{"id":291061,"date":"2024-07-11T06:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T06:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291061"},"modified":"2024-07-12T07:12:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T07:12:16","slug":"facebook-to-block-posts-attacking-jews-as-zionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291061","title":{"rendered":"Facebook to block posts attacking Jews as \u2018Zionists\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Field \u2013 The Telegraph July 9, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Facebook will suppress attacks on Jewish people as \u201cZionists\u201d, warning the term is used to mask anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n

The social network<\/a>\u00a0said it will take down more posts that substitute the words \u201cJew\u201d or \u201cIsraeli\u201d for \u201cZionist\u201d, other than in cases where the word is explicitly used to discuss Zionism as a political movement.<\/p>\n

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, already bans abuse based on protected characteristics such as a person\u2019s race, sexuality or disability, although attacks on political positions and beliefs are allowed.<\/p>\n

While Zionism originated as a political movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, Meta said the word \u201cZionist\u201d was being used as a slur against Jews more generally.<\/p>\n

Meta said it will target content that uses \u201canti-Semitic stereotypes, or threatens other types of harm through intimidation or violence directed against Jews or Israelis under the guise of attacking Zionists\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meta had previously barred specific phrases using the word \u201cZionist\u201d, such as those comparing \u201cZionists\u201d to \u201crats\u201d,\u00a0an anti-Semitic trope<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the company said its current moderation rules did \u201cnot sufficiently address the ways people are using the term \u2018Zionist\u2019 online and offline\u201d.<\/p>\n

The World Jewish Congress said Meta\u2019s decision \u201cmarks a significant step in combating the veiled\u00a0anti-Semitism<\/a>\u00a0that has proliferated under the guise of political discourse\u201d.<\/p>\n

From now on, Meta will explicitly ban posts that claim \u201cZionists\u201d are in control of the world or the media. It will also block posts that use the term to make dehumanising comparisons or call for physical harm.<\/p>\n

The new policy could force a major change for how Meta handles complaints about anti-Semitic posts online.<\/p>\n

The term \u201cZionist\u201d has been widely used in protests \u2013 online and offline \u2013 against Israel\u2019s actions during the war in Gaza. An estimated 38,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, according to figures from the Hamas-run Gazan health ministry.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a search for the term \u201cZionist\u201d among hashtags on Instagram still showed recommendations including \u201c#Zionistterror\u201d and \u201c#Zionistsarenazis\u201d.<\/p>\n

While the decision was welcomed by Jewish groups it has proved controversial among pro-Palestinian campaigners.<\/p>\n

More than a dozen activist groups had signed an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg opposing the classification, arguing \u201cPalestinians should be able to name the political ideology that impacts their survival without fearing reprisals\u201d.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note the way the Telegraph conflates \u201cJews\u201d and \u201cZionists\u201d. Implying that any opposition to Zionism, which is essentially a political ideology, is \u201canti-Semitic\u201d In this way it helps Zionists deflect criticism of their crimes with claims of \u201canti-Semitism\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":186614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,37,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies","category-The_Media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291062,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291061\/revisions\/291062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/186614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}