DistroWatch is one of the largest affected organizations.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18210719

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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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DistroWatch says that the Facebook ban took effect on January 19. Readers have reported difficulty posting links to the site on this social media platform. Moreover, some have told DistroWatch that their Facebook accounts have been locked or limited after sharing posts mentioning Linux topics.

If you’re wondering if there might be something specific to DistroWatch.com, something on the site that the owners/operators perhaps don’t even know about, for example, then it seems pretty safe to rule out such a possibility. Reports show that “multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.” However, we tested a few other Facebook posts with mentions of Linux, and they didn’t get blocked immediately.

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Addition to include the DistroWatch link: https://distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.php?issue=20250127#sitenews

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-facebook-censorship-biden

    Zuckerberg on Rogan: Facebook’s censorship was “something out of 1984”

    “It really is a slippery slope, and it just got to a point where it’s just, OK, this is destroying so much trust, especially in the United States, to have this program.”

    He said he was “worried” from the beginning about “becoming this sort of decider of what is true in the world.” Zuckerberg praised X’s “community notes” program as superior to Facebook’s model.

    Way to tackle censorship, Zuck…

    The irony is Facebook is a major contributor to a lot of open source software, and Zuckerberg in particular publicly praised the “open” approach of Llama and some other projects. Buts it’s clearly all just self serving, huh?