Sheikh Jarrah: Facebook and Twitter silencing protests, deleting evidence
Facebook and Twitter are systematically silencing users protesting and documenting the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. We, the organisations listed below, demand Facebook and Twitter immediately stop these takedowns, reinstate affected content and accounts, and provide a clear and public explanation for why the content was removed.
Facebook and Twitter are systematically silencing users protesting and documenting the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. We, the organisations listed below, demand Facebook and Twitter immediately stop these takedowns, reinstate affected content and accounts, and provide a clear and public explanation for why the content was removed.
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Digital Surveillance and Online Disinformation in Palestine
In January 2021, the TikTok account of Quds News Network (QNN) – a popular Palestinian outlet – was removed without any notice, in a move widely deemed as censorship. Hamzah al Shobaki, the platform’s TikTok account manager, said the account was deleted after it shared 1,200 posts related to Arab normalization deals and Israeli occupation. QNN has been under fire from all major tech companies. Twitter had permanently blocked QNN’s verified account in November 2019, and in December 2020, QNN said it was being attacked by defamatory reports against its news posts on Facebook.