Another example: faggots are a traditional meatball dish from parts of England and Wales-the term has nothing to do with anyone’s sexuality. And yet, American social media companies have repeatedly blocked British users for posting about the dish.

There is also a British pudding called “spotted dick” - in this context, “dick” is a dialectical term for “pudding”, no known connection with genitalia.

A friend of my wife recently had her Facebook account restricted for making a post about cooking jerk chicken for dinner. Facebook claimed she was using “abusive language”