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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Facebook's flawed anti-spam system blocking
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Sat Apr 21 15:59:05 2012
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:19:43 -0700
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Facebook's flawed anti-spam system blocking legitimate links
http://j.mp/I0tpVl (TechDirt)
"However, as James Losey discovered, Facebook won't let you post about
it -- calling the article "spammy or unsafe." Specifically, it appears
that (as with TPB) Facebook is blocking any and all mention of
TVShack.net. However, Facebook's spam implementation is so stupidly
programmed that it can't figure out that this is a story about
TVShack.net in the well-respected Guardian newspaper, and not a direct
link to TVShack.net. And, of course, merely linking to TVShack.net
isn't against the law, so it's bizarre, obnoxious and stupid for
Facebook to be blocking all such links in the first place."
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