Life’s a Bitche: French town’s Facebook page shut down over ‘offensive’ name
Ville de Bitche in north-east France has fallen foul of social network’s algorithmLife’s a Bitche for one town in north-east France that had its Facebook page shut down for offensive language.Bitche in the Moselle, population 5,000 and home to the Bitchois, has fallen foul of the social network’s algorithm, which has deemed it insulting.Continue reading...
Facebook removes page for French town named Bitche
Sometimes, life can be a Bitche. The residents of a French town thought just that after social media giant Facebook removed Ville de Bitche's official page from its site last month.
Facebook removes page for French town named Bitche - Local News 8
Sometimes, life can be a Bitche. The residents of a French town thought just that after social media giant Facebook removed Ville de Bitche’s official page from its site last month.“We received a Facebook message and we also noticed that it was missing,” Benoît Kieffer, mayor of Ville de Bitche, told CNN Tuesday. The page was taken down on March 19, Kieffer added.“At first, you wonder, was there a technical problem? However, with the length of t…