Has Facebook censored the campaign to invade Area 51?

Facebook has many issues to fix, before the alleged censorship of an event that fueled the paranoia of the plot of this social network. However, the high virality of this publication (with more than 2 million confirmed helpers) has resulted in a rapid spread of the complaint over the Internet.

What happened? In mid-July, a Facebook appeared on Facebook. invitation to invade area 51, the military base located in the Nevada desert where, according to a popular myth, the US government hides secrets about aliens and UFOs.

The proposal, an obvious joke, gathered millions of people who confirmed their presence, including celebrities who had fun with a gesture that did not cause much grace among the military authorities. In fact, a spokesman for the US Air Force He said the following: "We deter any attempt to enter an area where we are forming armed groups."

"Let's go see the extraterrestrials!", Said event organizers who, to add a dose of mystery, was now deleted by Facebook decision.

Food for conspiracy theories?

Overnight, the event disappeared from the social network. One of the organizers, Matty Roberts, posted on his personal profile a capture of the notification received. As you can see Facebook has eliminated it because it's going against "community standards".

"I think it's pretty foolhardy on Facebook to eliminate this event, especially because I'm trying to prevent people from taking it on the ground," he said. Roberts in an interview at CNETstating that the invitation was a joke that many took seriously.

As we have here, the CIA itself confirmed in 2013 the existence of Area 51. It was established in 1950 by order of the then United States President, Dwight Ensenhower. Over the years, speculations have been forged, based on the popular imagination of life beyond our planet. The event, now eliminated, has been another boost in this story, combining mystery, secrets, myth and even a dose of joke.