Moderators are crying foul over the removal of a popular, longstanding Facebook group where Arlingtonians have shared memories of growing up in the county.
“I Grew Up in Arlington,” a 15-year-old group with about 25,000 members, went dark last week after Facebook took it down and disabled some users’ accounts. The company reportedly accused them of violating standards against solicitation of children — claims that moderators strenuously deny.
Eric Dobson, one of the moderators, told ARLnow that he believes an AI-driven algorithm was responsible and may have misinterpreted some users’ posts, a mistake similar to a technical issue that affected many Facebook groups around the world last year…