Interview with Mona Shtaya of 7amleh, a social media advocacy and digital rights group in the Middle East, on how social networks censored Palestinians in May
Bani Sapra / WIRED Middle East : Tweets: @monashtayya , @ifex , and @wiredmiddleeast Tweets: Mona shtaya / @monashtayya : This is a special interview with @WIRED it highlighted how we @7amleh worked during May, and yes we are still waiting to see the social media companies actions, their promises aren't enough for us! Thanks @bani_sapra for this special interview ✊🏽✌️ 🏽 https://wired.me/... @ifex : “Sixty-eight percent of the cases that we have received on #Instagram were after the platform announced that they solved their technical glitches,” said @Monashtayya. “So their announcement was somehow meaningless for Palestinians.” ⤵️ https://ow.ly/... #Palestine @wiredmiddleeast : Palestinians encountered blocked hashtags and lower viewership on Instagram and other platforms, while unrest grew in Jerusalem this May. Their experiences raise an increasingly important question: can social media's inherent biases ever be fixed? https://wired.me/...