Facebook doesn’t like the city’s name “Bitche” and decides to delete its official page

We think that living in Bitche is not always easy. Apart from the more or less obvious jokes about the name of this town on the Moselle, Some algorithms perceive this unusual name as an English homophone. We will not need to translate this rudeness, but it is a known fact that it is not in the taste of moderation services. This is also clearly seen on Facebook.

If the latter proves relatively effective against anti-vaxxers and fake news, it is not infallible and can make some careless mistakes. Thus ordered Bitche’s Facebook page deletedI am not happy with the misuse of the forbidden word. The communications director of this town, Valérie Degouy, neither one nor two, tried to cancel this hasty decision.

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“I tried to contact Facebook in every way, through forms, through private messages on the Facebook France page, I left dozens of messages… Finally, I was contacted again, but it was up to me to say that it was not them who did it, and that if I appealed, I would have to wait for a response from Facebook”, Valérie Degouy explains.

Already in 2016, the communications manager encountered some difficulties when creating the page of his city. The word “Bitch” was not allowed, so he had to rename the page to “Fortified City” and then add the name of the town to the description. A temporary solution had to be found, as it was removed a month ago. Therefore, under the name “” City Hall 57230» the city has resurfaced on the social network.

Then, on April 13, the social network finally listened to reason. Valérie Degouy did indeed receive a response from Facebook: “Our systems are making the wrong analysis”.Bitche’s page is back onlineenjoyed the joy of its residents.