SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT
On March 31, 2025, one of the most trusted historians in America watched her own words disappear from the internet. Heather Cox Richardson confirmed that two of her Facebook posts were no longer visible — not just to her followers, but to herself and her husband.
“Hi Folks: my two posts from last night have disappeared for many of us, including me and Buddy, but appear to be here for others. I’m trying to figure it out but if anyone has any ideas, do let me know in the comments. Eager to see if this post shows up.”
Then, in a follow-up:
“OK, this is now gone for me, as well.”
Not flagged. Not disputed. Not taken down with explanation. Just gone — silently, and without warning. This is what erasure looks like in the age of algorithmic control.
USERS CONFIRM THE SILENCE
Across the platform, her readers confirmed what she feared: the posts were no longer on her wall:
“Seeing this but no other posts, not even on your wall.”
“No posts after March 26. Gone.”
“I can’t see anything on her page past March 26.”
The rhythm of her voice — so consistent, so reliable — had been broken. Not by choice. Not by glitch. By force.
Heather Cox Richardson’s reply?
“Oh, this is SO not good….”
THE POSTS THAT VANISHED
One of the missing posts dealt with allegations that senior members of Donald Trump’s administration had discussed military strikes on Yemen over unsecured channels. It was already spreading fast — more than 130,000 likes, 60,000 shares — before it disappeared.
That matters. Because this is not a celebrity being muted. This is a historian documenting power. And that history — our history — is now being selectively hidden.
This isn’t content moderation. This is strategic memory loss.
HER MESSAGE: GET OFF FACEBOOK
Richardson, sounding the alarm as best she could, urged readers to escape the platform altogether:
“Please remember you can get these letters from Substack at Letters from an American, and can sign up to get them by email there, too. No paywall, and all free.”
Her Substack:
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
If Facebook can make the voice of a presidential historian vanish — not just from your feed, but from her own timeline — then what else is being filtered? What else is being buried? What else are we being kept from seeing?
This isn’t about one post. This is about the infrastructure of truth itself.
And the scariest part?
There will be no notification when history is deleted.
Only silence.
This post has been syndicated from Closer to the Edge, where it was published under this address.