Facebook has guidelines on content that promotes violence, terrorism, hate, ethnic hatred and so on. Facebook has said that if anyone posts regarding Eelam War or on the birthday of Prabhakaran, then it is a threat to security.īritish newspaper The Guardianhas published detailed reports on the guidelines Facebook follows regarding posts. On that list are Prabhakaran, the LTTE, Dileepan and details regarding the Eelam war. Vaiko’s statement says that Facebook has blacklisted many individuals and organizations that are considered a threat to security. When a Facebook Live on that day showed volunteers going to orphanages with physically challenged children, the accounts were told that they could not do FB Live for another 60 days. He said that all the accounts that posted photos of Prabhakaran on his birthday were blocked. Last year, MDMK leader Vaiko issued a statement condemning Facebook for curbing opinions and views regarding Tamil nationalism and the LTTE. A native of Mayiladuthurai, he has now created another account. Some five years ago, the accounts of his he and his friends were blocked. Ingersoll, who lives in Norway, spoke over WhatsApp saying that if someone sends an attachment to him, he gets a message that he is not allowed to open the attachment. His tweets say that Facebook told him he was banned from advertising or doing FB Live for 30 days as a result of his post.įacebook should understand that India gives the right to talk about banned organizations, says Advocate Pugazhenthi Neethan Shan, a Tamil who lives in Canada, has tweeted that Facebook deleted his post that paid homage to Tamils killed during the conflict. Facebook apparently told him that his account was blocked since it said, “Let’s meet at the Mullivaikal corner in Thanjavur.”īBC Tamil carried a report saying a Facebook user named J Wiki found his post putting out a photograph of Prabhakaran or his associates on his birthday blocked. This happens not just in India but all over the world where Tamils live and are members of Facebook.įor instance, on November 26, 2021, a post of Meganathan Munuswamy of Kancheepuram was blocked. Facebook has been routinely censoring, deleting posts from members regarding the Eelam War, Mullivaikal killings, photos of LTTE leader Prabhakaran, what the Tigers didduring the war, as well as Tamil nationalist ideas.