Meta’s Broken Promises Meta’s policies and practices have been silencing voices in support of Palestine and Palestinian human rights on Instagram and Facebook in a wave of heightened censorship of social media amid the hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups that began on October 7, 2023. This systemic online censorship has risen against the backdrop of unprecedented violence, including an estimated 1,200 people killed in Israel, largely in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, and over 18,000 Palestinians killed as of December 14, largely as a result of intense Israeli bombardment. Between October and November 2023, Human Rights Watch documented over 1,050 takedowns and other suppression of content Instagram and Facebook that had been posted by Palestinians and their supporters, including about human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch publicly solicited cases of any type of online censorship and of any type of viewpoints related to Israel and Palestine. Of the 1,050 cases reviewed for this report, 1,049 involved peaceful content in support of Palestine that was censored or otherwise unduly suppressed, while one case involved removal of content in support of Israel. The documented cases include content originating from over 60 countries around the world, primarily in English, all of peaceful support of Palestine, expressed in diverse ways. This distribution of cases does not necessarily reflect the overall distribution of censorship. Hundreds of people continued to report censorship after Human Rights Watch completed its analysis for this report, meaning that the total number of cases Human Rights Watch received greatly exceeded 1,050.
I've noticed Bing's news aggregator is outright trash on the Palestine issue compared to Google's. It generally is comparable on other topics. I'm not even sure if Al-Jazeera makes the cut in Bing's
It is OK to suppress conservative views but when it comes to Palestine, everybody is protesting. No, no, no, these are good people, they are not Trump voters, we are against the suppression!
protest all you want, as I am. I'm still not calling for the gov. to "step in to fix it" like cons are.
Biden is in charge. He steps in any crap around again and again. But of course, cons are to blame. What a nonsense!
He certainly has everything to do with the Palestinian disaster. His 3-letter agencies worked hard to limit inconvenient voices on all major platforms. But of course, cons are to blame. Your identity with the bear toy is confirmed. Winnie-the-Pooh had more brains.
?? Trump moved the embassy that led to the Al-Aqsa mosque attack and now we here. Biden's definitely responsible for writing blank checks to Israel and slow walking condemnation of civilian casualties. Mark Zuckenberg is Jewish and may have Israeli sympathies (I'm being completely speculative) as many American Jews have. He may be pro-Biden and have completely selfish motives that aren't aligned w/Israel but merely in aiding Biden's PR. This isn't any different than Murdoch et.al. running stories that aid cons and omitting others that are damaging. It doesn't mean the GOP were dictating fox's line up (though it's been known to happen).
who runs facebook/meta/insta? How 'tf is Biden a more plausible conspiracy? Do you think Obama is wearing a Biden mask in the WH?