Instagram, Twitter blame glitch for deleted Sheikh Jarrah posts
3 years, 10 months ago

Instagram, Twitter blame glitch for deleted Sheikh Jarrah posts

Al Jazeera  

By Monday, 7amleh, a non-profit focused on social media, had received more than 200 complaints about deleted posts and suspended accounts related to Sheikh Jarrah. 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 Monday, 7amleh, a non-profit organisation focused on social media, had received more than 200 complaints about deleted posts and suspended accounts related to Sheikh Jarrah. Instagram said in a statement that an automated update last week caused content reshared by multiple users to appear as missing, affecting posts on Sheikh Jarrah, Colombia, and Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada. Fatafta said the deletion of posts about Sheikh Jarrah showed why using algorithms to moderate content was “a terrible idea”.

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Instagram Stories to bring back India’s Got Latent get automatically removed, allege social media users
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Instagram Stories to bring back India’s Got Latent get automatically removed, allege social media users

Live Mint  

Ranveer Allahbadia controversy: Ranveer Allahbadia's ‘obscene’ question on Samay Raina's India's Got Latent show has attracted widespread trolling and intense backlash. Recently, social media users alleged that Instagram Stories to bring back India's Got Latent get automatically removed. What netizens claim One user recently alleged on Reddit, that all Instagram stories, about bringing back India's Got Latent show, are automatically …

Meta apologises to Malayasia PM after removing posts on Hamas leader: ‘Operational error’
7 months, 1 week ago

Meta apologises to Malayasia PM after removing posts on Hamas leader: ‘Operational error’

Live Mint  

Tech giant Meta apologised Tuesday for removing social media posts by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim about the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The apology came a day after Anwar's office summoned Meta representatives to seek an explanation on why the leader's Facebook and Instagram posts about Haniyeh's death had been removed. "We apologise for an operational error where …

Malaysia PM Anwar slams Meta after Facebook removes post on Hamas’s Haniyeh
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Malaysia PM Anwar slams Meta after Facebook removes post on Hamas’s Haniyeh

Al Jazeera  

Malaysian prime minister accuses US-based social media platform of ‘cowardice’ and acting on behalf of Israel. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has accused Meta of “cowardice” after the social media company removed his Facebook post on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. A similar post published on Anwar’s Instagram account was also removed by Meta, which owns the photo …

Twitter Monetization Could Fuel Fake Israel-Palestine Posts
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter Monetization Could Fuel Fake Israel-Palestine Posts

Huff Post  

As the world learned over the weekend of Hamas’ surprise military incursion and hostage-taking in southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent airstrikes in Gaza, millions flocked to X for news. Another post, now with 3.9 million “views” according to X’s metrics, falsely claimed that Hamas has bragged of purchasing U.S.-funded weapons from Ukraine for the attack, according to the fact-checking website …

Twitter under fire for censoring Palestinian public figures
2 years ago

Twitter under fire for censoring Palestinian public figures

Al Jazeera  

Digital rights groups say social media giants have restricted, suspended the accounts of Palestinian journalists and activists. However, freedom of digital speech advocates have detailed many instances in which social media giants like Facebook or Twitter have restricted or blocked pages belonging to Palestinian journalists, activists and others on its platforms. “Recently we witnessed some cases where Palestinian academics and …

Why Israel is so desperate to silence #SaveSheikhJarrah
3 years, 9 months ago

Why Israel is so desperate to silence #SaveSheikhJarrah

Al Jazeera  

Over the last month and a half, we have been witnessing what many are calling a new Palestinian uprising. The catalyst for this new uprising was the Israeli regime’s threat to expel Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah – the now famous Palestinian neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Mohammed al-Kurd himself said he received a warning from Instagram …

Facebook employees write petition asking company to address Palestinian censorship on platform
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook employees write petition asking company to address Palestinian censorship on platform

India Today  

Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter were under fire for censoring Palestinian posts without explanation. Facebook's employees have written to the company to address the Palestinian censorship on social media platforms. According to a report by The Guardian Palestinian digital rights non-profit 7amleh and more than 30 other human rights organizations are calling for greater transparency into the …

Advocates demand Facebook end ‘blatant’ Palestinian censorship
3 years, 9 months ago

Advocates demand Facebook end ‘blatant’ Palestinian censorship

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups and Palestine advocates are demanding answers from Facebook after multiple reports that the social media giant has censored Palestinian content on its platforms, especially during the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and occupied East Jerusalem. In a letter to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on Wednesday, dozens of organisations said they were “angered and disturbed …

Israel, social media groups cooperating against Palestinians: NGO
3 years, 9 months ago

Israel, social media groups cooperating against Palestinians: NGO

Al Jazeera  

Allegations from 7almeh come amid widespread online censoring of Sheikh Jarrah protests, and last week’s meeting between Israeli defence minister and social media executives. A Palestinian non-governmental organisation has accused social media companies of “closely cooperating” with the Israeli government to censor pro-Palestinian content after Israeli attacks escalated. “There was a massive crackdown by Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and other …

Tech platforms’ treatment of pro-Palestinian content raises bias allegations
3 years, 9 months ago

Tech platforms’ treatment of pro-Palestinian content raises bias allegations

LA Times  

A protest in front of the Federal Building in Westwood on May 15 calls attention to the violence in Sheik Jarrah, a East Jerusalem neighborhood where several Palestinian families faced possible eviction to make way for Jewish settlers. “It’s a double-edged sword,” said one social media user, a recent college graduate, who asked that her name be withheld to avoid …

Palestinians criticise social media censorship over Sheikh Jarrah
3 years, 10 months ago

Palestinians criticise social media censorship over Sheikh Jarrah

Al Jazeera  

Social media users sharing content from Sheikh Jarrah complain their accounts have been censored, limited or shut down. Palestinians have slammed social media companies for shutting down their personal accounts and censoring content about attacks on residents and activists by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. #SaveSheikhJarrah — sara m. saleh | سارة …

Palestinians decry increase in arrests for 'incitement to violence' on social media
6 years, 11 months ago

Palestinians decry increase in arrests for 'incitement to violence' on social media

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The number of people arrested for “incitement to violence” …

Israel ‘silencing’ Palestinian journalists in 'incitement' offences crack down, monitors say
8 years, 5 months ago

Israel ‘silencing’ Palestinian journalists in 'incitement' offences crack down, monitors say

The Independent  

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