[Chapter-delegates] Fw: Facebook's Video Storage policy is changing: download your old live videos

Wed Mar 12 10:43:16 PDT 2025

Christopher and Caleb,

This is an example of where video streaming and archiving are part of a
changing policy and landscape from the vendor and with the technology. That
calls for some level of flexibility from ISOC's support and policy, while
maintaining and balancing with a good degree of objective rules. That is
always a challenge but it can be done. I also believe ISOC should be
proactive to understand what chapters for example are affected most by this
change from Facebook and may need resource support on an 'emergency basis'
and respond accordingly.

Maybe a good thing to do is first to find out what chapters are most
affected, and how, and go from there? The regional offices can start with a
simple survey.

Charles

On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM Caleb Ogundele via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi Christopher,
>
> I also read about this, and I believe the best alternative for now is for
> those Chapters to create their own individual YouTube channels and
> re-upload the videos before they are deleted, ensuring that years of
> valuable intellectual discussions are preserved.
>
> Alternatively, when Chapters stream their events, they can use a free
> multistream service that allows them to broadcast simultaneously on both
> YouTube and Facebook. This would eliminate the need to download and
> re-upload videos to a different platform, making the process more efficient
> going foward.
>
> Other folks can chime in if they know of any other best practices chapters
> can adopt.
>
> Best,
> --
> *Caleb Ogundele*
> Email: muyiwacaleb at gmail.com
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM Christopher Hawker via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I just received the below email, and felt it prudent to share the info
>> given what it means (especially for smaller chapters).
>>
>> For all those chapters that are storing their live streams on Facebook,
>> you need to start downloading them and finding an alternate solution to
>> long-term archival of these videos. Facebook will start deleting any
>> remaining videos from 9 June, so three months from now (however I would not
>> wait and I'd start now) as they are no longer keeping them beyond 30 days.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christopher Hawker
>> Australian Chapter
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Facebook <notification at facebookmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:05 PM
>> *To:* Christopher Hawker <chris at thesysadmin.au>
>> *Subject:* Facebook's Video Storage policy is changing: download your
>> old live videos
>>
>>
>> Download your old Facebook Live videos by 9 June before they are no
>> longer available.
>>
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>> <https://www.facebook.com/n/?aref=1741683912968571&medium=email&mid=6300d195b86a9G5af9e0524cfcG6300d62f1897bG8449&n_m=chris%40thesysadmin.dev&n_sg=Q6bPBAFvwFdXO8RRF9uPzxQ9p5dRgpTsmysK88k6MPUPozEyHQ&lloc=logo&rms=v2&irms=1>
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>> Download your old Facebook Live videos by 9 June.
>>
>>
>> We are sending you this email because you have previously broadcasted a
>> Facebook Live video.
>>
>>
>> Changes are being rolled out by Facebook to its storage policy for
>> Facebook live videos. Starting on 19 February, Facebook live videos will be
>> retained for 30 days by default on your Facebook Page or profile, during
>> which, you can replay, delete or download the video. After 30 days, you
>> will no longer be able to access your live broadcasts and they will
>> automatically be removed from your profile or Page and deleted from our
>> servers.
>>
>>
>> As part of this transition, we will be deleting all Facebook live videos
>> older than 30 days and we want to make sure that you have the opportunity
>> to save your past Facebook live videos. Any existing live videos published
>> before 19 February will be deleted from your Page or profile, but you can
>> download them until 9 June. Click here
>> <https://www.facebook.com/business/help/216491699144904?id=1123223941353904> for
>> more information on our download options.
>>
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>> Learn more
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>> This message was sent to chris at thesysadmin.dev at your request.
>> Meta Platforms, Inc., Attention: Community Support, 1 Meta Way, Menlo
>> Park, CA 94025
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