In the Dark

Yesterday I found myself in the Facebook punishment block. My crime? To share a piece from the main RTÉ website about the film In Bruges.

I couldn’t understand the decision to ban me for sharing an innocuous article about a comedy film (though it’s admittedly a very dark comedy) especially when material that is so much worse is allowed. A few hours later, however, I was unbanned. I clicked on the ‘learn more’ link to be taken to a blank page. I assume the whole thing was just a mistake.

Of course this ban/unban episode is of no consequence. What worries me though is that the ban was imposed immediately, suggesting that somebody (or some AI bot) must be watching everything that gets posted by users; the same entity is presumably also checking the constant stream of bigoted bile, anti-vax misinformation, far-right propaganda, and other hateful lunacies one sees on Fashbook every day and deciding that it’s all perfectly acceptable.

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