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\u201cTechnology in general is never either neutral or objective; it is a mirror that reflects societal bias, unfairness, and injustice.\u201d<\/b><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0<\/span>In May 2021,<\/span> 7amleh<\/span><\/a>, The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, worked to document digital rights violations occurred during the 2021 Israeli attacks, and in the document<\/span> Hashtag Palestine 2020<\/span><\/a> are listed detailed digital rights violations committed by government authorities and technology companies against Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>This year, Palestinian groups have been demonstrating against the Israeli Supreme Court\u2019s decision to displace Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. This time not radicalists nor Hamas soldiers, but young Palestinians used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and TikTok to document and denounce human rights violations. Social media companies started<\/span> removing Palestinian content<\/span><\/a> from platforms, often without clear reasons or violations and Israel arrested around <\/span>800 Palestinians<\/span><\/a> because of their posts.\u00a0 In 2014, Israel\u2019s world exports of cyber security and surveillance technologies <\/span>exceeded<\/span><\/a> its military equipment exports. Such technologies were sold to authoritarian and repressive regimes in Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, South Sudan, the UAE…<\/span><\/p>\n
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS<\/b><\/h2>\nIn many occasions, various social media platfoms silenced the voice of Palestinian people and activists. Israeli cyber units sent requests to social media platforms to take down specific content without a court order, through the use of a specific app that<\/span> can be used<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u201cremove inciting content from social media, fight antisemitism and anti-zionism, and take part in special pro-Israel campaigns and efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
Artificial intelligence is being used to censor pro-Palestine sentiment. <\/span>Haaretz <\/span><\/i>revealed that <\/span>algorithms<\/span><\/a> were used to build profiles of what Israel views as likely Palestinian attackers, based on a prediction of violence, rather than any actual attack \u2013 or even a plan to commit it, and the popularity of the suspect. Israeli intelligence hacked Facebook accounts to gain access to such private information as Israel <\/span>occupies and controls<\/span><\/a> the entire telecommunications infrastructure used by Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Instagram has been removing Palestine content and Twitter is suspending people talking about what\u2019s happening in #SheikhJarrah<\/a>. This is censorship on a mass scale \u2014 these are the only outlets we have because western media outlets are not covering what\u2019s happening in Jerusalem https:\/\/t.co\/lF1TjvTk81<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CqBVmVf5pl<\/a><\/p>\n
— Jennine #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveSilwan (@jennineak) May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n