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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Facebook goes mental
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:20:04 -0000 (UTC)
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vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote at 18:23 this Tuesday (GMT):
> https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/
>
> Apparently, even mentioning Linux can get people banned on FB.
> (Reports are mixed.)
>
> (I guess we need to remove the Facebook ethernet driver from
> the Linux kernel? Lol.)
>
> Seriously though -- it seem like this is most likely a
> problem with their AI moderation.  Meta is a member of
> the Linux Foundation, and uses Linux extensively.
>
> This isn't just an "own goal", it's as if they hauled-off
> and gave themselves a black eye.


It's especially ironic since their servers probably run Linux.
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