Facebook and Instagram company (META) restricted Palestinian users from expressing their experience during the last aggression on Gaza and the eviction of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem last May, the report has shown.
“Meta’s actions in May 2021 appear to have had an adverse human rights impact … on the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation, and non-discrimination, and therefore on the ability of Palestinians to share information and insights about their experiences as they occurred,” says the long-awaited report, which was obtained by The Intercept in advance of its publication.
The newly released report represented that Palestinian users face an algorithmic screening that Israeli users do not.
The report added that Meta – which involves Facebook and Instagram – is likely to impact Palestinian and Arabic-speaking users, both based upon Meta’s interpretation of legal obligations, and in error.
Palestinian content and users have experienced a further 350 digital violations in August 2022, according to Palestinian digital media specialists.
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