Inside Meta, Debate Over What’s Honest in Suppressing Speech within the Palestinian Territories

After Hamas stormed Israel and murdered civilians on Oct. 7, hateful feedback from the area surged by way of Instagram. Meta Platforms managers cranked up computerized filters meant to sluggish the flood of violent and harassing content material.

However nonetheless the feedback stored showing—particularly from the Palestinian territories, based on a Meta supervisor. So Meta turned up its filters once more, however solely there.