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So "it appears" ... Not enough actual facts in the article to form an opinion or even write the article about.

jdlshore 28d ago
The facts are quite clear: 1. A Canadian business posted an image of a sign criticizing the US administration 2. Soon after, their Instagram account was suspended. 3. This has happened before with their Twitter account, which they were able to get restored after a week. But you already knew that, and instead are making passive-aggressive insinuations. If you want to make an actual argument, make it. As for me, that along with the other facts I know about the Trump administration are more than enough to form an opinion: this isn’t evidence of a politically-motivated takedown, but it certainly fits the administration’s character, and I’m not going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
- accountrequired 28d ago
  But maybe it was because they started getting lots of attention and someone noticed they are promoting a strip club?
  - jdlshore 28d ago
    Yep, that would make sense.
- derektank 28d ago
  Meta is well known for having strict rules on nudity[0], particularly the display of women’s nipples. I would want to know the base rate at which the instagram accounts of strip clubs get suspended before assuming the motive was political. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g734pj22zo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g734pj22zo
  - jdlshore 28d ago
    That’s a pretty reasonable hypothesis. The article says that they’re careful with what they post, but I haven’t actually looked up their content. It’s also possible that Meta just doesn’t want strip clubs on their platform at all, regardless of what they post.
epihelix 28d ago
Well, the joke by itself was enough to write an article about. Simple, hilarious, and we need a lot more of this. A bit sad that it's a strip club sticking it to the man, but perhaps that's appropriate too. But as for claiming that there are "not enough actual facts" -- are you really suggesting that the takedown of the insta account was coincidental, and entirely unrelated to the sign?
talon8635 27d ago
Don’t deprive me my outrage

The facts are quite clear: 1. A Canadian business posted an image of a sign criticizing the US administration 2. Soon after, their Instagram account was suspended. 3. This has happened before with their Twitter account, which they were able to get restored after a week. But you already knew that, and instead are making passive-aggressive insinuations. If you want to make an actual argument, make it. As for me, that along with the other facts I know about the Trump administration are more than enough to form an opinion: this isn’t evidence of a politically-motivated takedown, but it certainly fits the administration’s character, and I’m not going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

accountrequired 28d ago
But maybe it was because they started getting lots of attention and someone noticed they are promoting a strip club?
- jdlshore 28d ago
  Yep, that would make sense.
derektank 28d ago
Meta is well known for having strict rules on nudity[0], particularly the display of women’s nipples. I would want to know the base rate at which the instagram accounts of strip clubs get suspended before assuming the motive was political. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g734pj22zo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g734pj22zo
- jdlshore 28d ago
  That’s a pretty reasonable hypothesis. The article says that they’re careful with what they post, but I haven’t actually looked up their content. It’s also possible that Meta just doesn’t want strip clubs on their platform at all, regardless of what they post.

epihelix 28d ago

Well, the joke by itself was enough to write an article about. Simple, hilarious, and we need a lot more of this. A bit sad that it's a strip club sticking it to the man, but perhaps that's appropriate too. But as for claiming that there are "not enough actual facts" -- are you really suggesting that the takedown of the insta account was coincidental, and entirely unrelated to the sign?

talon8635 27d ago

Don’t deprive me my outrage