Big Tech Tyranny Facebook ban on discussing Linux

Jagmeet Singh

Jagmeet Singh

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Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.

We've been hearing all week from readers who say they can no longer post about Linux on Facebook or share links to DistroWatch. Some people have reported their accounts have been locked or limited for posting about Linux.

The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.

Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do about this, apart from advising people to get their Linux-related information from sources other than Facebook. I've tried to appeal the ban and was told the next day that Linux-related material is staying on the cybersecurity filter. My Facebook account was also locked for my efforts.

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Blocked by Facebook

We went through a similar experience when Twitter changed its name to X - suddenly accounts which had been re-posting news from our RSS feeds were no longer able to share links. This sort of censorship is an unpleasant side-effect of centralized communication platforms such as X, Facebook, Google+, and so on.

In an effort to continue to make it possible for people to talk about Linux (and DistroWatch), as well as share their views and links, we are providing two options. We have RSS news feeds which get updates whenever we post new announcements, stories, and our weekly newsletters. We also now have a Mastodon account where I will start to post updates - at least for new distributions and notice of our weekly newsletter. Over time we may also add news stories and updates about releases. Links for the feeds and the Mastodon account can be found on our contact page.
 
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Thanks for the headsup! I ditched my router, NAS, switches, phones, old laptops, etc because they were all running some modified version of linux or BSD.
Now I only have a desktop running windows. Phew, now that it can't connect to anything I'm truly cybersafe!
 
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Stay safe my friend.
 
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As it turns out, iPhone has BSD code and Android uses the Linux kernel, so I had to switch to Windows phone instead.
I’m glad my phone is no longer being tracked by hackers.
 
Anyone remember the good old days of the linuxjournal and the linuxjournal forums? In the days on Barret Brown and Anonymous?

Remember when they said that Linux Journal Forum users were all hackers and terrorists and they some how got the Linux Journal forum shutdown. People like me who used the forum were all on some watchlist after cause we was dangerous and stuff. The www gets gayer every damn day cause of Liberals

This ban wont stop people. Infact they can expect lawsuits
 
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