https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c786wlxz4jgo

How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories

1 day ago

Ahmed Nour, Joe Tidy and Yara Farag

BBC Arabic, BBC World Service & BBC Monitoring

BBC

Omar el Qataa is a photojournalist operating out of northern Gaza

Facebook has severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience during the Israel-Gaza war, according to BBC research.

In a comprehensive analysis of Facebook data, we found that newsrooms in the Palestinian territories - in Gaza and the West Bank - had suffered a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.

The BBC has also seen leaked documents showing that Instagram - another Meta-owned platform - increased its moderation of Palestinian user comments after October 2023.

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