[danpalmer]

Is that really the most likely?

I'd suggest it's much more likely that they tripped some automated spam protection or a moderator thought they looked suspicious, than there's a conspiracy against the company by a competitor.

That conspiracy would be of a high reputational risk to Facebook and the competitor, and would have a paper-trail in contracts that guarantee Facebook that ad revenue for the deplatforming.

It seems highly unlikely to me, as much as I believe Facebook to have poor moral standing.

[dbt00]

I agree. It's far more likely some of the content mill sweeps they made during the election caught them.