Facebook, which is owned by Meta, is systematically suppressing news produced by Palestinian journalists.

That is according to a news study, which has been produced by BBC Arabic, the BBC World Service and BBC monitoring.

This is a striking example of how there's been this multi-pronged offensive to silence voices, not at least Palestinian

voices, who have sought to expose the truth about a genocide which most of the Western media

has helped facilitate. Now, before we go into this, some might be going, hold on a minute,

haven't you consistently been claiming that the BBC itself has devastating questions to answer about its

own coverage of Israel's onslaught against the Palestinian people? Well yes, indeed my months-long

investigation into the BBC News website, the most influential news site with the biggest reach

on the face of the earth finally drops tomorrow. That's Thursday, Thursday 19th.

It's based on interviews with 12 BBC journalists and it paints a devastating picture of the BBC's

coverage also with some brilliant data journalists who've done a deep dive. It's been published by

the brilliant news website, DropSight News, that is Thursday. Make sure you don't miss it. Now, the work here on

meta has been done. It must be noted outside of the BBC mainstream outlets. Indeed, BBC

Arabic journalists have tried to do brilliant work often in extremely trying circumstances.

Let's listen to this report on meta suppression of Palestinian journalists.

BBC analysis has revealed that Facebook severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets

to reach an audience during the Israel-Gaza war.

In the first comprehensive research in the territory since the war start, data and tech specialists at BBC News Arabic,

and also at BBC World Service calculated how many people interacted with news content across hundreds of thousands of Facebook posts from journalists.

In times of conflict, access to reliable news is vital. And today, many turn to social media as their primary source of information.

On platforms like Facebook and Instagram, how people engage with content, so comments, likes, shares,

reactions can increase visibility and shape public opinion.

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