Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon

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Post by joeyh » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:25 PM UTC

Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon
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#2

Post by vmception » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:52 PM UTC

This seems like an anticompetitive practice

Even if its toward an open source federated network that has no head and can host marginalized content

The implementation here seems to be an anticompetitive practice, which is sanctionable by governments in the US

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#3

Post by sitzkrieg » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:56 PM UTC

try it again with pleroma and see what happens!

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#4

Post by chmod600 » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:57 PM UTC

Censorship is always abused. Maybe this time or maybe not. But it's always abused.

And yes, it's worse than misinformation.

Re: Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon

#5

Post by srcreigh » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:59 PM UTC

Try linking to pushbullet.com in FB messenger

Re: Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon

#6

Post by bashinator » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

chmod600 wrote: post #4

Censorship is always abused. Maybe this time or maybe not. But it's always abused. And yes, it's worse than misinformation.

Censorship being “worse than misinformation” seems like whataboutism, given that FB has serious problems with both.

Re: Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon

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Post by th0ma5 » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

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Post by Imnimo » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

I doubt anyone at Facebook is freaking out about Mastodon and setting out to censor all mention of it. It's probably just a keyword or link that tends to co-appear with other, actually rule-breaking content, and some automated system has learned to block it.

Still, it does seem like the sort of thing that could get Facebook in trouble with a regulator if you squint at it.

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Post by b0tzzzzzzman » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

vmception wrote: post #2

This seems like an anticompetitive practice Even if its toward an open source federated network that has no head and can host marginalized content The implementation here seems to be an anticompetitive practice, which is sanctionable by governments in the US

One can dream. That's still free.

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Post by HideousKojima » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

bashinator wrote: post #6

chmod600 wrote: post #4

Censorship is always abused. Maybe this time or maybe not. But it's always abused. And yes, it's worse than misinformation.

Censorship being “worse than misinformation” seems like whataboutism, given that FB has serious problems with both.

It's not a whataboutism, it's pointing out that with one of the most popular proposed solutions to misinformation, censorship, the cure is worse than the disease.