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Social media's erasure of Palestinians is a grim warning for our future
Cook, Jonathan
http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2020-10-26/facebook-twitter-google-erasure-warning/Date Written: 2020-10-26 Year Published: 2020 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24484 Nowhere are ties between tech and state officials more evident than in their dealings with Israel. This has led to starkly different treatment of digital rights for Israelis and Palestinians. Abstract: - Excerpt: In 2016, Israel's justice ministry was boasting that Facebook, Google and YouTube were "complying with up to 95 percent of Israeli requests to delete content", almost all of it Palestinian. The social media companies did not confirm this figure. ... Since 2016, Israel's justice ministry has reportedly suppressed tens of thousandsof Palestinian posts. In a completely opaque process, Israel's own algorithms detect content it deems "extremist" and then requests its removal. Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested by Israel over social media posts, chilling online activity. ... As well as excising tens of thousands of Palestinian posts, Israel has persuaded Facebook to take down the accounts of major Palestinian news agencies and leading journalists. Subject Headings |