Banned from FB Messenger for sending a meme (Trump holding a gun) to a friend?

3 pointsapavlinovic10 years ago2 comments

So, this happened. I was chatting with a friend on the latest USA election news in NYC and sent this picture in the chat: https://i.sli.mg/I5OrY3.jpg

Two minutes later, I was logged out of all devices, a "community standards" violation modal displayed on next login, and 30 minutes later I received a notification that I was banned for 24 hours.

Messenger, status updates and friend requests are now blocked.

To recap: FB does automated content analysis in private chats, only not sure if the gun, or the caption was problematic.

It seems like no contextual information is used during analysis (the messages before and after the picture we're clearly jokes on Bernie sadness and Trump train)....

rubyfan 10y

This illustrates why end to end encryption is a must have. The "community standards" between two individuals is different than a public conversation.

sharemywin 10y

Think of all the things you can get done in the next 24 hours!

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