But the woman in the video isn't happy about the development, saying she'd rather it was left up so that those who make unwanted advances towards women are held accountable.
Madeline Anello-Kitzmiller, a 20-year-old from the US, had glitter art painted on her chest for New Year's Eve at Rhythm and Vines.
A video that attracted hundred of thousands of views shows her walking through fellow revellers at the Gisborne festival, when a man runs up behind her and grabs her.
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Anello-Kitzmiller told the Herald this morning, after returning to her Auckland home last night, that despite some of the reaction, she had wanted the video to stay up to show what women had to deal with.
"There's a lot of people saying I deserved it or I was asking for it, but the fact is people should be able to dress however they want ... no matter what you wear your body is nobody else's but your own."
"We restrict the display of nudity and sexual activity because some audiences within our global community may be sensitive to this type of content - particularly because of their cultural background or age.
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"We also restrict some images of female breasts if they include the nipple, but our intent is to allow images that are shared for medical or health purposes."
"We got [abused] constantly [while] walking around, but then we got people coming up and saying 'you look amazing', or 'I wish I had the confidence to do that', or 'I'm going to do that next time'."
"We saw that the original video had been taken down from Facebook. The girl who posted it said she wants it to stay up.
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Hatfield said plenty of other people had been stripping off, and there was a striking difference in the way men were treated versus the women.
"There were quite a few males on the slides with their pants down just doing their own thing – I didn't see them getting harassed at all."
Hatfield said plenty of other people had been stripping off, and there was a striking difference in the way men were treated versus the women.
"There were quite a few males on the slides with their pants down just doing their own thing – I didn't see them getting harassed at all."
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