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Meta ‘Severely Restricted’ Reach of Palestinian News Outlets since October 7 – BBC
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “During a period of war, audience engagement might be expected to rise. However, the data showed a 77% decline after 7 October 2023.” The Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and […]

‘Legitimate Political Content’ – Meta Oversight Board Asks Facebook Not to Remove Pro-Palestinian Phrase
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Board questioned the extent to which Meta has gone to remove by mistake what it labeled as “legitimate political content”. The Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board advised on September 4 […]

Meta Applies ‘Systemic Censorship’ of Palestine Content – HRW
Human Rights Watch has accused the social media giant Meta of “systemic censorship” of Palestine content on both Instagram and Facebook. In a report issued on Wednesday, HRW said that “Meta’s content moderation policies and […]

Facebook Takes Down Content of Respected Palestinian Journalist after Issuing a Disclaimer
On Sep 12, Ramzy Baroud asked Facebook to stop taking down the content from his profile page. A few days later, his content was being taken down faster than before. The US-based technology giant Facebook […]

EXPLAINER: What Did Al Jazeera Arabic Investigation Reveal about Facebook Censorship of Palestine
Al Jazeera Arabic popular investigative program ‘What is Hidden is Greater’, exposed the troubling relationship between the social media giant, Facebook, and the Israeli government. The program aired on Friday, September 8, under the title […]

‘Anonymous Sudan’: Netayahu’s Facebook Page Hacked, Replaced by Holy Quran
Unidentified hackers have managed to hack the Facebook page of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening, and published verses from the Holy Quran, Israeli media reported. The Anatolia news agency quoted the Israeli […]

Facebook Public Policy Director Appointed to Right-Wing Israeli Government
The new Israeli minister of strategic affairs, Ron Dermer, has announced the appointment of Facebook’s Jordana Cutler as his ministry’s director general, according to Israeli media. Cutler has previously held the post of Facebook public […]

‘An Israeli Organization Through and Through’: Facebook is an Unwelcoming Place for Pro-Palestinian Voices
By Paul Salvatori This week was my birthday. However, I spent a good part of it thinking about what deserves no celebration, namely being restricted on a Facebook page for posting Palestinian content. The […]

Facebook Threatens to Delete Palestine Chronicle Page, Censors Its Staff
By Palestine Chronicle Staff After recently denying Palestine Chronicle Editor, Ramzy Baroud, his ‘admin’ status on the Palestine Chronicle Facebook page, other Palestine Chronicle editors have been notified that the page could be restricted […]

Report: Meta had ‘Adverse Human Rights Impact’ during Israeli Bombing of Gaza
An independent study commissioned by Meta has shown that the social media giant has repeatedly deprived Palestinians of freedom of expression, treated Arabic language content more harshly than Hebrew content, and blocked Palestinian journalists from […]

London Law Firm Files Complaint to Facebook over ‘Palestinian Censhorship’
A prominent London-based law firm sent a formal complaint to Facebook over its suspension of Palestinian media workers and platforms, The New Arab reported. According to The New Arab, Bindmans LLP issued the objection on […]

How Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ Plans to Control All Palestinian Content Online
By Ramzy Baroud It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress […]

‘Hashtag Palestine’: New Report Highlights Rise in Violations of Palestinian Digital Rights
By Palestine Chronicle Staff 2021 saw the continuation and rise in violations of Palestinian digital rights, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the non-profit organization 7Amleh-The Arab Center for Social Media […]

Palestinian Journalists Warn about ‘Unjust Facebook Content Suppression’
Palestinian journalists have raised the alarm over what they describe as unjust suppression of their content on Facebook, a claim backed by rights groups but rejected by the social media giant. On December 4, Palestine […]

Facebook Removes Palestinian Pages Covering News from Jerusalem
Two Palestinian news pages, Al-Qastal and Maydan Al-Quds, disappeared from Facebook after the company removed them for ‘violating the community standards’, The New Arab reported. The editors of the two pages condemned Facebook’s decision, saying […]

Facebook to Allow Independent Investigation into Pro-Palestine Content Suppression
Facebook will allow an independent investigation into content moderation of Arabic and Hebrew posts after the social media giant has been accused of removing and suppressing pro-Palestine content, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

Haugen isn’t Really a ‘Facebook Whistleblower’ – and It’s Dangerous to Imagine She is
By Jonathan Cook The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterized Frances Haugen as a “Facebook whistleblower” requires that we pause to consider what exactly we think the term “whistleblower” […]

HRW Criticizes Facebook Censorship of Palestinians, Demands Investigation
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Facebook has “wrongfully removed” content by Palestinians and pro-Palestine activists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. According to the New York-based international NGO, Facebook unfairly removed […]

Oversight Board: Facebook Should Have Independent Palestine-Israel Bias Review
Facebook’s Oversight board has recommended on Tuesday an independent review into bias in moderating posts related to Israel and Palestinians. This came as part of an Oversight Board case about the sharing of an Al […]

Facebook Restricts, Then Lifts Restrictions on Khalida Jarrar’s Message from Prison
Facebook has reinstated the permissions of a Palestinian reporter’s account after his access was restricted for posting a message from imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar about her dead daughter, according to reports. The limits on […]

Goliath: The 100-year War between Monopoly Power and Democracy – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Goliath: The 100-year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy. Matt Stoler. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2019.) Economic history is not a truly scintillating read. However, to understand how our society is […]

Facebook Blocks Ex Mauritania Minister for Welcoming Hamas Leader
Facebook blocked former Mauritanian Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham from posting on his page after he welcomed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who is visiting Nouakchott, Safa news agency reported yesterday. The former official welcomed Haniyeh […]

200 Facebook Employees Slam Suppression of Pro-Palestine Content
Nearly 200 Facebook employees have signed an open letter calling for the company’s leadership to address concerns that pro-Palestine voices are being suppressed by the social media giant. The letter follows Israel’s latest aggression on […]

WhatsApp Blocks Accounts of Palestinian Journalists (VIDEO)
WhatsApp has become the latest social media platform to block Palestinian access to its service, with Palestinian journalists saying they have been unable to access the messaging software following the latest round of Israeli bombardment. […]

Digital Rights Groups Accuse Facebook of Anti-Palestine Bias
A digital rights group and a number of Palestinian news agencies sent a formal complaint to Facebook on Wednesday “for the arbitrary censorship of content posted on the platform by Palestinian journalists and commentators”. The […]

AIPAC Attacks Ilhan Omar over Criticism of Israel’s Onslaught in Gaza
US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been the target of attack adverts on Facebook sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) for her criticism of Israel’s violence against Palestinians in East Jerusalem and its […]

Report: Anti-Palestinian Racism and Incitement in Israeli Social Media Increased by 16% in 2020
A social media monitoring group said today that anti-Palestinian racism and incitement by Israelis on social media has increased by 16 percent in 2020 compared to 2019. “7amleh – The Arab Center for Social Media […]

‘Dangerous and Deplorable’: Facebook Bans MEMO Staffer for Advertising Recently-Published Book on Hamas
Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC) in Johannesburg have strongly condemned the decision by Facebook to ban a staff member from using its platform for 30 days after he posted an […]

‘Facebook, We Have to Talk’: On Distinguishing Anti-Semitism from Anti-Zionism in Public Spaces
By Benay Blend In January 2021, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) announced a global campaign “Facebook, we need to talk” about the social media giant’s inquiry into whether criticism of the movement Zionism “falls within […]

Twitter’s Ban on Trump Will Deepen the US Tribal Divide
By Jonathan Cook Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is […]