Israel-Meta nexus stifles pro-Palestine voices on Facebook, Instagram amid genocide

from PressTV

Recently leaked internal data has exposed Meta’s compliance rate of 94 percent with Israeli takedown requests since October 7, 2023, revealing the tech giant’s systematic silencing of content critical of Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza.

The data was provided to the Drop Site website by whistleblowers, exposing the operational details of Meta’s “Integrity Organization”—a department claiming to ensure safety and authenticity across its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.

The leaked data reveals that the Israeli regime, known as “the biggest originator of takedown requests globally,” is unique in its success in censoring speech, with a mere 1.3 percent of its takedown requests affecting Israeli users.

The leaked information confirms the American multinational technology conglomerate’s compliance with Israeli requests to conduct what has been termed the “largest mass censorship operation in modern history,” predominantly targeting users from Arab and Muslim-majority nations.

In total, users from over 60 countries have reported censorship of Palestine-related content, with the top 12 affected countries being Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, respectively...

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Instagram permanently bans account of Columbia University’s Students for Justice in Palestine

from PressTV

American photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram has banned the account of Columbia University’s Students for Justice in Palestine, in yet another form of censorship by the US-based technology conglomerate Meta Platforms.

“As the school year is just about to begin, Columbia SJP has been permanently banned from Instagram,” the Columbia University’s student group said in a post on social media platform X on Monday.

“Our account was permanently deleted at 124k followers at the same time as our backup account, and when we made a new page it was deleted within 2 days,” it added.

The blocking of the group’s account was the latest in a battle on Columbia’s campus, and on campuses across the US, over free speech and Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The Columbia University in New York City was the cradle of pro-Palestine demonstrations in US campuses...

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France wants to ‘shut down’ Telegram – Russian human rights chief

from RT

French authorities arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov because they want to shut down the censorship-free platform, Russia’s top human rights official, Tatyana Moskalkova, has said.

The Russian tech mogul – who is also a citizen of France, the UAE, and Saint Kitts and Nevis – was arrested after his private jet landed at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday. The French authorities said an official statement would be made on Monday. Local media has reported that prosecutors believe Durov had failed to curb the use of his platform by criminals.

Writing on Telegram on Sunday, Moskalkova argued that “the real reason behind Pavel Durov’s arrest is an attempt to shut down Telegram, the platform where you can find the truth about world affairs.” The persecution of Durov angers “everyone who supports the freedom of speech and the creation of the multipolar world,” she added...

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