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Interesting tidbit: If you try to refer to this article with a link on Facebook, they will block you from posting it.

by PeterStuer 11y ago

madez 11y ago
Can you screenshot that and show it to us?
- mnx 11y ago
  Checked it, indeed it is blocked. http://i.imgsafe.org/d64b8e5.png http://i.imgsafe.org/d64b8e5.png
  - thibaut_barrere 11y ago
    Same here in France: https://twitter.com/thibaut_barrere/status/654233995404816384 https://twitter.com/thibaut_barrere/status/65423399540481638...
domas 11y ago
Very intresting. This is what I've got when trying to post it on facebook: You can't post this because it has a blocked link The content you're trying to share includes a link that our security systems detected to be unsafe: http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-partys-over-eu-data-protection-law.html http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-partys-over-eu... Please remove this link to continue. If you think you're seeing this by mistake, please let us know.
- kruczek 11y ago
  And other entries from the same guy can be posted without any problems. FB is saying that their "security systems" detected the link "to be unsafe", but comparing source of that particular post with other posts, I don't see any significant difference (except for the text, of course). Sounds like the text itself contains information which is unsafe (for FB).
  - tomp 11y ago
    > And other entries from the same guy can be posted without any problems. Well, other entries don't bad-mouth Facebook.
- DanBC 11y ago
  They also did that with links to a respected UK male suicide prevention charity - "The Campaign Against Living Miserably". https://thecalmzone.net/2015/06/ask-facebook-to-remove-the-block/ https://thecalmzone.net/2015/06/ask-facebook-to-remove-the-b... That page says it's fixed, but it seems that FB is providing the wrong preview, linking to http://www.thecalmx/ http://www.thecalmx/ instead of http://www.thecalmzone.net/ http://www.thecalmzone.net/ This spam filter carries a small risk of death, so it's pretty frustrating.
porker 11y ago
Please report it to them - the more reports the better.
- wtfmatey 11y ago
  why would anyone report it? Facebook owes me nothing
lol768 11y ago
Hmm, does it still block it if you paste in a link that 301 redirects to the target? What about a page which at submission time returns a 200 and is changed to redirect to the article later on?
amelius 11y ago
Perhaps you could use a url redirection service, such as tinyurl.com?
- Majestic121 11y ago
  The issue is not really about how to share the link, it's about why such a link is blocked
- pki 11y ago
  Fb follow links to final destination. It's block this
  - amyjess 11y ago
    What about archive.is?
jnsaff2 11y ago
http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/ http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/ works and (for now) shows the same content. Disgusting.
CaptainZapp 11y ago
This is one of the very reasons why I "deleted" my Facebook account three years ago and never looked back. I for one do not welcome our new content curating overlords.
hellofunk 11y ago
I also cannot share this on FB. Amazing. The fact that FB is censoring this content deserves its own HN exposure. It is an article about international law with nothing offensive, but FB blocks it.... this is going further than I'd have thought FB would ever do. The future doesn't look so bright for social media.
- rndmind 11y ago
  You are surprised facebook is censoring content on a massive scale? Wake up sheeple! Move to a decentralized, open-source platform like diaspora* if that type of thing bothers you, do away with facebook like we dropped myspace
  - hellofunk 11y ago
    I can understand some degree of censorship like pornography, very explicit violence, etc. But this is just an article about a very public issue. FB has no problems with other divisive issues getting shared, so I'm quite surprised to see this level of blatant censorship on this particular article.
    - rndmind 11y ago
      The corporation is owned by the same entities that own the mainstream media outlets, if something goes against their agenda, facebook with outright censor it or prevent others from seeing it.
- secalex 11y ago
  This was a mistake due to this specific blog post sharing some design elements as some spammy blogspot posts and it was fixed. If we really wanted to censor this story wouldn't we block all criticism of Facebook and not a pretty straightforward and well-reasoned analysis of Safe Harbor? Wouldn't we block the "I declare that I am a wizard and Facebook can't use my content blah blah" memes?
  - thibaut_barrere 11y ago
jacquesm 11y ago
It's quite telling that FB would block links that talk about FB in a negative way. The one true test of the long term viability of any medium is whether or not that medium is managed hands-off to the point that discussing the medium itself critically does not lead to the discussion being squelched. FB it appears does not pass that test. It would be interesting to see what other links that discuss FB can not be shared there and even more interesting at what level of FB the directive initiating this blockage originated.
gwu78 11y ago
You could try this link instead. https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8704899696538705849/posts/default https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8704899696538705849/posts/defa... It will give the contents of the blog, but not sure how modern browsers will render it as is. However if you save to a file with an .html extension then open in browser it should look fine. Using .co.uk extension on the blogspot URL instead of .com may also work, as another commenter has suggested.
secalex 11y ago
I filed a bug. I don't know why the spam filters picked this up but it was not intentional. EDIT: Fixed
Nursie 11y ago
I managed to post through a shortener with no issues http://goo.gl/NMy9In http://goo.gl/NMy9In And then I managed to post the plain URL.... maybe they've unblocked it, or it's not blocked from within the EU.

