{"id":205028,"date":"2024-12-18T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-meta-restricted-news-in-palestinian-territories-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:06:06","slug":"how-meta-restricted-news-in-palestinian-territories-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-meta-restricted-news-in-palestinian-territories-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How Meta restricted news in Palestinian territories | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UeaJJU2zHh8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How Meta restricted news in Palestinian territories | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UeaJJU2zHh8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement on their Facebook pages since October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>BBC News Arabic and BBC World Service analysis of more than 100,000 Facebook posts shows that news organisations based in Palestinian territories have seen a 77% drop in engagement since the start of the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>The first comprehensive data analysis by territory since the start of the war on Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>Analysis of similar pages from Israel and neighbouring Arabic speaking countries shows a rise in engagement \u2013 the term used for likes, reactions, comments and shares. <\/p>\n<p>It comes after a year of Palestinians complaining that they are being so called \u2018Shadow banned\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>On Facebook\u2019s sister platform, Instagram, exclusive access to leaked documents exposes how a change was made to Instagram&#8217;s algorithm at the start of the war in Gaza, targeting Palestinian users only. <\/p>\n<p>Meta confirmed changes to Instagram\u2019s algorithm were made, and says \u201ctemporary product and policy measures\u201d were adopted on Facebook in response to the conflict. <\/p>\n<p>But denies deliberately silencing Palestinian voices and stands by its decision to alter how many people see content from Facebook Pages on safety grounds. <\/p>\n<p>A BBC News Arabic and Specialist Hub collaboration. <\/p>\n<p>Reporter: Joe Tidy<br \/>\nLead Journalist: Ahmed Nour, additional journalism by Yara Farag<br \/>\nProducer: Natalie Merzougui, additional producing by Rehab Ismail<br \/>\nAssistant Editor: Sarah Saey<br \/>\nGraphic designers: Mark Edwards and Joe Payne<br \/>\nVideo Editor: Mohammad Homouda, additional editing by Munira Mohamed<br \/>\nCamera Operators: Shady Altbateby, Kevin McGregor, David Murphy, Marek Polaszewski<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Meta #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement on their Facebook pages since October 2023. 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