During the past several months, we have seen an increasing number of our news articles flagged by Meta as “spam” and removed. We have repeatedly filed appeals and disagreements with this, to no avail. These have been very harmless and non-controversial articles, including articles discussing how the City of Hagerstown’s parking meters are going coinless, and Virginia Department of Transportation is funding new electric vehicle chargers. Nothing in these articles or the posts about these articles have violated Meta’s terms of service or community standards, and Meta’s continued censorship of our news is seriously damaging the community’s ability to stay informed.
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We find ourselves consistently battling not only government organizations for equal access to information distributed to the press, but now also find ourselves battling social media for equal ability to post links to our content on their platforms. At this point we fully believe that these articles are being flagged not because of the content, but through a coordinated effort by those who do not wish us to be in business. This coordinated effort appears to be reporting our posts as spam in attempts to get the posts, and ultimately our social media accounts, shut down. And while we do not know if these efforts are by those who seem to think we have some “secret political agenda”, or if the efforts are by those who do not wish us to publish local news in competition with other outlets which are not locally owned, be aware that we are not going away.
The unfortunate truth is, it’s highly likely that this effort will succeed to eventually shut down our social media accounts on Meta. However, know that we are not giving up in our efforts to keep the local community informed and entertained, and will go so far as to stand in the square of Hagerstown and pass out printed copies of our news while broadcasting on FM radio, if that becomes the only means for us to keep the community informed.
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Please be aware, we are very much in danger of losing our ability to reach our Facebook followers at this point, and this should concern them very much if they want to stay informed of what’s happening in the community. In order to make sure we do keep the community informed, the best option is to visit our website at RadioFreeHubCity.com and click on “Subscribe” at the top of the page. You can also follow us on X at x.com/RFHubCity and Rumble at rumble.com/c/RadioFreeHubCity.
Article by Ken Buckler, President and Managing Editor of Radio Free Hub City.
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