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Al Jazeera Staff

Meta ‘stifling’ pro-Palestine voices on social media, rights group says

Palestinian activists and journalists hold banners denouncing what they consider censorship by Facebook of pro-Palestine content, in the occupied-West Bank city of Hebron [File: Hazem Bader/AFP]

Social media giant Meta has systematically censored pro-Palestine voices during the current Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The report alleges that Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has pulled down or suppressed hundreds of pro-Palestine posts due to flawed content moderation policies, poor implementation, and “undue government influence”.

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