TRIALS OF TURTLEBOY: Facebook Drops the Hammer on Central Massachusetts Web Site

TRIALS OF TURTLEBOY:  Facebook Drops the Hammer on Central Massachusetts Web Site

The Worcester-based Turtleboy Sports blog is in hot water with Facebook again, and this time the social media giant has apparently wiped out the site's entire Facebook page over what the company alleges is "bullying."

Curiously enough, Facebook later clarified that while Turtleboy's Facebook activity "follows the Facebook Community standards," the post in question "may be considered insensitive or cruel," but a check on the site's Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon shows that it is still deactivated. A backup page listed as Turtleboy Refugees, which features more than 10,000 followers, is still alive, however.

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