Wed 30-April-2025

Social media

NYT: Israel used fake social media accounts to garner US support for its Gaza war

Israel organized a campaign secretly targeting US lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel content through hundreds of fake social media accounts to build support for its war on the Gaza Strip, according to a New York Times (NYT) report.

43 digital rights violations against Palestine-related content in July

43 digital rights violations and censorship by social media companies were reported against Palestinians and Palestine-related content in July 2023 the Sada Social Center for Palestinian Digital Rights revealed Thursday.

125 Digital violations against Palestinian content in October

Sada Social Center documented more than 125 violations against Palestinian content on various social media platforms in October 2022.

“Your Donation Warms Them”

The Jerusalemite YouTuber and activist Saleh Al-Zaghari was able to collect $350000 in an online 34-hour aid campaign title “Your Donation Warms Them".

PSA condemns Facebook for blocking its page

The Palestine Scholars Association (PSA) has strongly denounced Facebook for blocking its page describing the measure as “serving the Zionist project.”

PIC calls on Instagram to backtrack on blocking its page

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the management of Instagram blocked its account which had over 170000 followers within a policy targeting the Palestinian content describing the step as “sudden and unjustified.”

Social media activists launch campaign “Palestine is My Cause”

Social media activists have launched a campaign titled “Palestine is My Cause” with the aim of supporting the Palestinian cause mobilizing Arab and Islamic solidarity with it and voicing rejection of the current normalization of Arab ties with the Israeli occupation state.

Sada Social slams Twitter for blocking pro-Palestine accounts

Sada Social has denounced Twitter’s persistence in shutting down dozens of Palestinian accounts that showed support for the Palestinian people and exposed Israel’s crimes and violations.

Social media activists demand release of Mohamed Hasan

Palestinian activists on Sunday evening launched a social media campaign in support of Birzeit University student Mohamed Hasan who suffers from coronavirus in al-Moskobiya detention center in Occupied Jerusalem.

Every 64 secs there is social media incitement against Palestinians

The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media has published the results of its annual index of racism and incitement on Israeli social media in 2019.