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Vent: I got a 7 day ban for a meme about a city council meeting
Last week, I posted a simple meme on a big platform, just a picture of our city council looking confused with a funny caption about a new parking rule. It got taken down in under an hour for 'misinformation'. Three years ago, I would have said, 'Good, they're keeping things clean.' But seeing a harmless joke about a local issue get scrubbed made me flip. Now I get why people worry about what gets to stay online. Has anyone else had a local news meme get flagged like that?
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jackson.jenny6d ago
It's wild how the definition of misinformation keeps stretching... a joke about parking tickets is now in the same category as dangerous conspiracy theories. The real problem is the automated systems they use. They can't tell the difference between satire and a real threat, so they just delete anything that gets flagged. Makes you wonder what else gets swept up that we never even see.
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