Israel Seeks Removal of Over 186,000 Arabic Social Media Posts
Summarized from Haaretz English by baba
Israel's State Prosecutor's Office has asked social media platforms to remove over 186,000 posts, mostly in Arabic, between May 2024 and September 2026. The Justice Ministry reported 99% of these posts were linked to suspected incitement to terror. A rights group, however, claims that similar content in other languages remains online.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Israel requested removal of over 186,000 social media posts, mostly in Arabic, from May 2024 to September 2026.
- The Justice Ministry cited suspected incitement to terror as the reason for 99% of the removal requests.
- A rights group claims posts with racism or violence in other languages remain online.
- The data was obtained by Haaretz via a freedom of information request from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
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