US Muslim group calls out Meta for Palestine censorship
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned Meta’s decision to stop fact-checking content and urged it to stop censoring posts supportive of Palestinians or critical of Israel’s government.
“If Meta is serious about fostering an environment where important debates can occur on Facebook, Instagram and Threads without biased interference, then the company should immediately stop shadow banning advocates for Palestinian human rights and suppressing posts critical of the far-right Israeli government,” said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR’s national deputy director, in a statement.
A Human Rights Watch report on Meta’s pro-Palestine content suppression documented 1,050 takedowns and other suppression of writings posted by Palestinians and their supporters, CAIR noted.
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Opinion: A disturbing pattern of repression is emerging in Europe
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/1/8/a-disturbing-pattern-of-repression-is-emerging-in-europe
In November, the Dutch political elite overwhelmingly sided with Israeli football fans after they went on a rampage in Amsterdam and provoked violence with local residents. The injustice did not stop at the twisted narrative Dutch politicians chose to adopt.
The clashes gave the ruling Dutch right-wing coalition a convenient excuse to table a host of measures that clearly target the country’s Muslim community. These proposals – which they had likely had up their sleeves for a long time – included stripping dual nationals of their passports and migrants of their temporary residency permit if they are deemed to be “anti-Semitic” – with the caveat that in today’s political climate, almost any statement criticising Israel’s genocide in Gaza is being labelled as anti-Semitic or terrorist.
Other measures include barring so-called anti-Semitic organisations from public funding, labelling them as terrorist entities, and placing them on sanctions lists, banning the Palestinian prisoner support network Samidoun, and criminalising the “glorification of terrorism”.
Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police during a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 10, 2024
Not just Europe, US, Canada, Australia the same.
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