So I had a bit of a debate with myself about the wisdom of discussing this, but I believe that this is important, not least because I think there are wider issues at stake.

Now, I believe I'm being censored by Meta on Facebook over Palestine. Now normally I'll love with you. I've

been the last kind of person to indulge this kind of chat. Kind of roll my eyes when I

hear shadow batting. You often hear this sort of chat from let's say the more right-wing elements of our political conversation,

but Human Rights Watch, the prestigious global NGO, who I'm sure you've all heard of,

have just done a detailed report about censorship of pro-Palestinian voices on Meta, that is the

owners of course of Facebook and Instagram.

Now before I talk about my own experience, let's just hear from Human Rights Watch about

what we're talking about here.

Have your posts about Palestine been removed from Instagram or Facebook?

Are your followers unable to engage with your content?

Meta is censoring Palestine-related content on Instagram and

Facebook. Some strong pro-Palestinian speech makes it through Meta-System, but a lot of

peaceful expression about Palestine has been wrongly restricted.

Social media users sent Human Rights Watch hundreds of examples of censorship they faced.

We reviewed over 1,000 cases involving the online censorship and

suppression of content in support of Palestine. In around 300 cases, users

were unable to appeal the restrictions, which means they didn't have access to remedy

and they couldn't get their content reinstated. Most of the censorship consisted of

removal of content, suspension of accounts, restrictions on features like

Instagram and Facebook Live and Shadow Banning, that is reducing the visibility of an

account or individual posts.

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