{"id":276551,"date":"2024-10-07T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=276551"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:32:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:32:24","slug":"meta-is-aggressively-censoring-criticism-of-us-israeli-warmongering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/10\/meta-is-aggressively-censoring-criticism-of-us-israeli-warmongering\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Is Aggressively Censoring Criticism of US-Israeli Warmongering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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7 Oct 2024 – I am at risk of getting banned from both Instagram and Facebook as both Meta-owned platforms keep censoring my criticisms of Israel\u2019s US-backed atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon, placing strikes on my accounts in the process.
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Both Facebook and Instagram have deleted screenshots<\/a> of a post<\/a> I made on Twitter (or whatever you call it now) which reads as follows:<\/p>\n

Iran is not my enemy. Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis are not my enemies. My enemies are the western imperialists and their Israeli partners in crime who are inflicting a waking nightmare upon the middle east and working to start a massive new war of unfathomable horror.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the reasons given for this censorship, both Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> said \u201cIt looks like you shared symbols, praise or support of people and organizations we define as dangerous, or followed them.\u201d<\/p>\n

My appeals against this removal have been denied<\/a>, saying the post \u201cdoes not follow our Community Standards on dangerous individuals and organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hours later, Instagram removed a second post<\/a> citing the same reasons, this one about Lebanon and Hezbollah. It was two screenshots from a longer Twitter post<\/a> which reads as follows:<\/p>\n

TO CONTINUE READING please Go to Original – caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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