When I posted an advertisement on Facebook for a course that teaches the programming languages ``Python'' and ``Pandas,'' it was misjudged as ``illegal animal trade,'' and I was permanently banned.

Ruben M. Lerner, who teaches how to use the popular programming language 'Python' and its data analysis library 'Pandas', has been permanently banned from Meta's advertising platform. revealed. Meta did not specifically explain the reason for the permanent ban, stating that it was a 'violation of advertising policy,' but after consulting with friends, Lerner found that Meta 'banned' ads about 'Python' and 'Pandas.' It points out that there is a possibility that it was misunderstood as ``an attempt to engage in animal trade that is illegal.''

I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I teach Python. — Reuven Lerner

Mr. Lerner is a lecturer on Python and Pandas, and has also published books called ``Python Workout'' and ``Pandas Workout'', respectively.

A few years ago, there was a time when Mr. Lerner advertised on Facebook. However, he did not succeed because he did not put much effort into it, and he completely forgot about the advertising business account.

After some time passed, about a year ago, Mr. Lerner thought, ``Maybe I should post an ad on Facebook after all,'' and tried posting an ad again. However, the business account I created a few years ago was in a state where it could no longer be used due to a ``rule violation.'' Although Lerner thought it was strange, he put the matter on the back burner because he had other things to attend to.

Then, a few months ago, Lerner confirmed that his business account for Facebook advertising remained frozen, and he looked into why this was happening. He said that he had no idea about it because he was only talking about Python and Pandas.

Mr. Lerner found a link that said ``Click here to appeal'' and clicked on it, thinking that someone at Meta would be able to help him. However, 30 minutes later, an email was returned informing me that after review, Mr. Lerner had violated advertising policies and had been permanently suspended from the Meta platform.

The following is a notification email from Meta that Mr. Lerner received. In addition, in addition to the permanent ban on the business account, Mr. Lerner's personal account that was linked to the account also became unusable.

A message indicating that your business account has been permanently banned.

With so little information, Lerner turned to a friend for help. The result was good news and bad news.

The good news is that we've pretty much guessed the reason for the permanent ban. Mr. Lerner was advertising about Python and Pandas, but a friend of his said that the AI that is probably reviewing the ads at Meta said, ``Advertising about pythons and pandas is considered animal trade, which should be prohibited. ” and misperception. The reexamination through appeals also involved a mechanical check rather than a human visual check, which may have prevented the recognition from being overturned.

The bad news is that Meta's data retention policy is up to 180 days. Mr. Lerner's advertising account had been frozen more than a year before the objection was filed, so there was no possibility of his account being revived.

This topic is being actively discussed on the social news site Hacker News, with Lerner himself participating.

Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas | Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37939269

According to information added by Mr. Lerner on Hacker News, the advertisements he previously posted used Mr. Lerner's own photos and stock photos, and were properly approved by Facebook and posted.

Also, Meta advised me to create a new business account, and it seems that I was able to create a new account without any problems .

Hacker News user miki123211 gives an example of lame language online, although it is a little different from misidentification.

-The so-called ' Scunthorpe problem '. You cannot set your hometown to Scunthorpe, an industrial city in England, on AOL because Scunthorpe includes cunt, which means female genitalia.
・Amazon once stopped selling Guns N' Roses products: 'Guns' was the cause.
・Miranda may not be able to send bank remittances: Because Miranda includes Iran, which is a country subject to economic sanctions.
- If you name the game 'Nasser', it will display 'N*er', making it appear as if the user used the N-word : it actually includes the slang word for butt, so this has been fixed. It is thought that there are.
・Alexa may not be able to say 'pussycat': This is an infant word used to describe a cute kitten, but 'pussy' by itself means female genitalia.
・If you set up parental controls, sites that include 'analysis' in the URL will be filtered: Because 'analysis' includes the adjective 'anal,' which means 'of the anus.' 'Google Analytics ' is also out.
・There is a case where an entire school computer lab was turned into a deadlock because the word 'sex' was filtered by using parental control software: 'sysext' etc. were also filtered and became unusable.
- British politician Dominic Cummings is unable to create an account with his name on SNS: his last name 'Cummings' includes the slang words 'cum' and 'cumming', which mean semen and ejaculate, respectively. .

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