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I had a post about a local protest removed for 'unverified claims' last month
It was a picture of a crowd size from a rally in Portland, which I took myself. The platform said I needed a 'credible news source' to back up my own photo. This happens a lot now, where personal proof isn't enough. It makes me think they just don't want certain images out there. How can you even share a real experience if your own eyes don't count? Has anyone else had a firsthand photo or video taken down for this reason?
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black.amy4d ago
My Portland rally photo got through with just a location tag.
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stone.jesse4d ago
That's the kind of thing that makes me check my own posts, @black.amy. I've seen it happen with photos of protests or even just crowded public events. The system seems to flag certain images automatically, but a simple location tag sometimes slips under the radar. It feels like the rules are applied unevenly depending on what the algorithm thinks it's looking at.
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