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Instagram removed a Thomas Paine quote in users' stories for alleged 'false information:' Quilette managing editor Colin Wright posted an image and quote of Thomas Paine to his Instagram…
Facebook censors small conservative page, taking a word out of context: Facebook restricted the small conservative page Freedom in America for 30 days, according to screenshots, after the…
Twitter censors user for talking about how to kill crabs and lobsters to cook them: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of her censorship notice. She had tweeted: "Don't we kill them by throwing them…
Facebook censors a dad joke as "sensitive content": A Facebook user posted the following dad joke to a joke group called "Painfully Punny and Funny": "'Have you heard of Murphy's Law?' 'Yeah.' '…
Instagram accuses YouTuber's satire photo of being an 'altered photo': YouTuber Tyler Zed tweeted that he posted a satirical photo on Instagram of "HalloWieners: Black Licorice Flavored Hot Dogs…
Twitter censors user for a ridiculous statement about people who don't put away shopping carts: A Twitter user, obviously using sarcasm when referring to people who don't put away shopping carts,…
Twitter's algorithm mistakes name of a Red Sox player for a Jewish slur, flags the tweet to be deleted: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of an appeal for his censorship notice. In referencing Red…
Facebook removed a user's comment on her disgust for spiders: A user commented "they are big...and I want to burn my house down" in reference to spiders, according to a screenshot tweeted by the user…
Facebook censors user for posting a photo of his phone's lock screen, reverses on appeal: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his Facebook censorship notice. He had accidentally posted a…
Facebook removes a mildly offensive comment directed toward a car in a car group: A Facebook user commented "fat booty" in reference to a car in a car group. Facebook removed the comment because the…
Facebook removes post referring to a scenic place because the name sounded offensive: The New York Post reported that users of the "Love Norfolk Broads" Facebook page had their accounts restricted…
Facebook placed a sensitive content filter over baked goods: The Facebook account All Day I Dream About Food posts pictures of Keto recipes and dishes. Facebook placed a sensitive content…
Facebook restricts user after launching mild insults and a defense of Trump: A user appears to have commented a response to another user blaming former president Donald Trump for the Taliban takeover…
Facebook flags gardening group that discusses the 'hoe' tool and killing bugs: Facebook flagged posts that used the word "hoe" in a group called WNY Gardeners when users referred to the useful…
Facebook censors users who use old, standard slang for a car's transmission: In another example of the ridiculous AI algorithm that Facebook employs in its censorship efforts, a user who runs an…
Facebook removes comment with common Marine nickname, calling it harassment and bullying: Facebook removed a comment from a user who appears to have been in the U.S. Marine Corps and was asking…
Bad Twitter algorithm strikes again: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his censorship notice. He had tweeted: "@Capitals @Lexus SHOOT THE PUCK." The Twitter algorithm decided that this…
Instagram removes patriotic post of conservative account: Ole Murica, a conservative Instagram account that reposts memes and videos of other content makers, posted a graphic with the message "I…
In 2012, Facebook suspended a Veteran PAC for a meme drawing attention to the attack on Benghazi. Just over a week before the 2012 presidential election, Facebook suspended the account of Special…