Erin Napier talks about a topic she is passionate about.
After founding his organization Osprey (Old School Parents Raising Engaged Youth) in 2023. home town star and her husband Ben hosted their first Osprey Festival in Laurel, Mississippi on Saturday.
The fun-filled day offered several “old school” activities and workshops for families to enjoy in light of the organization’s mission — to unite families who appreciate their children growing up without social media.
However, Erin shared a series of photos on her Instagram Story after the festival (and later added them to Highlight), to reveal that posts about the event and Osprey in general were restricted by Instagram and Facebook’s parent company, Meta.
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Erin Napier’s Instagram story on Sunday.
Erin Napier/Instagram
“Something really weird happened,” she wrote on her Instagram Story on Sunday.
The next slide shows the “Try again later” error message that appears on someone’s phone after trying to post a picture from the festival and tag Erin and Ben in it.
“Meta wouldn’t let anyone tag images of our #ospreykids logo in any photo,” the mom of two explains, “and she wouldn’t let anyone tag me or Ben.” She included another picture of someone’s phone who got the same notification after trying to post a similar photo to their story.
Erin Napier captured the sweet moment. Husband Ben Napier plays beauty salon with daughters Mae and Helen
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Erin Napier’s Instagram story on Sunday.
Erin Napier/Instagram
Erin continues, “It seems the powers that be would rather have our kids staring at their phones than living their real lives, working, playing, adventuring. So it’s best if you try to shut us up. We’re bad for business, honey.”
He then leaves his followers with an important question.
“If the way big tech censors good causes doesn’t worry you, it should. maybe you won’t hear from us anymore because they don’t want it,” she wrote. The next few slides are more screenshots of the messages she’s received from people telling her that old posts in which she and Ben were tagged are also being removed from Facebook and Instagram.
Meta has not yet responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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While talking to PEOPLE about how her and Ben’s daughters — Mae, 2½, and Helen, 6 — won’t have social media until after high school, the HGTV star also shared how she’s noticed her posts on Osprey aren’t getting as much attention as and her others.
“It’s going to get suppressed. The posts are getting a tiny fraction of the views than my usual posts, which is upsetting,” she told PEOPLE earlier in March. “I think social media should be a place for adults to share information. But if you’re only able to share selective information, that’s scary.”
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