Civil Rights Group Accuses Cyber Unit of Targeting Arab Public
Translated & summarized from Makan by baba
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel accused the State Prosecutor's Office Cyber Unit of targeting the Arab public by requesting the removal of 186,000 Arabic social media posts since 2024 for alleged incitement. Separately, Arab students at Ben-Gurion University reported being forbidden from speaking Arabic by a lecturer. The university is investigating the latter incident.
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- Civil rights group accuses Israeli Cyber Unit of silencing Arab public online.
- Unit requested removal of 186,000 social media posts since 2024, mostly in Arabic.
- Arab students at Ben-Gurion University reported being banned from speaking Arabic by a lecturer.
- University administration is investigating the language incident.
- Almost all posts flagged by the Cyber Unit were in Arabic.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has sharply criticized the State Prosecutor's Office Cyber Unit, accusing it of attempting to silence the Arab public. This accusation stems from data indicating the unit has requested the removal of approximately 186,000 social media posts since 2024, claiming they contained incitement to terrorism. According to the data, nearly all these posts were in Arabic, with only five in Hebrew and two in English.
In a related incident, Arab students at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba reported that a lecturer in the Pharmacy School prohibited them from speaking Arabic amongst themselves during a break between lectures, demanding they use only Hebrew. The university administration stated that the matter is under investigation.
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