The “I Love Shopping in New York” (Facebook Group) is a group of people chatting / discussing their general interests about shopping, and social events in and around the Greater New York City Area. This group page is administrated by Stephen Newdell, the publisher of New York City Area Shopper Magazine.
https://www.facebook.com/policies_center/pages_groups_events/
The “I Love Shopping in New York” Group is required by Facebook and Meta to conform to particular standards. The administrator agrees. We avoid what is illegal or cannot conform to Facebook’s Community Standards.
As the administrator, Stephen Newdell agrees
We do not promote behaviors that have been considered for many years to be illegal, or generally immoral.
We do not promote:
- Sexual play-for-pay businesses of any type,
- Human trafficking, selling people into slavery
- Drugs, alcoholic beverages, fire arms, or any sort of chemistry that can be used to make any types of combustible explosives, or weapons that can project paint balls, arrows, darts, or similar implements by means of mechanisms or pressurized air or gas.
- We avoid “curse words” and name calling intended to insult or emotionally injure one or many people.
- We avoid any form of communication intended to disturb the peace or cause protests, riots or groups meeting with the intent of stealing or destroying houses of worship, homes, or businesses.
Let it be understood, this is a group that helps start-up, small, and medium sized businesses communicate to friends and the Greater New York City Area.
You are welcome to let people know you are offering goods or services which you either sell or give away. Examples might be
- new publications such as stories or books you’ve written, or courses you are teaching,
- blogs, pets or livestock for sale or to give away, Services might include
- teaching skills,
- music lessons, Bible studies,
- men and or women doing seamstress and tailoring, crafts,
- baked goods,
- help with accounting,
- repairs of small appliances and/or tools,
- leading trips to a local vacation location…. these are examples to name a few.
Starting From this Introduction below, and all printed information below the Introduction; all of this is a copy from Facebook/Meta about rules and regulations for Groups like this one. This entire piece of writing came from this url as of August, 22, 2024
https://www.facebook.com/policies_center/pages_groups_events/
Participation in this group is your tacit agreement that you accept the requirements: You hereby and herein, in fact and indeed do
(a) fully release and hold Meta and Stephen Newdell and any of his assets harmless from liability, and
(b) acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta.
The group administrator(s) in no way collect data about you or your business for any form of commercial purposes.
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