Kirk Cameron Film ‘Unstoppable’ Blocked Due to Glitch, Facebook Says

Kirk Cameron’s film “Unstoppable” was blocked due to a glitch in Facebook’s system, the social media company said this week.
Kirk Cameron Film ‘Unstoppable’ Blocked Due to Glitch, Facebook Says
Jack Phillips
7/23/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

Kirk Cameron’s film “Unstoppable” was blocked due to a glitch in Facebook’s system, the social media company said this week.

In a widely shared Facebook posting last week, Cameron wrote that links to his film were blocked by the social media giant, and he petitioned his followers to do something about it.

But on Monday, Facebook explained that its automated technology blocked the links to “Unstoppable,” which is playing Sept. 24 at Liberty College.

“To protect the hundreds of millions of people who connect and share on Facebook every day, we have automated systems that work in the background” to prevent “bad actors who often use links to spread spam and malware,” Facebook said in a statement, according to the Newsday publication.

It added: “These systems are . . . not perfect, though ... and in rare instances they make mistakes. This link was blocked for a very short period of time after being misidentified as a potential spam or malware site.”

The company said, however, that the systems “are so effective that most people who use Facebook will never encounter spam.”

Faceboook removed the block to Cameron’s film after it was instated late on Thursday.

“You did it again!! Because of your firm, loving, and clear voice, not only did Facebook welcome us back, YouTube also removed its block on our Unstoppable movie trailer. We are back online with full access. Thank you!! Fox News, Huffington Post, Entertainment Tonight, ABC, Drudge, and others have heard about your accomplishment,” Cameron wrote last week after Facebook unblocked the film.

YouTube also apparently blocked the original link to Cameron’s movie trailer.

“Now let’s make sure NOTHING stops UNSTOPPABLE from coming to a theater in your town on Sept. 24th. Buy your tickets today. If we sell out all the seats in your neighborhood theater, NOTHING can stop it from playing there,” Cameron wrote.

Cameron shot to stardom in the 1980s show “Growing Pains,” but he has since become a Christian filmmaker and actor.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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