Facebook used to be a place where it was pretty easy to get censored or banned. If you opined that the Hunter Biden laptop was real, and not some deep fake Russian disinformation creation, you could expect that post to go away, and receive a quasi threatening note. Or if you ridiculed the Covid bat cave/wet market origin story, and said that a lab leak was far more likely, you could kiss your news feed goodbye for a bit. Mention Fauci and gain of function research and NIH funding, and you could forget about seeing any kid pics or vacation selfies from your friends for a while.
But the times they are a changing. Way back in August 2024, Zuckerberg offered some of us a mea culpa. Yes we were asked to censor by the Biden Administration, and yes we did. We’re sorry. It won’t happen again.
Then back in early January, he announced that FB was eliminating the fact checkers.
These are nice, flowery sentiments, but given the history of FB ‘editing’ content from politically incorrect, non-woke posts, some of us are going to be a bit skeptical. Like me, for instance. I actually got my blog posts removed twice, but I think it was because I referred to a certain Bond girl by her character name. And because I mentioned the name of a piece of ‘art’ from the 1980’s that involved urine and a crucifix. The names were a bit ribald even if they were accurate.
But I am a skeptic no longer. Facebook is really setting out on a new, non-woke path.
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly directed the removal of tampons from men’s restrooms in the company’s offices, which had been provided to support non-binary and transgender employees who might need them. Facilities managers across Meta’s Silicon Valley, Texas and New York offices were ordered to get rid of tampons and sanitary pads from the men’s bathrooms, according to a report in New York Times
I’m surprised that Meta still has men’s bathrooms. I’ve noticed some ‘all genders’ signs at various locations, though I haven’t used one of those myself. The tampon removal represents a sincere effort to return to some sort of normalcy. They could go all the way (!) and put in condom dispensers as replacements. He’n and She’n, or He’n and He’n, the safe way. Company policy.
I doubt we will see Zuckerberg in a MAGA hat anytime soon, but perhaps you can wear one when you post your next selfie. And be confident that you won’t go to Facebook Jail.
Rich Freggiaro Cycling Blog 
Comrade Z is blaming the overzealousness of his censors? How very reminiscent of a certain historical figure from another totalitarian era who loved denouncing “excesses at the local level,” casually throwing everyone under the bus while distancing himself from the consequences of his own policies. The old “my idea was distorted by subordinates” routine. Nice try, Comrade Zuckerberg, but we know our history too well to believe your single word.
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“Pussy Galore”. There, I said it!
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