🧵Today's @CIJ_ICJ recognition of the plausible genocide against Palestinians in Gaza implies that tech giants, which facilitated the spread of genocide incitement speech, are also implicated. Allow me to provide a detailed explanation through this thread 👇 In today's order, the court referred to the many alarming statements made by Israeli officials. Among the provisional measures issued today was an order for Israel to prevent & punish incitement to genocide, much of which has occurred on social media.

You might be wondering how Meta's censorship contributes to depriving Palestinians of our most fundamental rights. I've compiled the main points in this thread 🧵 While Palestinians endure systematic discrimination under the Israeli apartheid state, they face biases & discrimination on Meta's platforms, making our lives harder. Meta's censorship & algorithmic bias hinder Palestinian voices, stifling documentation of war crimes.

As the Israeli attack escalates on the ground, we can see more content censorship, which is basically documenting the war crimes in Gaza. Therefore, I'm posting this thread to remind the social media companies of their measures during the Russia-Ukraine war. 1/5
#GazaUnderAttack Based on the Ukrainians' right to self-defense, they were allowed to spread hate speech against the Russian political leaders, military, and president.
In our case, We've seen some taken down content only taking about the killed children of Gaza! 2/5
#GazaUnderAttack

As always, this gonna be info. war! Israel gonna attack the ICT infrastructure & the mainstream media won't cover the attack fairly. Therefore, I'm posting some tips below.
Make sure to amplify the Gaza People's voices & their documentation of the war crimes. 1/3
#GazaUnderAttack While writing about Gaza, keep in mind that Gaza has been under illegal siege for 15 yrs/ now. Thus, use the right terms, think about the power relations, and clarify who is the colonizer (Israel) & the colonized (Palestinians)! 2/3
#GazaUnderAttack

As the international mainstream media coverage of what is happening in Jerusalem is weak, uses biased terms, and deals with the colonizer & the colonized equally, I think activists can change this through a set of tactics included in this thread. 1/5 👇🏽
#FreePalestine Amplify Palestinian voices, through sharing their content & their documentation of human rights violations and invite your friends to follow Palestinian lead platforms/organizations such as @IMEU @QastalNewsEn @EyeonPalestine @Mondoweiss 2/5

#HandsOffAlAqsa #FreePalestine

Our report shows 500 reports of Palestinian #DigitalRights violations over the past two weeks. Loads of content were taken down, Loads of accounts were suspended, This is the online oppression against Palestinians! #GazaUnderAttack
Check out our report: 7amleh.org/2021/05/21/7am… It documents 40 reports that exposed the hate speech & incitement to violence directed towards Palestinians online, including reports of Israeli extremist groups mobilizing lynch mobs on WhatsApp & Telegram. #DigitalRights #HumanRights
Check out our report 7amleh.org/2021/05/21/7am…