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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 […]
US Blacklists Israeli Hacking Groups for ‘Malicious’ Software
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The United States Commerce Department decided to add Israel’s NSO Group and Candiru to its trade blacklist, Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday. According to a statement released by the […]
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 […]
The ‘Pegasus’ Saga: All iPhone Devises Were Exploited by Israeli Spy Tech Firm, Report Indicates
The digital rights group CitizenLab has discovered a vulnerability that allowed Israeli spyware company NSO Group to implant its Pegasus malware onto virtually every iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch device. CitizenLab revealed the vulnerability on […]
Israeli Soldiers Launch Social Media Campaign Demanding Greater Authority to Shoot Palestinians
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers started a campaign on social media platforms, demanding greater authority to shoot Palestinians and change the Israeli Army’s protocols regarding opening fire at Palestinians. The campaign, under the title “Untie Our […]
Craig Murray’s Jailing is the Latest Move to Snuff out Independent Journalism
By Jonathan Cook Craig Murray, a former ambassador to Uzbekistan, the father of a newborn child, a man in very poor health and one who has no prior convictions, will have to hand himself over […]
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 […]
Abbas Dismisses Top Official for Criticizing Banat’s Extrajudicial Killing
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is reported to have dismissed the head of the Palestinian National Library, Ihab Bseiso, for criticizing the security services’ extrajudicial killing of political opponent Nizar Banat. Local media outlets said […]
Coca-Cola Faces Backlash for Banning Palestine on Customized Label Tool
Beverage giant Coca-Cola is being criticized for a new tool that fails to let customers personalize their own bottles of coke with ‘Palestine’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’ while allowing offensive phrases like ‘White pride’, ‘fascism,’ […]
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 […]
Moroccan Activist Launch Social Media Campaign for Expulsion of Israel Envoy
Moroccan activists have launched a campaign calling for the expulsion of the head of Israel’s Liaison Office in Rabat, David Govrin. Activists took to Facebook and Twitter using the Arabic hashtag ‘expel the representative of […]
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 […]
Jerusalem Archbishop: Plan to Expel Families from Sheikh Jarrah Will Not Succeed
The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Archbishop Atallah Hanna, said on Tuesday that the Israeli plans to expel Palestinian families from their homes in the city’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood will not succeed, […]
Report: Netanyahu Attempted to Block Social Media during Attack on Gaza
The Israeli prime minister attempted to shut down social media after Israeli-national Palestinians held protests against Israel’s attacks on East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip under blockade, a report said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. According to […]
Bennett Shows Pakistani Hospital in Video as ‘Hamas Headquarters’
Israel’s former defense minister was caught out this week by Pakistani social media users who highlighted the right-wing politician’s false use of a photo of a Pakistani hospital to describe the “headquarters” of Hamas in […]
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. […]
Dua Lipa Slams New York Times Ad Accusing Her of Being Antisemitic
Pop singer Dua Lipa took to Twitter on Saturday to angrily denounce a full-page advertisement in the New York Times that accused her of being anti-Semitic, reports Anadolu Agency. The ad from the World Values […]
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 […]
Why is an NDP MP Joining a Task Force Seeking to Force Twitter, Facebook to Apply Anti-Palestine Solidarity IHRA Definition?
By Aidan Jonah New Democratic Party member of parliament Randall Garrison recently joined an unofficial task force which is lobbying Facebook and Twitter to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which considers any criticism of […]
Report: 90% of Arab Social Media Posts Oppose Normalization with Israel
Ninety percent of the Arabic-language social media posts about Israel’s normalization with the UAE and Bahrain have been negative, according to a report by the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs. Haaretz said that the study […]
Why is the World Going to Hell? Netflix’s The Social Dilemma Tells Only Half the Story
By Jonathan Cook If you’re wondering what the hell is going on right now – the “Why is the world turning to shit?” thought – you may find Netflix’s new documentary The Social Dilemma a […]
‘Whose Narratives?’: On the Suppression of Palestinian Speech
By Benay Blend “If you have any doubt that the panic over “cancel Culture,” writes Steven Salaita, “as presented by the corporate media, is in aggregate a reactionary phenomenon (with a distinctly Zionist subtext),” then […]