by Jow Martino, The Pulse:

Back in 2018, thousands independent media Facebook pages were removed in what is often referred to in indie-media as ‘The Great Purge.” This moment caused an uproar in the war against independent media, one that increased with the COVID pandemic.

At the time of The Great Purge, my inbox flooded with messages as friends and other Facebook page admins began asking me if we lost anything or when I thought we were going to be next. To think a business I had spent 10 years building (at the time) could be erased instantly because ‘someone said so’ was a bit scary.