As of Sunday, August 18 2024, Facebook/Meta has suspended the account of our publisher, and by extension, the Adobo Chronicles, which rendered us unable to upload new stories. Our apologies to our followers and subscribers.

In the usual fashion, Meta never details any violation except to say that its community standards have not been followed. While we have been given the option of appealing, nothing in the appeal process enables us to argue against their decision or at the least, inform them that our posts are satirical in nature which are protected under the First Amendment (yes, we were registered in the U.S.) and that they are farthest from being “fake” news.

We have never condoned violence nor made threats to the safety and well-being of the subjects of our satirical posts.

Even the “offensiveness” of some of our posts are all in jest and pure sarcasm.

But we often wonder why Facebook has allowed outright fake news and videos, even nudity or semi-nudity in other posts and even in their ads.

We believe that Facebook is merely a platform for communication and that Meta should not be the judge of what is or what is not offensive to its customers and communities, especially if their decision was based on the lack of understanding of satire or sarcasm.

We also encourage Meta to reform their appeals process so as to give suspended people the chance to defend their posts with the most accurate of detail.

Facebook was largely created to encourage open communication and people connectivity. We should not be made hostage for their inability to go beyond their limited understanding of communication, much less the limitations of their algorithm.