I'm sorry to hear of the op's troubles with meta, but this "No fake-news, crypto-currencies, violence, porn, or illegal activities... " is a very strange sentence. Why would the author lump "crypto currencies" along with fake-news, violence and porn?
Of course this doesn't take away from the validity of their claim and I wish this stupid shadowban is lifted. Also I hope (at least in Europe) we can get some laws passed that force large online service providers like FB to act responsibly (past record of attempts to regulate the Internet by our beaurocrats and its results notwithstanding).
My guess is there is a TON of scamming related to crypto. All those comments on Twitter or YouTube (for example) pretending to be someone important trying to get people to send a little to get a lot as a “bonus for readers” or something like that.
Plus scam coins, etc.
It’s probably far easier for them to just say “none of that” until it gets easier to tell the good from the bad.
The irony is that the platforms are still flooded with crypto scams, I know on twitter and youtube at least they don't even respond to reports on them 99% of the time-- even when it's the same obvious scam messaged reposed twenty times in a short interval--, but then they'll capriciously ban legitimate material because it mentioned bitcoin.
It's not hard to imagine that a lot of these companies are now using outsourced 'moderation' where the moderators themselves are the scammers, intentionally permitting scams and intentionally flagging legit stuff. But sadly the truth is probably more boring, indifference instead of intrigue.
Of course this doesn't take away from the validity of their claim and I wish this stupid shadowban is lifted. Also I hope (at least in Europe) we can get some laws passed that force large online service providers like FB to act responsibly (past record of attempts to regulate the Internet by our beaurocrats and its results notwithstanding).
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