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Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by smt88 »

PathOfEclipse wrote: post #89
mef51 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The HRW report[1] goes into details, at least on the 1050 takedowns they documented > A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report investigating Meta’s moderation of pro-Palestine content post-October 7th found that, of 1,050 posts HRW documented as taken-down or suppressed on Facebook or Instagram, 1,049 involved peaceful content in support of Palestine, while just one post was content in support of Israel." [1] https://www.hr…

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If a human rights org were highly critical of Russia but not Ukraine, is that a bias as well?

Reality isn't politically neutral.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by submeta »

megaman821 wrote: post #96
submeta wrote: post #84

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Since service is manditory for most Isrealies, that just mean the 100 Isrealies in a company of 74,000 employees and somehow that is a conspiracy?

These are people having stronger loyalty to Israel than to the US. Also, would US conpanies employ people with strong ties to Russia, knowing they would suppress any criticism of Russia‘s war in Ukraine? Apparently that’s what these Meta employees with strong ties to Israel did: Suppress any criticism of Israel‘s apparent war crimes in Gaza, for which there are arrest warrants from the ICC.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by HappyPanacea »

thot_experiment wrote: post #68
mjevans wrote: post #35

I think my country (USA) would be healthier if a common sense viewpoint was selected and held. Conflicts are always terrible, and the Eurasia / Africa region countries are particularly brutal. Every citizen of every country has a human right (in a civilized civilization / society) to live a life that does not involve violence. A life where they are not worried about RPGs, bombings, (etc,) or military invasions. Some…

this is grossly misunderstanding the situation in Gaza, a two state solution was never acceptable to Israel, Hamas as it exists today is a result of Netanyahu policy. Israel created the monster to justify their genocide.

> a two state solution was never acceptable to Israel

Wrong, they accepted the 1947 partition plan and agreed to the Oslo accords

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by TimorousBestie »

PathOfEclipse wrote: post #89
mef51 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The HRW report[1] goes into details, at least on the 1050 takedowns they documented > A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report investigating Meta’s moderation of pro-Palestine content post-October 7th found that, of 1,050 posts HRW documented as taken-down or suppressed on Facebook or Instagram, 1,049 involved peaceful content in support of Palestine, while just one post was content in support of Israel." [1] https://www.hr…

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I cannot read your paywalled Atlantic link, but the other link is an account from an aggrieved ex-employee and should also be taken with a grain of salt.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by smt88 »

megaman821 wrote: post #96
submeta wrote: post #84

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Since service is manditory for most Isrealies, that just mean the 100 Isrealies in a company of 74,000 employees and somehow that is a conspiracy?

The US is about 0.05% Israeli, so it's not a conspiracy, but Israelis are certainty a much higher proportion of Meta than most other companies and countries outside of Israel.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by bradlys »

submeta wrote: post #84

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It being only 100 seems kinda low for the size of Meta and how many Israelis live in the Bay Area. There is a very large contingent that lives in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale.

They’re nowhere near as large as the Chinese and Indian population but probably close to third place for largest foreign born tech worker populace in SV.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by JKCalhoun »

MPSFounder wrote: post #40

Realistically, how can we uncover this type of foreign interference? As in, is there any hack someone in our community can perform to expose Israeli propaganda? Israel locked journalists out of Ghaza, and has pretty much dominion over social media in the US. How can someone remain informed or expose misinformation campaigns (ideally without repercussions, which is a dangerous control they have over our gov)?

Meta could start by being transparent when they are asked to take down a post and could be transparent when they comply.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by dang »

alistairSH wrote: post #82
dang wrote: post #49

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Edit: ok you guys, all your responses have convinced me that I misread the room, and I'm going to reverse the title edit now. -- original reply: -- I did those title edits to (marginally) reduce the flamebait effect of the title, in keeping with standard moderation practice (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ). Titles have by far the biggest impact on discussion quality, so this is a big deal. Espe…

The entire endeavor was orchestrated by Israel - that’s kinda the point here. Meta didn’t act on its own, as the edited title would imply.

I know, but for HN purposes, the point I made about titles is the higher-order bit.

Threads like this, at best, waver on the edge of a hell pit. If it plummets in, the discussion won't stay on HN's front page anyhow. Title de-baiting is a way to support having a discussion that doesn't completely suck, to the extent that this is doable.

Re: Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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Post by einszwei »

PathOfEclipse wrote: post #89
mef51 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The HRW report[1] goes into details, at least on the 1050 takedowns they documented > A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report investigating Meta’s moderation of pro-Palestine content post-October 7th found that, of 1,050 posts HRW documented as taken-down or suppressed on Facebook or Instagram, 1,049 involved peaceful content in support of Palestine, while just one post was content in support of Israel." [1] https://www.hr…

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NGO Monitor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGO_Monitor

From Wikipedia:

> NGO Monitor is a right-wing organization based in Jerusalem that reports on international NGO (non-governmental organisation) activity from a pro-Israel perspective

I'll trust HRW on this one. No thanks.

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