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Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 3 days ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] jnk@masto.es 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

@neme what the heck did I just read. Doesn't Facebook depend on linux servers? This zuck guy is just banning shit for the sake of it at this point

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And Meta / Facebook is one of the top supporters for Linux Foundation at Platinum level (Microsoft too): https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 11 points 3 days ago

Linux community should keep its distance from the Linux Foundation

[–] jnk@masto.es 3 points 3 days ago

@thingsiplay so they are investing/donating to malware? Is that what they think they're doing? It would be funny if that was the case, ngl

[–] zante@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There appears to be concerted effort to say “this is my town now”. I don’t know that it achieves much, except alerts the resistance.

[–] jnk@masto.es 3 points 3 days ago

@zante yeah they've been on some kind of "LOOK AT ME I'M SO EDGY" rampage lately