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Meta's Israel Policy Chief tried to suppress pro-Palestinian posts

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nielsbot wrote: post #12

This story is also available on Apple News for those who don't want to enter an e-mail address on theintercept.com: https://apple.news/AA2fJG0tTR0mqcl9wK7wMKg

Disabling JavaScript on the site works for me, even on my VPN. So does this archive link (with captcha): https://archive.ph/PyDNq

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Post by JohnMakin »

It has been extremely obvious to big social media personalities for a while that this has been happening, and research has been done regarding it which I'm sure will come out in the next few years. Whether or not it will lead to anything meaningful, I have no idea, but I struggle to see, as the article points out, why the Israeli government should have such close access to channels such as these and very senior employees working on their behalf. No matter what your view, this seems less than ideal.

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Post by nailer »

ceejayoz wrote: post #7
nailer wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was regarding Covid information and the Hunter Biden laptop, rather than the Israel/Hamas war. https://x.com/judiciarygop/status/1828201780544504064

I'm sure @judiciarygop will be equally concerned about this instance.

The account isn’t particularly relevant, it’s just what the CNN article about Zuckerberg’s letter uses as the source.

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Post by aguaviva »

no_exit wrote: post #4

> Cutler joined Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, in 2016 after years of high-level work in the Israeli government. Her resumé includes several years at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., where she worked in public affairs and as its chief of staff from 2013 to 2016, as well as a stint as a campaign adviser for the right-wing Likud party and nearly five years as an adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Neta…

As recently as February 2023, Cutler’s name was floated as a possible next head of the Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry, a government propaganda office tasked with surveilling and undermining protesters and activists abroad.

Which no doubt sounded very impressive to Meta when it sought to bring her on board. Some more detail on what that Ministry has been up to:

  A network analysis found four other websites that used the same IP and promoted content designed for certain audiences. One was the United Citizens for Canada site, which had multiple social media accounts and disseminated heavily Islamophobic material, including claims that Muslim immigrants were a threat to Canada and demanding a sharia state. Another was the Arab Slave Trade site, which was copied almost entirely from Wikipedia and was aimed at Black Americans, trying to repeat the message that the Arabs had been slave traders in Africa. Yet another site was called Serenity Now, which branded itself as anarchist and anti-establishment, sought to convince young Americans to oppose the creation of a Palestinian state because "states are manmade structures" and a Palestinian state "would hurt the goals of the progressive movement."
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