Interesting tidbit: If you try to refer to this article with a link on Facebook, they will block you from posting it.

madez 11y ago

Can you screenshot that and show it to us?

mnx 11y ago
Checked it, indeed it is blocked. http://i.imgsafe.org/d64b8e5.png http://i.imgsafe.org/d64b8e5.png
- thibaut_barrere 11y ago
  Same here in France: https://twitter.com/thibaut_barrere/status/654233995404816384 https://twitter.com/thibaut_barrere/status/65423399540481638...

domas 11y ago

Very intresting. This is what I've got when trying to post it on facebook: You can't post this because it has a blocked link The content you're trying to share includes a link that our security systems detected to be unsafe: http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-partys-over-eu-data-protection-law.html http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-partys-over-eu... Please remove this link to continue. If you think you're seeing this by mistake, please let us know.

kruczek 11y ago
And other entries from the same guy can be posted without any problems. FB is saying that their "security systems" detected the link "to be unsafe", but comparing source of that particular post with other posts, I don't see any significant difference (except for the text, of course). Sounds like the text itself contains information which is unsafe (for FB).
- tomp 11y ago
  > And other entries from the same guy can be posted without any problems. Well, other entries don't bad-mouth Facebook.
DanBC 11y ago
They also did that with links to a respected UK male suicide prevention charity - "The Campaign Against Living Miserably". https://thecalmzone.net/2015/06/ask-facebook-to-remove-the-block/ https://thecalmzone.net/2015/06/ask-facebook-to-remove-the-b... That page says it's fixed, but it seems that FB is providing the wrong preview, linking to http://www.thecalmx/ http://www.thecalmx/ instead of http://www.thecalmzone.net/ http://www.thecalmzone.net/ This spam filter carries a small risk of death, so it's pretty frustrating.

porker 11y ago

Please report it to them - the more reports the better.

wtfmatey 11y ago
why would anyone report it? Facebook owes me nothing

lol768 11y ago

Hmm, does it still block it if you paste in a link that 301 redirects to the target? What about a page which at submission time returns a 200 and is changed to redirect to the article later on?

amelius 11y ago

Perhaps you could use a url redirection service, such as tinyurl.com?

Majestic121 11y ago
The issue is not really about how to share the link, it's about why such a link is blocked
pki 11y ago
Fb follow links to final destination. It's block this
- amyjess 11y ago
  What about archive.is?

jnsaff2 11y ago

http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/ http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/ works and (for now) shows the same content. Disgusting.

CaptainZapp 11y ago

This is one of the very reasons why I "deleted" my Facebook account three years ago and never looked back. I for one do not welcome our new content curating overlords.

hellofunk 11y ago

I also cannot share this on FB. Amazing. The fact that FB is censoring this content deserves its own HN exposure. It is an article about international law with nothing offensive, but FB blocks it.... this is going further than I'd have thought FB would ever do. The future doesn't look so bright for social media.

rndmind 11y ago
You are surprised facebook is censoring content on a massive scale? Wake up sheeple! Move to a decentralized, open-source platform like diaspora* if that type of thing bothers you, do away with facebook like we dropped myspace
- hellofunk 11y ago
  I can understand some degree of censorship like pornography, very explicit violence, etc. But this is just an article about a very public issue. FB has no problems with other divisive issues getting shared, so I'm quite surprised to see this level of blatant censorship on this particular article.
  - rndmind 11y ago
    The corporation is owned by the same entities that own the mainstream media outlets, if something goes against their agenda, facebook with outright censor it or prevent others from seeing it.
secalex 11y ago
This was a mistake due to this specific blog post sharing some design elements as some spammy blogspot posts and it was fixed. If we really wanted to censor this story wouldn't we block all criticism of Facebook and not a pretty straightforward and well-reasoned analysis of Safe Harbor? Wouldn't we block the "I declare that I am a wizard and Facebook can't use my content blah blah" memes?
- thibaut_barrere 11y ago

jacquesm 11y ago

It's quite telling that FB would block links that talk about FB in a negative way. The one true test of the long term viability of any medium is whether or not that medium is managed hands-off to the point that discussing the medium itself critically does not lead to the discussion being squelched. FB it appears does not pass that test. It would be interesting to see what other links that discuss FB can not be shared there and even more interesting at what level of FB the directive initiating this blockage originated.

gwu78 11y ago

You could try this link instead. https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8704899696538705849/posts/default https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8704899696538705849/posts/defa... It will give the contents of the blog, but not sure how modern browsers will render it as is. However if you save to a file with an .html extension then open in browser it should look fine. Using .co.uk extension on the blogspot URL instead of .com may also work, as another commenter has suggested.

secalex 11y ago

I filed a bug. I don't know why the spam filters picked this up but it was not intentional. EDIT: Fixed

Nursie 11y ago

I managed to post through a shortener with no issues http://goo.gl/NMy9In http://goo.gl/NMy9In And then I managed to post the plain URL.... maybe they've unblocked it, or it's not blocked from within the EU.