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Facebook admits that the Linux topic crackdown was 'in error' and has been fixed
'Discussions of Linux are allowed on our services,' insists the social media giant.
Responding to reports earlier this week, sparked by the curious censorship of the eminently wholesome DistroWatch, Facebook contacted PCMag to say that it had made a mistake and that the underlying issue had been rectified. (Image credit: Future)Copenhagen-hosted DistroWatch says it has appealed against the Community Standards-triggered ban shortly after it noticed it was in effect (January 19). It is ironic, however, that shifting away from professional fact-checker-driven 'censorship' should result in innocuous discussions of open-source operating systems being so strictly censored on this social media platform.
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