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Mona shtaya

5 months

You might be wondering how Meta's censorship contributes to depriving Palestinians of our most fundamental rights. I've compiled the main points in this thread 🧵

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3 years

This picture ❤️

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As the international mainstream media coverage of what is happening in Jerusalem is weak, uses biased terms, and deals with the colonizer & the colonized equally, I think activists can change this through a set of tactics included in this thread. 1/5 👇🏽 #FreePalestine

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This is how different we're treated & our content is moderated! @EyeonPalestine IG published a video documenting an Israeli policeman beating 11 yrs old child in Jerusalem, it was deleted a few hours later, under the pretext of violating community guidelines! #FreePalestine

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#NoJusticeNoPeace Israeli soldiers shot a woman on Qalandia checkpoint

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Nothing could be much more beautiful than the "Saturday of light" in Palestine ❤️❤️❤️ I miss these vibes in Ramallah

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@Monashtayya

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While Palestinians endure systematic discrimination under the Israeli apartheid state, they face biases & discrimination on Meta's platforms, making our lives harder. Meta's censorship & algorithmic bias hinder Palestinian voices, stifling documentation of war crimes.

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@Monashtayya

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Moreover, Allowing Israeli hostile speech, incitement, and hateful content further emphasizes clear discrimination against Palestinians.

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@Monashtayya

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This ongoing Nakba against our people has led Palestinian families globally to face literal fragmentation, exacerbated by Meta's discriminatory policies & censorship. These hindrances impede vital Palestinian-Palestinian conversations about our future & the Palestinian liberation

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@Monashtayya

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After 83 days into this genocide, Meta's censorship restricts the visibility of Palestinian voices, contributing to labeling and stereotyping, hindering their political expression and participation.

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@Monashtayya

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Meta has openly used the word "resistance" to describe Ukrainians’ fight against Russia’s attacks,... In contrast, the word “resistance” was the very reason why some Pale. posts were taken down from Meta’s platforms last May. 📍Read my latest for @972mag

Who gets to speak out against their occupier on social media?

Social media giants are taking action to protect Ukrainians' free speech as they resist an occupation. Why aren't they doing so for Palestinians?

www.972mag.com

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@Monashtayya

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After 83 days into this genocide, we cannot view these policies in isolation from what is happening in Gaza, the ongoing telecommunication blackout faced by our people, or the unfair media coverage of the war on Gaza. Now, more than ever, Meta must #StopSilencingPalestine

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@Monashtayya

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Censoring Palestine-related content, endangering lives by taking down posts, shadow-banning HRD & journalist accounts, and suspending others denies people under war their right to access life-saving information about the situation in different areas of Gaza.

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@Monashtayya

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It obstructs Palestinian mobilization efforts, activism, and advocacy, impacting campaigns for Palestinian rights. Additionally, censorship suppresses criticism of genocidal policies, stifles political discourse, and limits diverse opinions around the war on Gaza.

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@Monashtayya

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Meta's over-moderation of Palestine-related content is denying not only Palestinians but every principled human being around the world the ability to criticize the ongoing Nakba against civilians in Gaza.

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The largely moderated content documents crimes against humanity; censoring and taking down this content would also impede investigations into those crimes.

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@Monashtayya

4 months

🧵Today's @CIJ_ICJ recognition of the plausible genocide against Palestinians in Gaza implies that tech giants, which facilitated the spread of genocide incitement speech, are also implicated. Allow me to provide a detailed explanation through this thread 👇

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@Monashtayya

2 years

#Palestine was ranked last globally in the Internet Speed Index during the past month! 🚨IF YOU WONDER WHY? The Israeli Authorities are controlling the ICT infrastructure in Palestine they deprive us of access to affordable & quality internet! #FreePalestine #DigitalRights

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@Monashtayya

2 years

As the Israeli attack escalates on the ground, we can see more content censorship, which is basically documenting the war crimes in Gaza. Therefore, I'm posting this thread to remind the social media companies of their measures during the Russia-Ukraine war. 1/5 #GazaUnderAttack

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@Monashtayya

6 months

So, I wrote this analysis with @MiddleEastInst explaining how Meta normalizes anti-Palestinian racism. Ironically, after sharing it on IG, my account got shadow-banned (for the second time in a month). So, I'm leaving this picture to ask Meta to #StopSilencingPalestinians .

