Since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its latest military offensive on the Gaza Strip, a parallel battle has been unfolding online. According to a recent media report, technology giant Meta has removed over 90,000 pro-Palestinian posts from Facebook and Instagram, allegedly in response to takedown requests from the Israeli government.
The data, reportedly sourced from whistleblowers with access to internal records, indicates that Meta complied with 94 percent of Israeli takedown requests.
Most of the targeted accounts were based in over 60 countries, mainly Arab and Muslim-majority nations. In contrast, only 1.3 percent of the takedown requests were related to Israel users.