That seems like 17 strikes too many.
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2025
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meanwhile YouTube had a 3 strike policy for copyright claims that might not even be true
Ah, but corporate profit margins are much more important than people
Ha ha ha ha........ha..........
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me three times, shame on you. Fool me four times...
Jesus fuck, even 3-strikes would be absurd for this...
17 is an oddly specific number.
I'm not defending the policy but the title doesn't match the story:
“That means that you could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended,”
Wait but that changes everything? Sex work doesn't automatically mean sex trafficking??
Yeah, to me it's muddy waters. While some people look down on it, if an adult posts something that says free Saturday night, hit me up for a price... That's not anywhere near trafficking. But it is very much solicitation.
Yeah, but the title says only sex trafficking
So, 17 strikes you're out.
Thats why baseball games in the 1800s were much longer.
You should look into the history of cricket
I mean, it IS The Verge. They could be so inept that they just forgot to include anything relating to the title in their story
that matches the title completely
Sex work =/= sex trafficking
Sometimes. Probably not on Facebook.
There's a pretty good This American Life about it. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/there-i-fixed-it
Meta allegedly gave accounts engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex” 16 chances before suspending them,
the article is about sex trafficking, the policy would also apply to sex workers, eventually.
not everything about sex trafficking is about sex workers…
Unless they have to drive to you during rush hour. Then it's sex work with traffic.
Meanwhile, one harmless meme and you're suspended. I don't get why people use Meta anymore. The site went to shit 20 years ago, and nobody seems to want to jump to another platform. For reasons unknown - there was no issue leaving MySpace for Facebook, so just fucking do it again.
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What the fuck