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@Monashtayya

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"The reluctance of Meta in particular to safeguard its users implicates the company in contributing to the defaming & dehumanization of Palestinians, normalizing violence against them, & perpetuating anti-Palestinian racism" Read my latest @MiddleEastInst

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@Monashtayya

2 years

The root cause behind Meta's over-moderation of the Palestinian content is the Israeli cyber unit pressure through escalating tens of thousands of requests annually to take down the Palestinian content. SM giants comply with 90% of these requests. #SaveSheikhJarrah #FreePalestine

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@Monashtayya

1 year

I should return to Palestine in 20 days, sadly, I can't think about anything but the bridge, it is torture! #ApartheidTraumas

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@Monashtayya

2 years

If you are facing content censorship regarding the Palestinian content please feel free to reach out, we will be happy to support by escalating that to the social media companies

الرئيسية - حر

مؤسسة أهلية غير ربحية تعمل على مناصرة الحقوق الرقمية الفلسطينية بهدف الوصول إلى فضاء رقمي آمن وعادل وحر.

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@Omar_Gaza

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My last tweet was deleted and it says it was deleted by the author, which is me, but I didn't, I was just responding to a reply. So I'll tweet it again.

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@Monashtayya

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Wait what? @Twitter suspended @4noura account!

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@Monashtayya

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This is a systematic silencing of our voices, we're struggling twice; first from the colonizer & then from IG! This story was taken down on IG, it is just talking about pulling people from under the rubble! Please report such cases to #GazaUnderAttack

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@Monashtayya

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“We don't want our chains made more comfortable, we want our chains removed.” Desmond Tutu #FreePalestine #Apartheid

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@RepRoKhanna

2 years

Met with Palestinian students in Ramallah, including one from Gaza who joined virtually. They emphasized the need for freedom of movement, more youth voice in their politics, fewer check points, and more investment in education and jobs in both the West Bank and Gaza.

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@Monashtayya

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Israeli Justice Minister held meetings with Facebook & TikTok executives, he called upon them to commit to removing from their social media sites. SM companies shouldn't comply with the Israeli requests to censor Palestinian content #savepalestinians

Benny Gantz to Facebook and TikTok executives: You must take action

Justice Minister Benny Gantz speaks with Facebook and TikTok Executives: 'Extremists are spreading disinformation and incitement.'

www.israelnationalnews.com

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@Monashtayya

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Tell me that you live under Apartheid, without telling me it’s Apartheid!

Israeli rules say West Bank visitors must declare love interest

New rules for foreigners, including reporting romantic ties with Palestinians, draw criticism.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Amplify Palestinian voices, through sharing their content & their documentation of human rights violations and invite your friends to follow Palestinian lead platforms/organizations such as @IMEU @QastalNewsEn @EyeonPalestine @Mondoweiss 2/5 #HandsOffAlAqsa #FreePalestine

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@Monashtayya

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Nowhere to hide: The impact of Israel's digital surveillance regime on the Palestinians Read my recent analysis, where I explain how Palestine is becoming the post-modern #Panopticon & the surveillance implications on trust & behavior! @MiddleEastInst

Nowhere to hide: The impact of Israel's digital surveillance regime on the Palestinians

Over the course of 2020 and 2021, groundbreaking investigations revealed in stark detail Israeli authorities’ intensifying use of surveillance and predictive technologies to police and control...

www.mei.edu

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@Monashtayya

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Hundreds of English-speaking fake accounts & avatars, managed by Israeli Authorities, have been spreading Disinformation on X, IG, & Facebook, smearing UNRWA. Shockingly, 85% of targeted American politicians are Democrats, with 90% being African Americans.

Israeli influence operation targets U.S. lawmakers on Hamas-UNRWA

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@Monashtayya

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“This digital oppression deeply affects the Palestinian narrative in the digital space and is reflective of the physical occupation and control exerted on Palestinians over the past 73 years.” @TimepDC #FreePalestine Check my full analysis 👇🏽

Narratives and Social Media: Palestinians’ Uphill Battle - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East...

Palestinians faced an escalation in the suppression of their voices and narratives through social media platforms—specifically Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok—whether by taking down content,...

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@Monashtayya

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Interact with Palestinian-related content & follow Palestinian activists who are sharing their stories & narratives on social media & help them challenge the biased algorithms. Keep in mind that SM companies already started to suppress Palestine-related content 4/5 #FreePalestine

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While sharing your content about Palestine keep in mind that the colonizer (Israel) and colonized (Palestinians) aren't equal. Therefore, you should use the terms that describe this difference in powers. 3/5 #FreePalestine #ApartheidIsrael #HandsOffAlAqsa #JerusalemUnderAttack

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Use the recommended hashtags from Palestinian organizations such as #AlAqsaUnderAttack and #HandsOffAlAqsa to check the updates and share it within your circles until we get a fair coverage from the International mainstream media 5/5 #FreePalestine

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@Monashtayya

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"The reluctance of Meta in particular to safeguard its users implicates the company in contributing to the defaming & dehumanization of Palestinians, normalizing violence against them, & perpetuating anti-Palestinian racism" Read my latest @MiddleEastInst

How Meta’s platforms normalize anti-Palestinian racism

The ongoing Palestinian-Israeli crisis is further intensified in the information space by the failure of the leading tech giants, including Meta, to combat online disinformation, incitement to...

www.mei.edu

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@Monashtayya

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Meta & TikTok recieved 8k removal requests from Israel. 94% of the flagged content has been taken down. FB & IG received 60% of the 9.5k total requests, TikTok got 26%, X 10%, & YouTube & Telegram less than 5% Israel's requests surged 10fold since October7

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@Monashtayya

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Our report shows 500 reports of Palestinian #DigitalRights violations over the past two weeks. Loads of content were taken down, Loads of accounts were suspended, This is the online oppression against Palestinians! #GazaUnderAttack Check out our report:

7amleh issues report documenting the attacks on Palestinian digital rights

7amleh issued a new report entitled “The Attacks on Palestinian Digital Rights.”

7amleh.org

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@Monashtayya

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NEW 🧵It is usually hard to connect the dots around how we perceive social media censorship as closely linked to living under an apartheid state. So, I've put together this thread to explain how we can interpret tech giants censorship as part of systematic efforts to silence us

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@Monashtayya

5 months

You might be wondering How do biased content moderation policies impact the Palestinian narrative? I’ve outlined some points in this thread 🧵

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@Monashtayya

2 years

On top of the Israeli oppression, we're forced to resist social media companies' deliberate censorship, which further complicates our struggle! We know that they will never be as neutral as they claim, but can they at least stick to basic measures not to add on to our oppression?

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@Monashtayya

2 years

The long waited human rights due diligence on the Arabic & Hebrew content will be out today! The leaks confirm Meta's censorship violated Palestinian human rights & showed bias against Palestinians during a brutal Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip last May

Facebook Report Concludes Company Censorship Violated Palestinian Human Rights

A report commission by Meta — Facebook and Instagram’s parent company — found bias against Palestinians during an Israeli assault last May.

theintercept.com

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@Monashtayya

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It discourage people from political participation, increasing the chilling effect and self-censorship.Palestinians are already terrified of expressing themselves politically online, fearing arrest or interrogation by the Israeli authorities; such policies exacerbate the situation

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@Monashtayya

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Digital censorship making Palestinians’ ‘live more difficult’ part of my interview on @ajEngli last night

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@Monashtayya

2 years

Criticism of Israel’s apartheid regime & its systematic human rights abuses should never be the reason that anyone loses their job, or faces discrimination over. Those companies ,,,,should instead be protecting & supporting their workers. Read my latest👇🏽

Project Nimbus: Google-Amazon put profit before principles

The repression of tech workers opposed to Project Nimbus highlights why the Google-Amazon contract with the Israeli government is a threat to everyone's freedom of speech, and further undermines...

www.newarab.com

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@Monashtayya

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Tech platforms, such as Meta & X, among others, were weaponised by Israeli politicians, extremist illegal settlers, & soldiers to incite violence, share hate speech, & violent rhetoric against Palestinians. This online violent content extended to real-world harm in the Gaza strip

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@Monashtayya

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Biased content moderation not only complicates our lives but also actively works to digitally erase our narratives. It's an extension of human bias, perpetuating the inequity and injustice crisis we resist daily.

