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NGO: 425 violations against Palestinian content documented in 1st half of 2022
A Ramallah-based social media monitoring group, Sada Social Center, stated it documented more than 425 digital transgressions against Palestinian digital content during the first half of 2022, due to the Israeli tries at the official level to fight the Palestinian narrative.
Facebook ranks first in repressing Palestinian content, reported the group in a report, which registered 273 attacks by the social media giant in the first half of 2022. For the first time, said the report, Clubhouse entered the war against Palestinian digital content, with at least 10 protests received about attempts by the app to close audio spaces for Palestinian activists, especially during the circumstances in occupied Jerusalem during Ramadan
60 other offenses were also registered on WhatsApp, 30 on Instagram, 21 on Tik Tok, 14 on YouTube, and 12 on Twitter, Sada Social said.
The group said the bulk of violations against the Palestinian digital content on social media ranged between removal of accounts and imposing limitations on posting, especially when using specific terms and names linked with the political situation, which are organized within the ban algorithm, such as the Arabic words “occupation, Jenin camp, martyr, resistance” and others.
Meantime, the group reported a survey it conducted in recent months and which comprised 195 activists and journalists, suggests that 97% of them have been subjected to digital attacks due to content related to the Palestinian cause that they posted on their accounts.
It asserted that 29% of the respondents were subjected to regurgitated attacks more than 11 times, while 12% were subjected to repeated transgressions 6 to 10 times. In addition, about 43% of the respondents said they had their accounts breached by social media 3 to 5 times.
