On 1/2/2026 at 5:03 AM, Bill97 said:

You are the first person I ever knew who thought that Facebook was the place to keep pictures. How did you get that idea?

Don't Facebook lay claim to all photos on their site.

16 hours ago, GoodieAfterDark said:

Never heard of that type of suspension. He must have done something reallyyyy bad. He might have pissed a few people that complained or reported him. Place private information or any type of pictures on Facebook is not a good idea. BTW, Facebook is full of "ex intel agents" like CIA, maybe Unit 8200, etc. Good luck to him! MintPress has a very good article about this.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307/

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see.

Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turned-studio. He is wearing a purple sweater and blue jeans. He comes across as a very likable, smiley person. It is not an easy job, of course, but someone has to make those calls. “Transparency is incredibly important in the work that I do,” he says.

Aaron is CIA. Or at least he was until July 2019, when he left his job as a senior analytic manager at the agency to become senior product policy manager for misinformation at Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. In his 15-year career, Aaron Berman rose to become a highly influential part of the CIA. For years, he prepared and edited the president of the United States’ daily brief, “wr[iting] and overs[eeing] intelligence analysis to enable the President and senior U.S. officials to make decisions on the most critical national security issues,” especially on “the impact of influence operations on social movements, security, and democracy,” his LinkedIn profile reads. None of this is mentioned in the Facebook video.

Berman’s case is far from unique, however. Studying Meta’s reports, as well as employment websites and databases, MintPress has found that Facebook has recruited dozens of individuals from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as well as many more from other agencies like the FBI and Department of Defense (DoD). These hires are primarily in highly politically sensitive sectors such as trust, security and content moderation, to the point where some might feel it becomes difficult to see where the U.S. national security state ends and Facebook begins.

In previous investigations, this author has detailed how TikTok is flooded with NATO officials, how former FBI agents abound at Twitter, and how Reddit is led by a former war planner for the NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council. But the sheer scale of infiltration of Facebook blows these away. Facebook, in short, is utterly swarming with spooks.

I used to be in the Army Security Agency. They were considered to be "spooks". We had NSA personnel embedded in our units.

I broke free from facebook over 2 years ago. Now I get an email once a month asking me to click a link so that I can get back into facebook. Yes, it is a legitimate email from facebook and not a phishing scam.

5 hours ago, radiochaser said:

I used to be in the Army Security Agency. They were considered to be "spooks". We had NSA personnel embedded in our units.

I broke free from facebook over 2 years ago. Now I get an email once a month asking me to click a link so that I can get back into facebook. Yes, it is a legitimate email from facebook and not a phishing scam.

Some suggest Facebook was created by some government agency. it seems to be a mind control experiment. And by what I heard it is the worse social media about selling your data and tracking you.

18 hours ago, PeterA said:

But, you can start a new profile. Modify your name slightly. It also helps to use a different phone number.

…different face and completely different name. UTR anonymity is an imperative on any public platform.

21 hours ago, wwest5829 said:

Sign of doing something right ... wll, at least a short term placement in FB "jail" May get worse with AI algorithms without human discretion. Hmm, maybe I best not post this statement on FB. I might be cited for questioning the Facebook AI (the AI might follow the same lack of reasoning as the current USA administration).

Incorrect. I have known people who have been permanently suspended for losing their password, and for equally innocent reasons.

13 hours ago, Lancelot01 said:

Don't Facebook lay claim to all photos on their site.

Can’t imagine knowing such a thing but they do have right to your second born child

On 1/9/2026 at 6:47 AM, rickray said:

Exact same thing happened to me last week. Unfortunately, there is no one you can chat with to find a solution. If you dig deep enough, you can send a "feedback" message, but nobody will reply. My account was disabled for "violation of standards". But, I didn't do anything different from what I've been doing for the past 10 years or more.

Same here. Only used FB to keep in touch with family all over the world, swop family photos. Told I was banned. Tried to find out more and they said no, banned, finished. No reason. Too bad, shame about very old family photos we had over the years. Lots were pre world war 1.

On 1/9/2026 at 9:40 AM, GoodieAfterDark said:

Never heard of that type of suspension. He must have done something reallyyyy bad. He might have pissed a few people that complained or reported him. Place private information or any type of pictures on Facebook is not a good idea. BTW, Facebook is full of "ex intel agents" like CIA, maybe Unit 8200, etc. Good luck to him! MintPress has a very good article about this.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307/

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see.

Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turned-studio. He is wearing a purple sweater and blue jeans. He comes across as a very likable, smiley person. It is not an easy job, of course, but someone has to make those calls. “Transparency is incredibly important in the work that I do,” he says.

Aaron is CIA. Or at least he was until July 2019, when he left his job as a senior analytic manager at the agency to become senior product policy manager for misinformation at Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. In his 15-year career, Aaron Berman rose to become a highly influential part of the CIA. For years, he prepared and edited the president of the United States’ daily brief, “wr[iting] and overs[eeing] intelligence analysis to enable the President and senior U.S. officials to make decisions on the most critical national security issues,” especially on “the impact of influence operations on social movements, security, and democracy,” his LinkedIn profile reads. None of this is mentioned in the Facebook video.

Berman’s case is far from unique, however. Studying Meta’s reports, as well as employment websites and databases, MintPress has found that Facebook has recruited dozens of individuals from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as well as many more from other agencies like the FBI and Department of Defense (DoD). These hires are primarily in highly politically sensitive sectors such as trust, security and content moderation, to the point where some might feel it becomes difficult to see where the U.S. national security state ends and Facebook begins.

In previous investigations, this author has detailed how TikTok is flooded with NATO officials, how former FBI agents abound at Twitter, and how Reddit is led by a former war planner for the NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council. But the sheer scale of infiltration of Facebook blows these away. Facebook, in short, is utterly swarming with spooks.

Now Facebook and other related media companies also use AI to monitor accounts (far cheaperthan hiring former intelligence personal.) We can easily see how this can lead to mistakes and problems.

On 1/2/2026 at 9:30 AM, streetlite said:

All of a sudden as I was scrolling through Facebook a notice pops up stating that my account was suspended for 180 days for going against their community standards. I could appeal at any time during those 180 days. I appealed immediately and was instructed to provide a selfie video orchestrated by Facebook. "turn you head and follow the direction of the arrows". I did this much to my chagrin and they said they would decide via a message email. Today I received an email stating my account was suspended indefinitely with no further explanation or a chance to appeal a second time.

Anybody else have this experience. I lost hundreds of family pictures.

Please, serious response only.

Why would you store photos online with a "free" provider??? Easy fix, stop using FB!

Let me understand it. You use a "FREE" service that sells (indirectly) and tells you what you can post and to who and you expect them to protect your data??? What were you thinking?

On 1/10/2026 at 10:56 AM, Bill97 said:

Can’t imagine knowing such a thing but they do have right to your second born child

AND, you let them! For free!

I personally banned Facebook from my computer and my life before I ever joined. They didn't even appeal. The decision is not going to be overturned.

I find Facebook extremely useful.

I can't understand people denigrating it and even bragging of refusing to be a member.

Beats me!

My Embassy has a page,

So do my Belgium hometown Town Hall and Police Dpt.

My favorite restaurant in Ubon has a page.

Great to check for promotions.

And I got contacted on FB with very very long ago acquaintances.

And I correspond on FB Messenger with faraway friends.

Almost daily with my stepsister in my home country.

I just do due diligence with whatever perso info i share on my page.