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@Monashtayya

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Living under a High Tech Apartheid is disastrous, Palestinians are feeling unsafe & surveilled every single moment, human rights defenders can't continue their work to document human rights violations that Palestinians are exposed to, this increases Pals self-censorship

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@Monashtayya

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In a number of instances, including the story on beheaded babies, tech companies didn't retroactively remove the disinforming content, even after the publication of news articles that refuted it and the Israeli announcement that there was no evidence of the incident.

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@Monashtayya

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Rachel Corrie was a 23 years old American activist from Olympia, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, while undertaking nonviolent action to protect the home of a Palestinian family from demolition in Rafah refugee camp.

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@Monashtayya

1 year

As recognition of Israeli apartheid grows, multiple actors and tactics are converging to form an intensifying #SystemofSilencing against advocates for justice. Over the next few months, @visualizingpal will take a closer look at several of these tactics.

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@Monashtayya

2 years

Last but not least, here is my piece "Who gets to speak out against their occupier on social media?" which discusses social media companies' double standards, feel free to read/share it! 5/5 #GazaUnderAttack

Who gets to speak out against their occupier on social media?

Social media giants are taking action to protect Ukrainians' free speech as they resist an occupation. Why aren't they doing so for Palestinians?

www.972mag.com

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@Monashtayya

4 months

Since the beginning of this ongoing genocide, Israeli politicians have utilized tech platforms to spread disinformation, justifying the genocide in Gaza. Tech platforms allowed this content without fact-checking or labeling it as potentially misleading news.

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@Monashtayya

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In today's order, the court referred to the many alarming statements made by Israeli officials. Among the provisional measures issued today was an order for Israel to prevent & punish incitement to genocide, much of which has occurred on social media.

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@Monashtayya

4 months

🧵I posted a new blog revealing the sharp difference in my Instagram account's reach before & after shadow-banning (per my insights). Pre-ban: 130k accounts reached for one post. Post-ban: struggling to reach 100k for the whole month. Read more 👉

Mona Shtaya on LinkedIn: In the midst of this crisis, three months deep, I've been shining a light…...

In the midst of this crisis, three months deep, I've been shining a light on the digital rights violations faced by Palestinians and Palestine-related content… | 10 comments on LinkedIn

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@Monashtayya

2 years

For Palestinians, it was a year full of Israeli attacks, arrests, surveillance & digital/human rights violations. However, the spirit of solidarity brought us closer than ever & increased our resilience. Our only wish for the #NewYear is to live in freedom, justice & dignity!

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@Monashtayya

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During this genocide, instead of investing more resources to protect people & prevent genocide, Meta repeated its mistakes by facilitating incitement to genocide. This had happened before when the platform allowed the Myanmar military to target the Muslim Rohingya minority group.

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@Monashtayya

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Allowing the sharing of such content, especially after it has been refuted, is disastrous! This content has so far whitewashed Israel’s war crimes, & genocide and substantially contributed to misinforming the public about the genocide committed in Gaza.

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@Monashtayya

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Tech platforms allowed Israeli soldiers to publish content while committing crimes, bragging about their weapons, insulting Pales/, celebrating the killing of them, & mocking them on the platforms. This crucially contributed to normalizing violence & degradation against Pales.

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@Monashtayya

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Both the incitement into the genocide narrative & the disinformation substantially contributed to smearing Palestinians, labeling them, & normalizing anti-Palestinian racism. The impact of all of that extended far beyond Gaza, where Palestinians were attacked in other countries.

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@Monashtayya

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Despite the fact that the ICJ can only hear cases involving States, this discussion also merits a discussion on the role that social media platforms have played in allowing this genocidal incitement to spread and flourish

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@Monashtayya

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"We need a different struggle against antisemitism. It should pursue Jewish equality, not Jewish supremacy, and embed the cause of Jewish rights in a movement for the human rights of all." Great piece by @PeterBeinart

Opinion | Has the Fight Against Antisemitism Lost Its Way? (Published 2022)

Organizations combating antisemitism used to focus on defending human rights. Now they seem to defend human rights abusers.

www.nytimes.com

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@Monashtayya

2 years

Based on the Ukrainians' right to self-defense, they were allowed to spread hate speech against the Russian political leaders, military, and president. In our case, We've seen some taken down content only taking about the killed children of Gaza! 2/5 #GazaUnderAttack

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@Monashtayya

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2023 is over, and the genocide has yet to end. #NewYear2024

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Russian media was labeled as state-owned media & weren't allowed to run ads on SM platforms. Palestinians didn't hear anything in this regard, but rather, we saw the Israeli forces sharing a video justifying carrying out air strikes on densely populated civilian locations. 3/5

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🚨🚨 I'm beyond happy to share with you all that I got a distinction in my MA dissertation! I have to say that it wasn't an easy journey at all. My research focused on the impact of Meta's content moderation measures on the narrative of the oppressed people in times of crisis.

