Facebook Blocks Journalist’s Account For 30 Days After He Posted ‘Kamal Ka Phool Hamari Bhool’
Thursday, September 28, 2017 IST
Facebook's community standards are often confusing, to say the least. It's even more baffling when you see trolls giving all sorts of threats time and again and never getting banned for it.
29-year-old Mohammad Anas, who works as a freelance journalist claims that his Facebook account has been banned for 30 days after he posted "Kamal ka phool hamari bhool" on his page.
Anas had posted, "Vyapari apne cash memo par print karva kar janta se bata rahe hain ki BJP ko vote dekar galti ho gayi", along with a picture of a recept on Tuesday.
Speaking to Hindustan Times, Anas said that just hours after posting the picture, he received a Facebook notification stating that he did not follow their community standards and hence, his account has been blocked for 30 days.
Anas said, "I have never used any abusive language, nor have I abused anyone, but similar posts that were critical of the government are being removed. This is Facebook fascism".
Meanwhile, the blocking of Anas's account has managed to trigger strong reactions from fellow journalists and common people who have criticised Facebook for stomping down on the freedom of expression.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
Former Jammu and Kashmir police chief Kuldeep Khoda said the conflict zone was usually associated with conflict of interests between those managing the security g...
Recently posted . 622 views . 1 min read
Former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das was named the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India to succeed Urjit Patel, who quit abruptly on Monday amid ...
Recently posted . 645 views . 4 min read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a ride in the Airport Express Metro from Dhaula Kuan to Dwarka on way to lay the foundation stone of India International Convent...
Recently posted . 793 views . 2 min read
“We got into the service thinking that we can provide voice to people, but then we ended up with our own voice being taken away from us,” said the Keral...
Recently posted . 578 views . 1 min read
The same group had previously hacked Twitter accounts of actors Shahid Kapoor and Anupam Kher among others.
Recently posted . 622 views . 1 min read
Trending News & Articles
While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.
...
Recently posted . 62K views . 1 min read
The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...
Recently posted . 9K views . 1 min read
Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million.
Rahul and his girl friend was th...
Recently posted . 8K views . 7 min read
True – Tr...
Recently posted . 7K views . 83 min read
More in National
Ahead of panchayat polls in West Bengal, the police found crude bombs at a former Trinamool lawmaker's home in Bhangar
Recently posted. 610 views . 1 min read
The Advanced Diploma in Automotive Mechatronics (ADAM) program is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative by Mercedes-Benz India.
Recently posted. 1K views . 0 min read
According to the Railway Ministry official, connected to the development, the Railways plans to bring "undercover" men, dressed in plain clothes, to monit...
Recently posted. 618 views . 2 min read
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 2K views . 52 min read
Recently posted . 2K views . 94 min read
Former collector of Jabalpur, Dr. Roman Saini’s story is one which is bound to inspire many to do something good for the welfare of the society. To help all t...
Recently posted. 606 views . 2 min read
The Karnataka government is planning an amendment to the nation's industrial Employment guidelines that would propose that non-public industries getting governm...
Recently posted. 621 views . 16 min read