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Today, Facebook removed the latest in a series of posts from our Facebook page; this time, for the first time, oddly enough, it’s a post about Facebook removing our posts. The social media network has removed several posts, all links to our website, potomaclocal.com, primarily stories about crime and public safety.

We’re a small community news organization that has, for years, posted content outside of social networks to broaden our reach. Despite continued efforts to remove our content, we’ll keep posting on social media until we can no longer do so.

It’s the latest in a series of posts Facebook has removed from its site in recent weeks.

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If you rely on Facebook for local news, including information you need to know about your community to keep your family safe, don’t. The social media network has been removing these types of posts, noting that they go against community standards.

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Facebook has removed our posts about crime news for the past two weeks.

Today, it removed posts about Abigail Spanberger’s town hall with Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham and a post about the weather.

We’ve always been dedicated to showing the excellent work of our police, fire, and rescue crews. However, Facebook has decided it no longer wants these posts on its platform and is automatically removing them.

Facebook states that our posts about crime and arrests violate community standards.