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2024-08-26 19:31
By Ali Hamedin
Meta's staunch support for Israel shines through amid Gaza genocide
TEHRAN-Since October 7 and the onset of the Gaza genocide, much news has been reported about the systematic censorship of pro-Palestinian content and users by Meta's subsidiaries, Facebook and Instagram. The company has also explicitly removed any anti-Zionist content.
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2024-05-28 22:19
YouTube shuts down Iranian Foreign Ministry channel
TEHRAN – American media platforms have once again targeted accounts affiliated with Iranian officials and organizations, with YouTube removing the channel of the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
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2024-05-22 21:54
Guardian: Meta allows hate speech against Muslims
The Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disinformation and incited religious violence, according to a report shared exclusively with the Guardian.
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2024-03-15 19:09
By Xavier Villar
Big Tech's Role in Palestinian Colonialism
MADRID - Last February, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, removed the accounts on these two platforms managed on behalf of Iran's Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, due to the support provided to Hamas after its attack on Israel on October 7th.
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2024-03-05 22:13
Social media platforms block Iran’s Al-Alam accounts over coverage of Gaza war
TEHRAN- In a new attack against freedom of expression, a number of American social media platforms have blocked the accounts of the Iranian Arabic-language news network Al-Alam without prior notice.
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2024-03-04 22:11
By Soheila Zarfam
Meta: An extension of Western governments
EXCLUSIVE: Evidence obtained by the Tehran Times shows politicians manage Meta’s content
TEHRAN - Western-based social media platforms like Facebook have been positioning themselves as innocuous and neutral platforms that at times get misused and taken advantage of by malicious users.
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2024-02-12 22:13
Ayatollah Khamenei's Instagram and Facebook accounts removed. Why?
Freedom of speech in Meta style
TEHRAN- Meta’s removal of Ayatollah Khamenei’s accounts raises concerns over freedom of speech and proves the company’s pro-Israeli stance.
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2023-04-04 20:37
By Sadegh Fereydounabadi
TikTok and the myth of online freedom in U.S.
TEHRAN – Despite its apparent championing of freedom of expression, the United States has moved to rein in the Chinese TikTok application’s popularity among American users.
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2022-08-27 19:38
Iran, Russia, China targets of U.S. misinformation effort: report
TEHRAN- Recent studies have uncovered material about what appears to have been the ongoing U.S. disinformation campaigns on social media sites directed towards Iran, Russia, and China, as well as the usage of dozens of bogus accounts to spread pro-Western narratives.
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2021-12-31 17:31
"Unjust suppression" of Palestinian social media content
TEHRAN - These days with any big events and concerning developments surrounding our lives, the role of the media cannot and should not be undermined. Those seeking the news should be allowed to take their information from a variety of sources to make their own independent judgement on where they stand on the issue. That can’t happen when the narrative of the biggest security problem in West Asia today, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being narrated to suit one party over the other.
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2021-10-16 18:30
Facebook under pressure over pro-Palestine suppression
TEHRAN - The tech giant has succumbed to criticism and will now appoint an external body to examine whether the social media platform suppressed posts supporting Palestine. Facebook will allow an independent body to launch an investigation into content moderation of Arabic and Hebrew posts after the company was accused of removing and suppressing pro-Palestine content.
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2021-10-08 21:27
Big tech controls freedom of speech
TEHRAN — On Monday afternoon, the world of Internet experienced one of the worst breakdowns in history. Let’s explore why.