Re: Facebook Flags Linux Topics As Cybersecurity Threats

On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:37:12 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver
<bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote in <vnb13n$1tmna$1@dont-email.me>:

Facebook Flags Linux Topics As Cybersecurity Threats
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By Mark Tyson published 27 January 2025
 
DistroWatch is one of the largest affected organizations.
 
Facebook is banning posts that mention various Linux-related topics,
sites, or groups. Some users may also see their accounts locked or
limited when posting Linux topics. Major open-source operating system
news, reviews, and discussion site DistroWatch is at the center of the
controversy, as it seems to be the first to have noticed that Facebook's
Community Standards had blackballed it.
 

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It's got to be another one of their crazy AI snafu's -- or incompetence.

There's actual Meta code _in_ Linux! 

<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/ethernet/meta?h=v6.13>

And I understand Meta is a member of the Linux Foundation.

Just plain nuts!

If you have noticed any other Linux-related domains, links, or phrases
that Facebook has banned, please tell us in the comments section.
 
From: <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-
linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked>

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