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• @jilliancyork Jillian C. York on x

  This is everything that's wrong with lazy, automated content moderation, particularly when applied to “extremism.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  As conflict escalated, people tried to use Instagram to spread news about Al-Aqsa. But they noticed posts tagged with Al-Aqsa or (#الاق صى or #الأق صى) were being removed, while hashtags were hidden. This angered employees who filed internal complaints. https://www.buzzfeednews.c…

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  There are some orgs whose names begin with Al-Aqsa that have been deemed terrorist orgs by the US and EU. But Al-Aqsa is more commonly known as Islam's third holiest site. To designate everything “Al-Aqsa” as terrorist-related is ludicrous, say employees. https://www.buzzfeednews…

• @joeyayoub @joeyayoub on x

  Palestinian journalist @MariamBarghouti's account is made ‘temporarily unavailable’ by @Twitter, including all her tweets of the past hour https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Instagram was removing content associated with Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site of clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians, because it labeled the site as a terrorist organization. Internally, the company called it a mistake, and we obtained the docs. https://www.buzzfeednews.com…

• @reem_alharmi @reem_alharmi on x

  The hypocrisy of the so-called “freedom of speech”. It's only freedom of speech when it fits a certain narrative, in this case, showing Israeli crimes and atrocities against Palestinians, is not the sort of narrative that Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter want to see. https://twit…

• @caseyjohnston Casey Johnston on x

  we tripped and hand-edited her bio and individually all her tweets by accident https://www.vice.com/...

• @zakirspeaks Zakir Khan on x

  Couldn't ban far-right actors for four years, bans Palestinian activist within a week. https://twitter.com/...

• @ramulous Rami on x

  Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, but data rights groups fear “discriminatory” algorithms are at work and want greater transparency. By @GebeilyM https://www.reuters.com/...

• @mominasl Momina Sohail on x

  Hey @Twitter, if your platform is removing posts on #Palestine due to a ‘glitch’, maybe it's time to tear down your algorithm (or come up with a better excuse). https://www.google.com/...

• @7amleh @7amleh on x

  “On Instagram, it was mostly content takedown, even archives from older stories were deleted. On Twitter, most cases were an account suspension,” said @Monashtayya to @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... #SavePalestine #SaveSheikhJarraj