Recent developments demonstrate that the pro-Israel narrative is losing support in many sectors in society. Around the world, #BlockTheBoat protests have stood in solidarity with Palestinian workers. Labor unions, tech workers, and celebrities have also taken action in support of Palestinian freedom.
Read MoreThe Intercept published a breaking story about guidelines Facebook has been employing since 2019 to moderate posts about “Zionists” as hate speech. Dima Khalidi was quoted in the piece, criticizing the policy.
Read MorePalestine Legal is co-sponsoring a campaign against Facebook labeling Palestine advocacy as hate speech. The tech giant is considering a policy that would treat some posts critical of “Zionists” as equivalent to attacks against Jewish people, and therefore subject to removal under their hate speech policies. This policy would add to the already troubling censorship that advocates for Palestinian rights experience on Facebook and other social media platforms.
Read MoreThree tech giants censored a discussion featuring Palestinian, Black, Jewish and South African activists at San Francisco State University today, after pro-Israel advocacy groups complained. The open classroom event “Whose Narratives?: Gender, Justice & Resistance” featured Palestinian activist Leila Khaled and was scheduled to take place at 12:30 PDT before being erased from Zoom, Facebook and YouTube.
Read MoreThe popular question-and-answer site Quora is facing a lawsuit over its censorship of retired Palestinian-American professor Rima Najjar. Quora permanently banned Dr. Najjar in May 2019 after website administrators claimed using the term ‘Zionist’ in a negative way was “hate speech.” Dr. Najjar attempted unsuccessfully to resolve the matter directly with Quora, and filed a lawsuit against Quora on December 31 for discriminating against her on the basis of national origin.
Read MoreEchoing trends of censorship by Facebook and other online platforms, organizers of a theater and poetry event featuring personal stories from Palestinians and Jews were unable to share or post about the event on Facebook for almost three weeks, receiving a notification that the content violated Facebook’s standards.
Read MoreStanford junior Hamzeh Daoud resigned from his position as a resident assistant in the college dorms after receiving death threats and being investigated for a Facebook post criticizing Israel.
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