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A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News.

The data show that Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023. Israel is the biggest originator of takedown requests globally by far.

What makes Israel’s campaign unique is its success in censoring speech in many countries outside of Israel. Insiders said, as the AI program Meta is currently training how to moderate content will base future decisions on the successful takedown of content critical of Israel’s genocide.

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Completely predictable from the most "just" fascist dictatorship to have ever existed!

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

So many options these days.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] filister@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

r/worldnews is a complete echo chamber and every even vaguely criticism is being banned.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

But that isn’t a Meta company.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Corporate social media is an instrument of censorship and manufactured consent, controlled by the fascist enemy. It cannot be used, and must be destroyed.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

Big surprise

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Shocked pikachu.

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What's the reputation of the linked site? Are there other sources?

Sure, this sounds plausible, but you want credible sources and mainstream media attention.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

This website is highly credible they often release reports with TheGuardian and sites like +972

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

dropsite is some of the best independent journalism available in the US. They break massive news stories all the time, things you’d never see from the corporate news narrative. One of the last vestiges of real journalism in the west. Highly credible.

[–] Atmoro@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Recommend they move to Ghost its very simple to switch everything over and can be done in a week

Its like Substack but better

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

i believe dropsite is ryan grim and jeremy scahill's site that they founded after leaving the intercept

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Big corporations gonna corporate