{"id":95632,"date":"2019-08-31T08:02:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/facebook-removes-storm-area-51-event"},"modified":"2019-08-31T08:02:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T15:02:27","slug":"facebook-removes-storm-area-51-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/facebook-removes-storm-area-51-event","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Removes \u201cStorm Area 51\u201d Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/facebook-removes-storm-area-51-event2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two million event goers won\u2019t be able to Naruto-run past this.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Facebook has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/area-51-raid-event-to-see-them-aliens-removed-by-facebook-creator-organizing-festival\/\">removed a mega-viral event<\/a> called \u201cStorm Area 51,\u201d claiming it violated community standards. Before it was removed, the tongue-in-cheek event amassed more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/2-million-want-to-raid-area-51-to-see-them-aliens\/\">2 million Facebook users<\/a>, grabbing the attention of the <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/300000-people-storm-area-51\">mainstream media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The idea, according to the even description, was to invite an army of memelords and alien enthusisasts to raid the top-secret Air Force military base in the middle of Nevada\u2019s desert. \u201cLet\u2019s see them aliens,\u201d the event description read.<\/p>\n<p>Area 51 has long been the subject of wild speculation and alien conspiracy theories. The 5,000 square mile base has hosted hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomicheritage.org\/location\/nevada-test-site\">nuclear weapons tests<\/a> and has served as testing grounds for a range of new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/aviation\/a28436973\/area-51-planes\/\">stealth aircraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two million event goers won\u2019t be able to Naruto-run past this. Facebook has removed a mega-viral event called \u201cStorm Area 51,\u201d claiming it violated community standards. Before it was removed, the tongue-in-cheek event amassed more than 2 million Facebook users, grabbing the attention of the mainstream media. The idea, according to the even description, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}