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Meta blocks Linux discussion on Facebook (which runs Linux servers) (www.theregister.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Only more reason to move to the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They already have a Mastodon account. It was recently made due to Facebook's censorship.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I saw that earlier today! I already followed them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Linux too woke for Facebook, lol.

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews

It seems this censorship was due to a post of China's Linux distro, openKylin. Meta is just being sinophobic and shitting themselves because they can't compete with China.