On Facebook, History Can Violate Community Standards

[Peter_Suciu]

This is a topic that is debated a lot with German (Third Reich) militaria, but recently I ran afoul of Facebook for sharing a story I wrote. So rather than take it lying down I wrote another story (for Forbes.com) on how Facebook said my history piece violated "community standards." I was able to get insight from academia and various tech experts.


On Facebook, History Can Violate Community Standards

www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/05 ... standards/

[Tony without Kaiser]

But the more worrisome part is that social media, with its vast reach, could control a narrative on what people should read, collect or even the information individuals share – at least if someone, or worse an algorithm, thinks it violated the community standards.

Outstanding Peter

[J.LeBrasseur]

Great stuff Peter!

[Lars13]

Hi Peter,

interesting piece, but I have to agree that the title is "misleading": fact is that Hitler lost WW II, that he could have won is supposition, even if based on facts. No reason to ban it on FB though

Regards, Lars

[Peter_Suciu]

Hi Peter,

interesting piece, but I have to agree that the title is "misleading": fact is that Hitler lost WW II, that he could have won is supposition, even if based on facts. No reason to ban it on FB though

Regards, Lars

Hi, Lars--
I agree with you. As a freelance reporter (even a staff reporter) you rarely write your own headlines. Editors like catchy headlines. My headlines was originally "Germany's Missed Opportunities in World War II."

Cheers,
Peter

[aicusv]

I was told that posting a photo of a Pzkw Mark III was hate speech,

[Lars13]

Hi Peter,

I didn’t know that. Your original title is clearly the one I would have clicked on, not the “sensational” edited one

Regards, Lars

[Peter_Suciu]

I was told that posting a photo of a Pzkw Mark III was hate speech,

A cousin builds models and said posting Finnish WWII airplanes got him in trouble... because Finland used a blue swastika!

[Peter_Suciu]

I dug a little deeper into this subject:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu ... standards/