Facebook: Marine Corps emblem with "In Remembrance" ribbon violates community standards. Your reaction?

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:36:00 -0400

Late Monday, Facebook unpublished the popular pro-military "Locked and Loaded" page, while telling administrators that a picture of the United States Marine Corps emblem with a ribbon marked "In Remembrance" violated their community standards. Jason Light, an administrator from Atlanta, Georgia, told Examiner in an exclusive interview the page was covering the funeral and burial of Marine Lance Corporal Skip Wells, who was killed in Chattanooga.

Administrator Robert Combs also received a three-day ban over the image of the Marine Corps logo. Combs told Examiner all he can do for the next three days is chat, but he intends to replace the page.

"I am just speechless as to how this violates community standards," he said. The screenshot provided by Light did not indicate why the image was yanked, other than Facebook's claim it violated their standards.

The Facebook page boasted over 53,000 likes and was set up to help promote a blog by the same name. While not as large as other pages, Light said, it reached over 1 million people.

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Facebook: Marine Corps emblem violates community standards

Late Monday, Facebook unpublished the popular pro-military "Locked and Loaded" page, while telling administrators that a picture of the United States Marine Cor

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2015 5:38 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:38:39 -0400

This disgusts beyond belief. I hope FB has apologized, but I doubt they will unless enough stink is raised. I think its a sign the PC crowd has officially crossed over into wackyville.

Response by SGT Jeremiah B. made Jul 29 at 2015 5:39 PM

SGT Jeremiah B. — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:39:02 -0400

I'm calling BS. My experience with those kinds of pages is they're chock full of pictures that violate FB standards. That image is all over FB and no one else has gotten dinged.

Response by CAPT Douglas McDonald made Jul 29 at 2015 6:20 PM

CAPT Douglas McDonald — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:20:10 -0400

Second that !!!

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2015 6:31 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:31:04 -0400

I've no longer got a FB account. if someone doesn't like their policies, don't use their site. I used to post the Malcolm X speech video where he calls anyone voting democrat, "chumps." They remove it rather quickly.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2015 7:04 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:04:09 -0400

I don't know if the Whitehouse is imitating Facebook or Facebook is imitating the Whitehouse. They both seem to do what thy want without consideration for the people.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2015 7:32 PM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:32:07 -0400

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2015 7:50 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:50:04 -0400

Of all the offensive items that are out there to be shared with all, this image is pulled? I cannot adequately convey how disappointed I am. What does this say about Facebook policies?

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Jul 30 at 2015 12:25 AM

LTC Stephen C. — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:25:27 -0400

Totally ludicrous and absurd, GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Aug 1 at 2015 4:53 AM

PO1 John Miller — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 04:53:50 -0400

When it comes to Facebook I believe in very little that comes from it!

Response by CW3 Stephen Mills made Apr 26 at 2016 2:08 PM

CW3 Stephen Mills — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:08:36 -0400

Facebook uses and algorithm to block pages. If enough people click the same complaint it automatically does it. You can appeal, but it takes weeks to get an actual person to look and make a determination. Certain groups understand this and will decide they are going to take down a page. All they need to do is get enough of their members to click that it violates community standards and the pic, page, post, etc will be removed without review.

Response by CPO Norman Mauldin made Apr 27 at 2016 11:26 AM

CPO Norman Mauldin — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:26:01 -0400

That's where we need to send them a message and rip their A**e*.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Apr 3 at 2018 5:54 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:54:20 -0400

3 seconds on Google aàasàaaaaaand, its fake..
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Response by SSgt Boyd Herrst made May 10 at 2019 9:56 AM

SSgt Boyd Herrst — Fri, 10 May 2019 09:56:27 -0400

They’ll (FB) will Post an abortion pic saying it’s ok to murder babies but one cannot post a funeral about a Marine..
sad..