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Meta is quietly purging Dutch queer accounts on Instagram again. And giving no explanation

Social Media·/u/TheSuspiciousMilkman·about 1 month ago
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It's happening again. Over the past few weeks, Meta has removed dozens of Dutch Instagram accounts belonging to queer organizations and individuals. No warning, no clear reason, no real appeals process. In the Netherlands alone, The Queer Agenda, Club Church and nightclub Tillatec were hit. Internationally, over seventy cases have been documented. What makes this worse: it already happened in December. Some accounts were restored after appeals. Those same accounts have now been permanently deleted again. Think about what that means. Tillatec, a nightclub in Amsterdam, had 40,000 followers. That's not just a profile, that's a business's primary marketing channel. Gone. Meta promised follow-up within 24 hours after an appeal was filed. It never came. Zuckerberg talks endlessly about free speech. Apparently that freedom has a caveat.…

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