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The Oversight Board’s decision on Palestine is a step in the right direction, now Facebook needs to step up

News SMEX September 24, 2021 September 24, 2021

We, the undersigned organizations, welcome the recent decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board on Facebook’s unjustified removal of news …

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Facebook’s Moderation ‘Mistakes’ Silence Palestinian Voices

News Abed Kataya September 21, 2021 September 21, 2021

On September 14, Facebook’s Oversight Board issued a decision to restore a post originally published by Al-Jazeera’s Facebook …

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Israeli Airstrikes Destroyed Internet Infrastructure in Gaza [Report]

News Ali Sibai May 28, 2021 May 29, 2021

When Israeli settlers and the police forces invaded Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian activists and citizens took it to social …

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Petition to #SavePalestinianVoices: Tech Companies Must Stop Silencing Palestinian Content

News SMEX May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021

We demand Facebook and Twitter to immediately stop censoring Palestinian content, reinstate affected posts and accounts, and provide a clear and public explanation for the reasons why the content was removed.

Sheikh Jarrah: Facebook and Twitter systematically silencing protests, deleting evidence

News SMEX May 7, 2021 May 25, 2021

Facebook and Twitter are systematically silencing users protesting and documenting the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes …

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Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa

News SMEX December 17, 2020 December 17, 2020

17 December 2020, Ten years ago today, 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire …

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How Does Palestinian Content Counter the Bias of Social Media Companies?

News Amjad Yaghi October 19, 2020 November 2, 2020

Palestinian journalist Hani Al-Shaer was not surprised when his Facebook account was deleted for the tenth time during …

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Content Moderation Bias: Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube Cancel Leila Khaled

News Abed Kataya September 25, 2020 September 25, 2020

On September 23, Zoom cancelled a virtual event featuring the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s …

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Twitter Yields to Demand from Israeli Government and Blocks 35 Accounts

2 Comments News smexadmin July 6, 2018 June 17, 2019

Limiting Palestinian Free Speech Online is no Solution to Cybercrime

3 Comments News smexadmin July 14, 2017 June 17, 2019

Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations have called for a freeze on the recently publicized cybercrime law …

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