Post ArAqb7bCSi4HiT6leq by andersbiork@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #Ar8ZydvQLxGt67HIaO by rms@mastodon.xyz
       2025-02-15T08:44:55Z
       
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       [1/2] https://web.archive.org/web/20250127020059/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenewshttps://gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.htmlhttps://stallman.org/facebook.htmlUsers report that Facebook blocks posting about "Linux". That implicitly also blocks posting about GNU, when people erroneously treat GNU as part of "Linux". I would like to see first-hand and journalistic reporting about this. I can't test it myself since I absolutely refuse to be used by Facebook in any
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar8ZyxUraPuPnX0Mxk by rms@mastodon.xyz
       2025-02-15T08:44:57Z
       
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       [2/2] fashion.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar8qJuKk8nG1KqHZvk by xChaos@f.cz
       2025-02-15T11:47:54Z
       
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       @rms is it even true? That must be some kind of trolling of Facebook's blacklist...
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar9G87Tg2k23QyV7ZY by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
       2025-02-15T16:37:16.523373Z
       
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       @rms dunno if canada is not effected or if it's an A/B test or what but i seem to not be blocked from posting about "linux" (thank SERVER)
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar9bzE828z9ORlXfou by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
       2025-02-15T20:40:59Z
       
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       the blocking of "linux" on F*k seems to have been real, but it was lifted, IIRC with a public acknowledgment that it was...  I don't recall the words, but "unreasonable" comes to mindCC: @rms@mastodon.xyz @xChaos@f.cz
       
 (DIR) Post #ArAqb7bCSi4HiT6leq by andersbiork@mastodon.social
       2025-02-16T11:00:33Z
       
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       @rms https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-admits-that-the-linux-topic-crackdown-was-in-error-and-has-been-fixed