Thread by @numutekwa

Guess who has now been restricted from posting on facebook for 3 days because as soon as I posted on @facebookapp @Meta I was restricted again for posting an update about our #Comanche wordle… #EndangeredLanguage

…I included 1 sentence in Comanche on the 3rd post (“Someone is smart”) & it was flagged as solicitation of sexual activity. I am posting about Comanche, a CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LANGUAGE with fewer than 10 speakers, & sharing resources for our tribal members. #IndigenousMe

I’m not sure how to go about getting this fixed. @finkd Facebook @Meta is a very valuable tool for our tribal government to communicate and share language learning resources with our tribal members all over the world… #sovereign #languagewarrior

And if @Meta ‘s algorithm keeps flagging posts about our language and our resources as violations of community standards and especially as solicitation of sexual activity and nudity, etc. (again, gross) without anyway to resolve the issue then 🤷🏽‍♀️ @sarahshulist

Critically endangered languages have to surmount incredible odds to survive, Indigenous languages doubly so, and we need support from those who profit from the systems that created this situation in the first place,… #languageback

& I’m challenging @Meta to step up to the plate to create a plan of action to support language reclamation work so that this isn’t an issue for anyone else. #onthewordpath

Until then, I’ll be on here and on IG both as @numutekwa

tsaakuka mia (y’all go in a good way)!

For more information about our very important work please visit talkcomanche.org and comanchelanguage.org