Today, Facebook removed the latest in a series of posts from our Facebook page; this time, for the first time, oddly enough, it’s a post about Facebook removing our posts. The social media network has removed several posts, all links to our website, potomaclocal.com, primarily stories about crime and public safety.
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Facebook removed another one of our crime news posts. The social media platform does not want you to have access to critical public safety information that will keep you and your family safe.
It’s the latest in a series of posts Facebook has removed from its site in recent weeks.
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From crime stories to weather, Facebook continues to remove our posts. The most recent removal was a severe thunderstorm warning I posted last night.
If you rely on Facebook for local news, including information you need to know about your community to keep your family safe, don’t. The social media network has been removing these types of posts, noting that they go against community standards.
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Facebook has removed our posts about crime news for the past two weeks.
Today, it removed posts about Abigail Spanberger’s town hall with Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham and a post about the weather.
I’ve put links to the posts that were removed below. They’re on X, which has yet to remove our posts.
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Spanberger Town Hall: ‘We have random people using fentanyl and walking around disoriented’ https://t.co/9mKz4ctEUj pic.twitter.com/jIqzugi36B
— Potomac Local News (@PotomacLocal) July 16, 2024
Rainy Day Brings Closures and Delays https://t.co/Eubmu18Sel pic.twitter.com/XVX8q77mU8
— Potomac Local News (@PotomacLocal) July 12, 2024
We’ve always been dedicated to showing the excellent work of our police, fire, and rescue crews. However, Facebook has decided it no longer wants these posts on its platform and is automatically removing them.
Facebook states that our posts about crime and arrests violate community standards.
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