Facebook is accused by many Romanians of partially or totally blocking some accounts of participants in the protests against the Romanian government, which took place on Sunday. Among those who complain about the seemingly abusive actions of Facebook are journalists, vloggers, bloggers and ordinary people, so we are not talking about only one group of people who would have been affected.
Facebook would have totally or partially blocked the accounts of some people, or deleted certain posts, stating that they would suspected spam, as would violates community standards, or like I use incorrectly certain functions. Regardless of the reason, the problem seems to affect quite a few people, but it is not known why it reached them, especially since we are talking about accounts that belong to different types of people.
Facebook would have blocked the people who shared the event page Bucharest-Stop the Laws of Justice, not being able to publish images or information from Sunday's protests. The problems were not limited here, because the people who distributed on Facebook materials of large media trusts, including Pro TV, were also blocked, being able to comment on other people's posts, but not being able to publish images.
Facebook partially or totally blocked the accounts of some protesters
Facebook also blocked the people who distributed the live broadcasts made during the protests, but also those who published messages against the PSD and Alte presidents, Liviu Dragnea and Calin Popescu Tariceanu. Even those who shared a message published by Dacian Ciolos didn't get out of trouble, Facebook considering that these people should be totally or partially blocked.
Facebook would also have blocked the display of information about the protests that were taking place in Romania in the News Feeds of some users, all without any official explanation for now. What happened seems very serious and well coordinated, especially since everything had to do with the protests that took place in Romania, not with anything else, so the situation itself is quite strange, for now.
UPDATE: Facebook responded to requests with a standard PR text claiming it was a bug. "A…
Published by Dear Stanca pe Sunday, November 26, 2017
Facebook had an apparently coordinated action directed against those who had anything to say about the protests against the government in Romania, whether it was about something good or bad. Practically all those who shared the materials, whether they supported them or not, were affected by Facebook's action, so it's hard to say what started it all, but the American company will have to answer for it.
