said '"What is one person's baby yoga in one person's context is child abuse in another person's context."

She added that NSPCC wants the UK government to create a new faction "armed with the legal powers to ensure internet companies are transparent and accountable."

The letter from NSPCC mentioned culture minister Ed Vaizey as well as internet safety minister Joanna Shields, urging them to look into "all available options" to ensure UK citizens are "no longer exposed to this kind of dreadful and disturbing content," according to the BBC.

While Facebook admitted the "baby dunking" video to be "upsetting and disturbing," it added that Facebook users will still be able to watch it.

On Thursday, a Facebook spokesman maintained that the video is merely a depiction of "a form of baby yoga," therefore the social media site will not be banning use of the clip.

Because of the pressure from NSPCC, Facebook said they are removing the video from pages supporting or encouraging such behavior in the video, but the company added that it will allow the video if used by people raising awareness or reproving the actions in the footage. In those cases however, the video would be marked "disturbing". A warning screen will be placed and only people above the age of 18 will be able to watch it.

The total number of views or shares the two-minute "baby dunking" video has acquired remains unknown.

The source of the origin is also unknown, but reports say it is believed to have been from a woman in Indonesia. The video shows a woman standing in a kitchen and dunking the upside down, crying baby repeatedly into a tub of water.

While some people called the act in the video a form of "baby yoga," many were outraged and the video was taken down presumably by the user who posted it, according to the Indo Asian News Services.

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