A Past, Denied

For the third time this year, I have made a failed attempt to create a Page for this documentary film on the social networking site Facebook. It fails because it appears there is something offensive in the title “A Past, Denied: The Invisible History of Slavery in Canada.”

So my attempt to create the page has failed three times now. After each failure, I followed the “Customer Support team” link because I did, in fact, believe that they were in error to automatically bar my efforts to create a legitimate Page to promote a legitimate film. Twice before this have I filled out their little form, which includes little space for comment. I never heard from the Facebook support team before, and I seriously doubt I will this time.

You may be thinking, “if the word ’slavery’ is causing the issue, why not shorten the Page title to just ‘A Past, Denied’?” It’s a simple and fair question to ask. My answer is also fair and simple: I shouldn’t have to.

Whatever Facebook’s issue is with the title of my film, they should speak up and say what it is.