Palestine is under attack from Israel once again. There have been over 180casualties including 55 children as a result of the heavy bombardment onthe Gaza strip.
The situation was stirred up when the Al Aqsa mosque was stormed andattacked by Israeli troops during the holy month of Ramadan. Hundreds ofunarmed civilians including worshippers, bystanders, journalists, andothers were injured.
Consequently, Palestenians set out on the streets to protest against theviolence, only to be heavily bombarded on the coastal strip.——————————
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Thousands of people have taken it to the internet to speak against thebrutality on Palestine, but it appears that Facebook and Instagram areblocking all such content on their platforms. These social media giants areremoving #SavePalestine posts and stopping users from promoting them,putting their Israeli leadership into question.
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Another Instagram user has reported that their posts containing the#SavePalestine hashtag are not receiving even half as much as usual views.Instagram is not letting them promote stories containing this hashtageither.
As a result, many have started blaming the Israeli leadership of Instagram,Adam Mosseri, who is an American-Israeli businessman and also the head ofInstagram. Mark Zuckerberg, the Jewish American owner of Facebook has alsocome under fire for content censorship.
A former employee at Facebook and Instagram who worked as a policyregulator and enforcer also shared his thoughts on the matter, speakingagainst both platforms