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1/9 ✊🏽🍉How can we collectively deconstruct digital oppression against Palestinians and content related to Palestine?

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@Monashtayya

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When they took those measures, everyone said this is going to be a turning point for upcoming crises in other countries. This is just a reminder that when SM companies have political will they took strict measures to protect oppressed people. Therefore, they should do that now!

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@Monashtayya

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WhatsApp Inventor who has donated to groups settling Jews in East Jerusalem & combatting anti-Israel sentiment on campus, doubled the previous highest donation to AIPAC's campaign on Democratic primaries to defeat pro-Palestine candidates ($2m Donation)

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@Monashtayya

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This new Israeli law would be added to the systematic efforts to silence Palestinians on the internet. It grants Israeli courts the "legal" power to demand the removal of user-generated content on social media content platforms. Check the PDRC statement 👇🏽

The Palestinian Digital Rights Coalition and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council -...

Ramallah - Haifa, 29/12/2021. The Palestinian Digital Rights Coalition (PDRC) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) warn against passing the “Facebook Law” in the Israeli...

7amleh.org

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My favourite picture so far 🇹🇳 🇵🇸 #Tunisia #WorldCup #تونس_فرنسا

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@Monashtayya

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We can't talk about what is happening in the Palestinian streets without talking about the complex oppression. PA is just a sup-contractor of the Israeli security system, both of them is attacking journalists & critic activists! #JusticeForNizar #NizarBanat #FreePalestine

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No wonder why Palestinian content is always censored! According to the leaks, Meta usually hides comments as 'hostile speech' when their systems are 80% certain. But in the case of Palestinian users, they lowered the threshold to just 25% certainty.

Inside Meta, Debate Over What’s Fair in Suppressing Comments in the Palestinian Territories

The Instagram and Facebook owner has been wrestling with how to best enforce its content rules in the midst of a brutal and chaotic war.

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#JusticeForShireen ❤️✊🏽 Palestinian journalists covering Biden’s visit today

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@azaizamotaz9 received the same justification provided by Meta during the Baptist Hospital incident, even though the content didn't violate that policy Meta's lowering of the threshold for the hostile speech contributes significantly to the censorship of Palestine-related content

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Officially, I’m in London!

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Lemme tell you how the Israeli-Palestinian narrative is shaped online; The Israeli propaganda & disinformation stay online (under-enforced) while the Palestinian documentation of human rights violations is censored and taken down (over-enforced). check this thread for details 👇🏽

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And this is from the holy sculpture church in Jerusalem ❤️❤️❤️

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If anything, this emphasises that after 82 days of this ongoing genocide, Meta’s platforms seems systematically & possibly deliberately negligent protecting journalists & HRD in Gaza and their allies around the globe.

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Despite the BSR’s published HR due diligence in Sep 2022 affirming that Meta's bias against Palestinians is unintentional, everything occurring since the beginning of this ongoing genocide suggests otherwise.

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Now, after 82 days, it is crystal clear that Meta is lacking even the bare minimum resources to protect people under genocide from tech harms, is systematically censoring their voices and the content of their allies.

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Women in politics #Palestine

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Social media executives are openly one-sided towards Israel, ignoring collective punishment, civilian killings, and massacres that have killed 140 children in Gaza so far. The claim of neutrality and objectivity by tech platforms is a myth. #HumanRights #DigitalRights

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🚨Israel is using the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip to inundate public spaces with heavy surveillance technologies. Palestinians in the West Bank have been living under the Israeli Panopticon, & we know exactly how it feels to be constantly watched

Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza (Gift Article)

The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.

