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The War on Truth: How Israel’s Social Media Trolls Conquered Facebook
By Ramzy Baroud On October 9, the social media platform, Facebook, deleted the page of the popular Palestinian news website, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC). This act, which was carried out without even contacting the […]
Facebook Briefly Blocks Netanyahu Chatbot on Election Day (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Facebook on Tuesday after the social network blocked a “chatbot” from his right-wing Likud party’s account for violating election day rules, reports Reuters. The function, a type of […]
Facebook Suspends Netanyahu’s Page over Hate Speech
Facebook has prevented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from sending private messages, after his open incitement against Arab citizens and the elected Arab leadership in Israel. In a message he sent to his followers via […]
#Ihbid194 ‘Electronic Army’ Storms Social Media in Defense of Palestine
By Samaa Abu Sharar Not many of us have heard of #Ihbid194 prior to April this year. And no one thought that a simple act of mobilization on social media by a small group of […]
Facebook Censors, Restores Video Accusing Israel of Using Palestinians to Test Weapons (VIDEO)
A video accusing Israel of using Palestinians to test weapons and methods of repression that it later exports around the world was removed from Facebook for several hours and was only restored after complaints. PALESTINE: […]
Yair Netanyahu, Son of Israeli PM, Gets Brief Ban on Facebook
Facebook has briefly blocked the page of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s son, Yair after he shared previously banned content calling for “all Muslims [to] leave” Israel. In a message posted Thursday on his Facebook […]
Pro-Palestine Facebook Page Shut Down, ‘In the Name of Fake News’
The temporary ban of a left-wing, pro-Palestine Facebook page was a part of a “massive rearguard action on the part of the establishment” carried out in the name of “fake news,” argued George Barda, of […]
Facebook and Palestinian Revolt against the Jewish State
By Rima Najjar Facebook is under pressure to chill or suppress speech that delegitimizes the Jewish state in the context of the Palestinian national liberation movement and international solidarity for Palestinians. At the same time, speech that delegitimizes Palestinians […]
Yes, Palestinians Teach Their Children to Hate the Jewish State
By Rima Najjar Zionism is an insidious ideology. Its ideologues often gain traction by well-placed and oft repeated constructs – in films and TV series, in posts and comments on social media, and even in […]
Glenn Greenwald: Facebook Deleting Accounts under Orders of US and Israel (VIDEO)
The US based news program, Democracy Now spoke with Pulitzer Prize winner Glenn Greenwald about his new report for The Intercept headlined “Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and […]