Important and timely piece. Bullying and hate speech on social media are worse than ever, and these big publishers need to be called to account. What makes that difficult is (as you say) the legal relationship between you and your publisher.
Actually, Facebook is not the owner of your stuff. But by posting on their platform, you the user agree to license Meta/FB to do whatever they want with your stuff, including transferring that licemce, sublicensing (for their own profit), and not paying you for it. Which is pretty much the same as owning it. As the legal owner, you can still sell your stuff to other parties (FB does not have exclusive use) and of course publish it elsewhere. The problem is that they appear to have complete control over any copies or backups they may have made, even if you are the owner of the original.
Important and timely piece. Bullying and hate speech on social media are worse than ever, and these big publishers need to be called to account. What makes that difficult is (as you say) the legal relationship between you and your publisher.
Actually, Facebook is not the owner of your stuff. But by posting on their platform, you the user agree to license Meta/FB to do whatever they want with your stuff, including transferring that licemce, sublicensing (for their own profit), and not paying you for it. Which is pretty much the same as owning it. As the legal owner, you can still sell your stuff to other parties (FB does not have exclusive use) and of course publish it elsewhere. The problem is that they appear to have complete control over any copies or backups they may have made, even if you are the owner of the original.