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Having a look at Meta's suppression of Palestine-related content on its platforms raises questions about the differences between the current situation and the events of May 2021. Bear with me as I outline some significant distinctions in this thread 🧵

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I'm excited to share that I have been awarded both the @SaidFoundation and @CheveningFCDO scholarships for this year 21/22 to pursue a Masters of Social Media and Digital Communication at the @UniWestminster . #ChosenForChevening

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Since oct 7, clear instances of algorithmic bias have emerged, such as biased bio translations on IG & biased AI-generated stickers on WhatsApp. Which highlight inherent bias in the datasets used to train Meta's different platfroms' systems.

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@Monashtayya

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We blame social media platforms, which aren't investing enough resources to safeguard their users from spreading disinformation, incitement, hate speech & violent speech that leads to real-world harm against not only Palestinians but also other communities in the global majority.

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@Monashtayya

5 months

Regarding other forms of censorship, different justifications were previously offered (though not necessarily convincing). Recently, @azaizamotaz9 & @Hind_Gaza pointed out two distinct types of censorship they faced.

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@Monashtayya

5 months

1/4 🧵The latest episode of Meta's censorship involves displaying a message to a friend who was texting me, notifying them that my account is either stolen or fake. #StopSilencingPalestine

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@Monashtayya

5 months

Over 82 days into the war on Gaza, we observe a continual rise in the suppression of Palestine-related content, published in different languages. It is evident that Meta doesn't appear genuinely committed to safeguarding the voices of HRD & journalists.

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@Monashtayya

3 years

During the first 10 days of May, the Israeli government asked SM companies to delete more than 1,010 pieces of content. More than half (598) of the requests were made to Facebook & the government said that the SM company removed 48% of them. #SavePalestine

Facebook battles reputation crisis in the Middle East

“Users are feeling that they are being censored, getting limited distribution, and ultimately silenced,” one Facebook senior software engineer said.

www.nbcnews.com

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@Monashtayya

3 years

We @7amleh can support these cases, if any one of the activists in Jerusalem faces such problems, please feel free to contact us! #SaveSheikhJarrah

Dr. Yara Hawari د. يارا هواري

@yarahawari

3 years

Instagram is deleting Palestinian activists’ stories on the ethnic cleansing happening in Sheikh Jarrah. This is not a conspiracy, this is not a fluke. Social media companies have been & will always be antithetical to revolution & resistance. #SaveSheikhJarrah

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@Monashtayya

2 years

Nothing can describe our feelings toward what is happening in Gaza! Israel was preparing for the past couple of days as it closed all the crossings to & from Gaza. Attacking Gaza & killing more Palestinians including 5 yrs old child, is always a card to win the Israeli elections.

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@Monashtayya

4 months

"Sanad was martyred due to the cold." We are losing our children due to the cold, and the ceasefire has not yet been announced.

Arafat Alhaj

@Hajj_Arafat

4 months

سند استشهد من البرد

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@Monashtayya

4 months

In the first month of the ongoing genocide, Forbes reported that social media platforms received 9.5K Israeli requests to take down Palestine-related content. Meta & TikTok received the majority (8K), resulting in the removal of 94% of the flagged content.

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@Monashtayya

1 year

For Palestinians, #NewYear means a heap of hopes for liberation from settler colonialism and Apartheid, and a chance to live in freedom, justice, and dignity. #HappyNewYear

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@Monashtayya

5 months

In 2021, the events spanned two weeks, and the censorship faced by Palestinian Arabic content involved takedowns, suspensions, or shadow-banning. This time, we witness more systematic and dangerous censorship. How?

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@Monashtayya

3 years

The PA has a fear of the exposure of its human rights violations against protesters & journalists, so they have broken journalists’ cameras & confiscated protesters’ mobile phones to avoid any documentation its violations. 👇🏽👇🏽

7amleh حملة

@7amleh

3 years

The PA has a fear of the exposure of its human rights violations against protesters & journalists, so they have broken journalists’ cameras & confiscated protesters’ mobile phones to avoid any documentation its violations. Our Local Advocacy Manager @Monashtayya to @AJEnglish

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@Monashtayya

4 months

The most problematic aspect with some tech giants, such as Meta, is that they heavily censor Palestine-related content while allowing hate speech, incitement, and violent speech against Palestinians, thereby normalizing anti-Palestinian racism.

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