They banned us from Facebook.
Yeah, you read that right. Weird Frequencies — a show about UAPs, Bigfoot, and the unexplained — got the boot from Facebook. And on September 7, Rob went live with an emergency broadcast to talk about it.
Because if you can’t talk about weird stuff on the internet, where can you talk about it?
What Happened
The details are still unfolding, but here’s the gist: Facebook decided our content violated their policies. No meaningful warning. No appeal process that actually works. Just… gone. Years of posts, community discussion, and audience connections — wiped out by an automated decision.
And here’s the kicker: we’re still not entirely sure what specific content triggered it. Was it a UAP discussion flagged as ‘misinformation’? A Bigfoot post caught by an overzealous filter? When moderation is done by algorithms with minimal human oversight, you rarely get answers — you get a form letter and a dead end.
It’s frustrating. It’s confusing. And it’s unfortunately not surprising.
Platforms like Facebook have become the de facto public square. But they’re not public. They’re private companies with algorithms, engagement incentives, and content policies that don’t always align with open inquiry. What drives their decisions isn’t truth or fairness — it’s advertiser comfort and liability management.
The Censorship Question
This isn’t just about Weird Frequencies. It’s about a bigger question: who gets to decide what we’re allowed to discuss?
When platforms ban or suppress content about UAPs, cryptids, or alternative history, they’re not just removing posts. They’re shaping the conversation itself. They’re deciding what’s ‘acceptable’ to be curious about — and by extension, what isn’t.
And that should concern everyone, regardless of what you believe. Today it’s a paranormal show. Tomorrow it could be a political viewpoint, a scientific hypothesis, or a community organizing effort. The mechanism is the same: opaque rules, automated enforcement, no real recourse.
The irony isn’t lost on us, either. We’re living through a genuine UAP disclosure moment — congressional hearings, whistleblower testimony, Pentagon admissions — while social media algorithms simultaneously flag UAP discussions as problematic. The disconnect is staggering.
Curiosity shouldn’t have boundaries. Questions shouldn’t be censored. The weird, the strange, the unexplained — these are the things that push us to think bigger.
Where Do We Go From Here?
We’re not going away. We’re on YouTube. We’re on Rumble. We’re on Instagram. We’re here on weirdfrequencies.net — our own home on the internet, where no algorithm can pull the plug.
The September 7 emergency broadcast was Rob’s way of saying: we’re still here, we’re still asking questions, and we’re not going to stop because an algorithm doesn’t like it. And the response from the community was incredible — because people understand exactly what’s at stake.
This is also a lesson every creator should take to heart: don’t build your house on rented land. Your social page, your algorithmic reach, your follower count — it can all vanish overnight. Own your platform. Build your email list. Maintain your website. The creators who survive deplatforming are the ones who never depended on a single gatekeeper.
The Bigger Picture
If a show about Bigfoot can get banned, what does that say about the state of open discourse?
It says we need independent platforms. It says we need to support creators directly — through memberships, through showing up, through sharing. It says the conversation matters more than the platform.
There’s a silver lining, too: every ban is a reminder of why independent media matters. The mainstream won’t cover this stuff honestly. The algorithms won’t promote it. So we build it ourselves — audience by audience, episode by episode.
We’re going to keep doing what we do. Asking questions. Following evidence. Being weird.
Join us live every Sunday at 8 PM CT on YouTube, Rumble, and Instagram. They can’t ban curiosity.