Lakers Nation would like to sincerely apologize to our community for the disruption caused by Facebook’s sudden suspension of our verified Facebook page, which has served Lakers fans since 2009.
For more than fifteen years, our Facebook account has published daily Lakers news, highlights, and analysis — generating hundreds of millions of impressions and fostering a vibrant global community of fans who love this team as much as we do.
Facebook’s decision to remove our page followed a copyright infringement notice filed by a Gmail account (preotectionvc@gmail.com) that has been associated with fraud, claiming we violated the intellectual property rights of the NBA/NBA.com. We received a notice, and within hours, our page was disabled.
This claim is entirely false. Our content consists of original Lakers commentary and coverage protected under fair use and media rights laws.
“No copyrighted or intellectual property material has been violated,” said Ian Chin, Managing Director of Medium Large Sports Media, Lakers Nation’s parent company. “Facebook has chosen to take these actions arbitrarily, with no clear process for follow-up or appeal. It’s a worrying and one-sided pattern that punishes small media outlets who have contributed tens of thousands of dollars in advertising spending — and years of audience growth — to their platform.”
While Facebook has represented only a small portion of our traffic and revenue, our presence there has always been maintained as a service to our fans — a space for Lakers Nation’s passionate community to gather and engage.
We thank our loyal readers and viewers for their continued support. We will continue to publish across our website, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and other channels as we work toward restoring our Facebook page.
