Note that DistroWatch is not the only one affected by ban on FOSS related article links on FB.
Further read: https://news.itsfoss.com/facebook-ban-fiasco/
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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They're trying to kill counterculture. Pixelfed is also banned at meta's servers.
I have a suspicion that this isn't even about culture or revenue anymore. It's about control.
Many people get their news and information from these platforms. This let's them truly control what people see and think. They can block information about atrocities and feed people misinformation. They're just doing it more now that they definitely won't face any repercussions.
They probably have a team of people from the Heritage foundation meeting the list of banned topics.
Always has been.
Bingo!
The mew type of capitalism 🙂 even worse
When you got most of the money and assets... There is really only one thing left to acquire