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intheflow

(28,473 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:08 AM Sep 2012

Facebook censors NY Times story about Jesus having a wife!

Yesterday I posted this NY Times piece about a Harvard professor who's found a piece of papyrus mentioning Jesus' wife. Today it is gone from my page. It's also gone from three friend's pages who posted the same thing. I tried to repost it again this morning, got this blocking message from fb:

The content you're trying to share includes a link that's been blocked for being spammy or unsafe:

▪ http://nytimes.com/2012/09/19/us/historian-says-piece-of-papyrus-refers-to-jesus-wife.html
▪ http://nytimes.com/2012/09/19/us/historian-says-piece-of-papyrus-refers-to-jesus-wife.html?pagewanted=all

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I guess the freaking fundies got their panties in a twist when their pitiful, limited world view was challenged.

Please feel free to let facebook know how you feel about it - I sure did!

Naturally, I reposted the story linking it to the Washington Post's coverage of it.

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Facebook censors NY Times story about Jesus having a wife! (Original Post) intheflow Sep 2012 OP

Just one more reason to hate Facebook. leveymg Sep 2012 #1

Was it a cartoon? GulleyJimson Sep 2012 #2

Your question is easily answered by following the links I provided intheflow Sep 2012 #5

Let's go after Facebook and drive the stock down a little more! socialindependocrat Sep 2012 #3

They are worried about the Pope issuing a fatwa Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #4

It's just another roadside attraction... socialindependocrat Sep 2012 #16

I just posted the link to my FB page (altho I don't think I have many coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #6

And you didn't get the spam block? intheflow Sep 2012 #7

Sounds like a glitch to me. Brickbat Sep 2012 #8

The church must be blowing a gasket over this story. sarcasmo Sep 2012 #9

Same here. nc4bo Sep 2012 #10

Was it a copyright violation by any chance? cbayer Sep 2012 #11

just posted the entire link fine on FB. i don't think there's any grand conspiracy on this one. piratefish08 Sep 2012 #12

Then why did so many NYTimes linked articles, including "likes" and "comments" disappear? nc4bo Sep 2012 #14

It's now re-appeared on my page, intheflow Sep 2012 #20

Oh snap - same here! nc4bo Sep 2012 #21

be interesting to see if your new link stays up. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #13

I got it to work Silent3 Sep 2012 #15

I got the same reply as did my friend an ancient history professor Generic Other Sep 2012 #17

Try this link to Harvard Divinity School Generic Other Sep 2012 #18

UPDATE: It's now magically reappeared on mine and my friends pages! intheflow Sep 2012 #19

That was some strange. I'd hate to think that some are so insecure that a bit of history nc4bo Sep 2012 #22

It's weird sakabatou Sep 2012 #23

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. Just one more reason to hate Facebook.

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:11 AM

Sep 2012

GulleyJimson

(107 posts)

2. Was it a cartoon?

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:14 AM

Sep 2012

Here's a link that doesn't mention his wife. Go figure.

intheflow

(28,473 posts)

5. Your question is easily answered by following the links I provided

Reply to GulleyJimson (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:17 AM

Sep 2012

to the original story. That's why I provided links.

socialindependocrat

(1,372 posts)

3. Let's go after Facebook and drive the stock down a little more!

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:15 AM

Sep 2012

I saw this on the news last night.

They didn't think it was spammey.

Maybe it was one of their people who is a conservative
an noone gave them permission to block the item!

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

4. They are worried about the Pope issuing a fatwa

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:15 AM

Sep 2012

and the militant Episcopalians bombing their offices.

socialindependocrat

(1,372 posts)

16. It's just another roadside attraction...

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:42 AM

Sep 2012

Book by Tom Robbins about a secret society of monks who are
really spies.

Anyway, you just reminded me with "militant Episcopalians"..

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)

6. I just posted the link to my FB page (altho I don't think I have many

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:19 AM

Sep 2012

fundy friends left there .

I'll keep you posted on what happens.

intheflow

(28,473 posts)

7. And you didn't get the spam block?

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:20 AM

Sep 2012

Hmmm...

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

8. Sounds like a glitch to me.

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:21 AM

Sep 2012

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

9. The church must be blowing a gasket over this story.

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:21 AM

Sep 2012

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

10. Same here.

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:22 AM

Sep 2012

Posted several paragraphs from the NYT article and just told folks to Google it, no links included.

Did this earlier, so far still there.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

11. Was it a copyright violation by any chance?

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:24 AM

Sep 2012

piratefish08

(3,133 posts)

12. just posted the entire link fine on FB. i don't think there's any grand conspiracy on this one.

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:24 AM

Sep 2012

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

14. Then why did so many NYTimes linked articles, including "likes" and "comments" disappear?

Reply to piratefish08 (Reply #12)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:27 AM

Sep 2012

That's what happened to me. I posted the link and a few preview paragraphs, had comments and a like it and the entire thing was gone today.

I wouldn't have noticed until someone else posted that this had happened to many other FB users.

intheflow

(28,473 posts)

20. It's now re-appeared on my page,

Reply to piratefish08 (Reply #12)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:52 PM

Sep 2012

and also my friends' pages. My guess is overnight some kind of automated spam blocker kicked in on fb after hoards of offended fundies reported it as inappropriate. Then fb's day shift workers started getting complaints about it not being spam and they removed the block from the link.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

21. Oh snap - same here!

Reply to intheflow (Reply #20)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:12 PM

Sep 2012

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

13. be interesting to see if your new link stays up.

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:25 AM

Sep 2012

Keep us posted?

and yes, censorship is alive and well on the internet.

Silent3

(15,212 posts)

15. I got it to work

Reply to intheflow (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:33 AM

Sep 2012

At first I ran into the same problem you did, but I cleaned up the extra stuff at the end of the URL that I'd used (all of the stuff that comes after the "?" in the URL, which are HTTP GET values) and Facebook accepted that, and even gave me a better choice for the thumbnail image than when I used the first URL.