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Facebook explicitly told them that Linux was remaining on their cybersecurity filter.
by itsmartapuntocm 2y ago
Facebook explicitly told them that Linux was remaining on their cybersecurity filter.
- loeg 2y agoI suspect the author is summarizing the response in an inaccurate way. I suspect the response was that distrowatch is remaining filtered (because it linked to a tarball that AVs flag as malware). If your domain links to content that AVs flag as malware, it gets blocked on FB. This is probably not shocking? Distrowatch is likely uniquely susceptible to this because they're constantly linking to novel, 3rd-party tarballs ("Latest Packages" column).
- itsmartapuntocm 2y agoI hope that’s the case. It’s certainly a lot less chilling than intentional censorship.
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> If your domain links to content that AVs flag as malware, it gets blocked on FB. This is probably not shocking? Getting banned for linking to a tarball that is falsely flagged as malware is shocking, in particular if there is no easy way to appeal.
- loeg 2y agoThere is a way to appeal, but bad actors also try to use it.