Facebook Deploys Special Team Amid Intensified Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Amidst the deadly conflict in the Gaza strip, misinformation, hate speech, and calls for violence have been circulated on social media platforms. During a conference call, Facebook’s Vice President Monika Bickert told reporters that, Before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Facebook had set up similar operations centers to focus on situations such as the global elections. Furthermore, the New York Times recently reported that Jewish zionists had formed new groups on Facebook-owned popular messaging platform WhatsApp, and they are intending to commit violence against Palestinians. According to a spokesperson on WhatsApp, Apart from this, social media platforms have also faced criticism on accusations of censorship. A few days ago BuzzFeed News agency reported that the Facebook-owned Instagram had mistakenly deleted content about al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem where Israeli security police showed brutality and attacked the worshippers. Check out? Facebook Announces Social Audio Features for Users
