Government Content Censorship Concerns

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Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Unjust Content Moderation at the Request of Israel’s Cyber Unit

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Since October 7 , social media platforms have been challenged for the unjustified takedowns of pro-Palestinian content and hate speech towards Palestinians .

Between October 7 and November 14 , a total of 9,500 takedown requests were sent from the Israeli authorities.

U.S. tech companies have significant ethical obligations to verify to themselves, their employees, the American public, and Palestinians that they are not directly contributing to abuses.

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English

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not offensive

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not hateful