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Report Finds Meta Restricted Palestinian Accounts and Content

Researchers say heavy use of Meta’s Dangerous Organisations policy, frequent suspensions and unanswered appeals reduced Palestinian visibility and prompted calls for an independent human-rights audit.

Overview

  • The report, based on 3,520 cases submitted to 7amleh’s Palestinian Observatory, says only 32.5% of those incidents involved an identifiable policy violation.
  • Where Meta gave reasons, its Dangerous Organisations and Individuals policy was cited in 57.2% of restrictions and in 71.1% of cases involving journalists.
  • Account suspensions were the single most common enforcement action, affecting roughly one-third of documented cases, with other measures including post removals, livestream limits and reduced distribution.
  • 7amleh routed 2,828 appeals on behalf of affected users and the report says nearly half received no response from Meta, raising concerns about transparency and remedy.
  • The authors call for an independent human-rights audit and policy reform to protect journalistic and public-interest reporting while Meta says it is working to improve Arabic-language moderation and reviewer routing.