Public Facebook/Instagram content is now inaccessible to non-users

[Dan Robinson]

I found today that I'm unable to view the damage survey posts from several NWS offices since they have been posted on Facebook and not yet on other open locations. Facebook lets you view only the first 1 to 3 posts on a page, then hits you with the "login"screen and blocks you from viewing more. It's essentially a paywall, with the price being the access to your personal data (name, email, phone, browsing) that you grant them by signing up for an account.

Facebook and Instagram are now completely closed-to-the-open-web sites.

(See the screenshot below.)

 

[Mike Smith]

Regardless of DOGE, the NWS has made a number of incredibly poor decisions the past month.

 

[Randy Jennings]

Is this isolated to a couple of offices, or was this a system wide change? In general I have found NWS staff dislike Facebook because it keeps views without likes suppressed and doesn't show things posted recently. I have always seen offices post on both X and Facebook at about the sometime.

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[Dan Robinson]

Here's a screenshot. It happens on any public Facebook page when you're not logged in:

 

[JamesCaruso]

I found this out yesterday simply trying to view the hours of a local market. Any business or other organization that wants to be accessible to the public is incredibly foolish (and doomed to fail) if they rely on Facebook as their only online presence.

 

[Jamie H]

I wonder how much businesses using these platforms know that views are now being supressed?

 

[Andy Wehrle]

Regardless of DOGE, the NWS has made a number of incredibly poor decisions the past month.

Sounds like Meta's decision, not theirs.

 

[Drew Terril]

Sounds like Meta's decision, not theirs.

That's the way I'm reading it. I honestly thought they'd already done that as it's been difficult for a while to see things via browser without logging in.