Facebook Employees Question Employer Over Anti-Palestine Policy
Nearly 200 Facebook employees signed an open letter calling on the administration to reconsider their policy for pro-Palestinian content
Employees of the social networking site, Facebook, expressed their rage over the site’s policy to remove Palestine-related content.
As per sources, nearly 200 Facebook employees signed an open letter calling on the administration to reconsider their policy for pro-Palestinian content.
200 @Facebook employees write letter, questioning reasons for #Palestinian crisis censorship#Israel #Palestine #SheikhJarrah #Censorship pic.twitter.com/WpRPNyZ97G
— Tehran Times (@TehranTimes79) June 2, 2021
The complaint was made in the letter that the content in favor of the suppressed nation was being removed from the networking site.
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The Facebook employees demanded the administration to introduce new measures to ensure the content in support of Palestine as it was unfair to take down that stuff.
It also called on the tech giant to order an independent audit of actions for Muslim-related content and urged the organization to publish more data relevant to the situation.
Last month, hundreds of users shared screenshots of their suspended accounts after they posted against Israel and in favor of Palestine.
On the other hand, Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook, removed several posts containing hashtags related to the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The previous month, Israeli airstrikes on Palestine killed at least 232 citizens including 65 children and 39 women, as per Reuters.
However, a ceasefire was announced after negotiations between Hamas and Israel.
