Facebook pulls anti-Israel page after exposure
- 8 years ago
Facebook has agreed to pull a page that incited against Israelis, but only after the Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center NGO exposed its double standard in removing inciting pages.
As part of its investigation, Shurat Hadin launched two different pages, one entitled “Stop Palestinians” and one entitled “Stop Israelis”.
It then proceeded to post almost identical content on both pages, with one inciting against Israelis and the other inciting against Palestinians.
But when members of the NGO complained to Facebook management about the contents of the pages, Facebook only took down the page that incited against Palestinians, while claiming that the page inciting against Israelis did not violate the social network’s “community standards”.
In an e-mail sent this past Wednesday and obtained exclusively by the website, Facebook rescinded its initial decision that the anti-Israel page met “community standards” and claimed it had “made a mistake” in its earlier decision.
As part of its investigation, Shurat Hadin launched two different pages, one entitled “Stop Palestinians” and one entitled “Stop Israelis”.
It then proceeded to post almost identical content on both pages, with one inciting against Israelis and the other inciting against Palestinians.
But when members of the NGO complained to Facebook management about the contents of the pages, Facebook only took down the page that incited against Palestinians, while claiming that the page inciting against Israelis did not violate the social network’s “community standards”.
In an e-mail sent this past Wednesday and obtained exclusively by the website, Facebook rescinded its initial decision that the anti-Israel page met “community standards” and claimed it had “made a mistake” in its earlier decision.