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Social Media Is Silencing Whoever Goes Against The Flow

‘Hate or Against’ Speech?

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Since the escalation started in Jerusalem in the last couple of weeks, Facebook has closed up to 30 accounts and 2 accounts on Instagram. They also removed many shared posts by the Palestinians about the live events going on in the city.

Not just that, but Twitter joined Facebook with suspending tens of accounts of who got involved in the hashtag #SaveSheikhJarrah. One of the accounts is related to national activists who live in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood — where the protests are going on to stop the forced expulsion threats against the Palestinians.

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But this is not the first time where Palestinian accounts get banned in social media due to speaking about the Israeli actions in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza strip.

According to Sada Social — a website that defends the digital rights of those at risk due to their use of social media — about 1200 violations against users who shared posts about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict…