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Facebook (Meta) deleted my local community group we were working pro bono for several years and didn’t give any way to prevent it
Not a good day for me. Today Facebook deleted a group I have created for my local community several years ago. It attracted 11 thousand citizens. They were able to buy and sell stuff. Also, the group had a moderator and rules in place to comply with Facebook rules. But it didn’t help. Today, the group was removed. Here is a story why Facebook (Meta) sucks!
I have created over past years several groups on Facebook, mostly for programming enthusiasts. But one group was for my local community. On 17 March I received an e-mail from Facebook:
As you can see, the message:
- Does not display the group name. It displays {group_name} tag only lol
- does not have any information what infringed rights
- Mixes English and Polish language
It was only my supposition that my local city group was the group in concern. But didn’t know for sure. I went to my group to see admin panel, and there was no information about what infringed rights. The group had a green status saying it is of a good quality.
Fast-forward, three months later, I received again an e-mail: