The American senator demanded an explanation from “Meta” about the censorship of content related to Palestine
| In a letter to the president of the "Meta" company, the representative of the US Senate asked him to explain the reason for the censorship of users' content in support of Palestine. |
According to Fars News Agency International Group, Elizabeth Warren, a representative of the US Senate, in a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the head of the American technology company Meta, asked him to explain the reason for the censorship of pro-Palestinian content.
In this letter, Elizabeth Warren cited a statement signed by more than 90 human rights and civil rights organizations and, in addition, a list of media reports about Meta’s censorship policy regarding He also mentioned the material related to Palestine.
In this letter, which was published by the Intercept for the first time, he wrote: “In the midst of committing terrible terrorist attacks by Hamas, the occurrence of a humanitarian disaster, including the death of thousands of civilians in Gaza and the killing of dozens of journalists, it is more important than ever that cyberspace platforms do not censor real and legal content because people around the world turn to the internet to share and find information about developments in the region. /p>
Hundreds of users have already reported that Instagram has removed content related to Palestine without giving any explanation or reason, and some users’ accounts have been suspended.
Meta had previously linked such incidents to technical failures, but the Guardian newspaper reported in 2021 that research shows that Instagram is censoring users’ content in support of Palestine and the human rights of the people of the region. violated.
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