{"id":1310,"date":"2023-10-22T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2023-10-22T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T07:00:10","slug":"how-pro-palestinian-voices-on-social-media-avoid-gaza-censorship-and-shadow-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/1310.html","title":{"rendered":"How pro-Palestinian voices on social media avoid Gaza censorship and shadow bans"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Israel and Palestine are back in the headlines, one of the most common questions is, what information\u00a0can I trust?<\/a><\/p>\n

Which sources are nuanced or unbiased? And who is going to report the realities of the most recent attack? Information surrounding this realm is constantly contested.<\/p>\n

People do not know how to engage and are often too scared to voice an opinion. Instead, they will remove themselves from the matter altogether.<\/p>\n

This action, perhaps unknowingly, feeds the oppression of the Palestinian people as their occupation continues to go unscrutinised.<\/p>\n

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“The semantic inequality between Israeli and Palestinian victimisation is clear; Palestinians are simply ‘receivers’ of bullets whilst Israelis are victims of ruthless murderers”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But to understand why the debate is so contentious, the contexts in which information is created must be considered. The centralisation of the British media, for example, where “just three companies dominate 90% of the national newspaper market”, according to the Media Reform Coalition, has contributed to the solidification of a ‘status quo’ or a generally accepted narrative.<\/p>\n

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In the case of Israel-Palestine, Palestinians are portrayed as barbaric and violent sets of people which, subsequently trickles down through the conglomerates, fostering the media’s ability to manipulate its readers, define a situation, and contort it when it suits their political needs.<\/p>\n

On the rare occasion that Palestinians find themselves as speakers in the Western media, they are treated with little compassion and their experiences of genocide and ethnic cleansing\u00a0are often disregarded.<\/a><\/p>\n

Journalists who criticise Israel\u2019s regime are faced with false accusations of anti-semitism and silencing tactics, such as being killed. Consequently, we in the West are left with a prevailing discourse that fails to include Palestinian perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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