Meta 'financially enabling' Israeli settler violence against Palestinians, report says

Meta is “financially enabling” incitement content against Palestinians from pro-settlement Israeli pages, a new report by a social media watchdog has found.

According to the 7amleh, the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, Meta has allowed settler-affiliated accounts and extremist media outlets to generate revenue on its platforms, despite content that violates its own policies, including violent, racist and inciting material targeting Palestinians.

The findings were published on Sunday in a report titled Monetising Occupation: Meta’s Financial Enablement of Settlement Activity and Violent Rhetoric Against Palestinians.

The group said the US tech giant “not only tolerates violent and inciting speech but actively incentivizes its production and spread”, in violation of its own monetisation and content policies.

7amleh added that allowing such content to flourish undermines Meta’s responsibilities under UN principles, international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

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