Silencing Palestinian Narratives: Concerns Rise Over (Musks) Content Removal

Silencing Palestinian Narratives: Concerns Rise Over Tech Platform X's Content Removal

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X platform has announced that it monitors and removes Palestinian accounts from the platform through its collaboration with the Global Internet Forum for Combating Terrorism, in light of recent events in Palestine. It stated that it has identified more than 50 million global posts addressing the recent events.

Sada Social views with utmost seriousness the clear bias taken by the X platform towards the ongoing events in Palestine, emphasizing its removal of Palestinian content in particular, at a time when it turns a blind eye to the occupation's crimes in Gaza. Clear videos and images have shown the targeting of civilians in Gaza, resulting in the killing of nearly 700 Palestinians, including children and women in the region.

X's announcement this morning regarding the measures taken in light of the events in Palestinian territories is an official and complete declaration of bias in favor of Israel against the Palestinians who are under the attack of the occupation's aircraft. It is no less dangerous than actual military participation with the occupying army in its crimes.

At a time when the world needs to see the reality of the crimes committed against the Palestinians, Social Echo condemns X's actions, which hinder access to information freely. They also pose a threat to Palestinian journalistic institutions in covering the Palestinian events and conveying the crimes, especially with the killing of 6 Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israel.

Simultaneously with X's pursuit, the Israeli occupation disrupts communication and internet networks in Gaza, allowing it to commit its crimes in silence and endangering the inhabitants of the region. They cannot communicate to reach safe places. All of this comes in line with a digital siege imposed by the occupation on Gaza for decades, by preventing the flow of equipment and technology, imposing restrictions on internet use, and prohibiting third-generation network services.

Sada Social Echo urgently calls for granting Palestinian content and media coverage the free space to convey events in Palestine without any restrictions, content removal, or violation of freedom of opinion, expression, and journalistic work on all social media platforms."

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