Meta to delete ‘unwanted comments’ on Facebook posts about the Israel-Gaza war. Meta Platforms is implementing brief measures to limit comments on posts about the conflict between Israel and Hamas that might be deemed “unwanted or unwelcome.”
According to a newly updated blog post by Meta, it will change the default setting for users’ news and public Facebook posts created in the area to only allow their friends and followers to comment.
Reuters stated that the goal of this action is to control potentially heated conversations about delicate subjects. The exact description of the region used by Meta was not made clear by the spokesperson.
According to Meta, users can always opt out and modify their settings.
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The social media behemoth also announced that it would stop allowing users to see the first one or two comments on posts when they scroll through their Facebook feed.
“Our policies are designed to keep people safe on our apps while giving everyone a voice,” Meta said.
“We apply these policies equally around the world and there is no truth to the suggestion that we are deliberately suppressing voice.”
As Meta to delete ‘unwanted comments’ on Facebook posts about the Israel-Gaza war, some users who supported Palestine or the residents of Gaza in their posts earlier this week claimed that Meta was censoring their content.
Hamas is labeled a “dangerous organization” by Meta, and content endorsing the organization is forbidden.
On October 10, the news outlet Mondoweiss, which focuses on Palestinian human rights, reported on the social media platform X that Instagram had twice suspended the account of its video correspondent.
Other Instagram users complained that nobody was viewing their stories and posts about Palestine.
A bug on Instagram, according to Meta, caused reposted content to display incorrectly in a user’s story, which disappears after 24 hours.
“This bug affected accounts equally around the globe – not only people trying to post about what’s happening in Israel and Gaza – and it had nothing to do with the subject matter of the content,” Meta said.
Meta to delete ‘unwanted comments’ on Facebook posts about Israel-Gaza war
Meta to delete ‘unwanted comments’ on Facebook posts about the Israel-Gaza war. Meta Platforms is implementing brief measures to limit comments on posts about the conflict between Israel and Hamas that might be deemed “unwanted or unwelcome.”
According to a newly updated blog post by Meta, it will change the default setting for users’ news and public Facebook posts created in the area to only allow their friends and followers to comment.
Reuters stated that the goal of this action is to control potentially heated conversations about delicate subjects. The exact description of the region used by Meta was not made clear by the spokesperson.
According to Meta, users can always opt out and modify their settings.
Also read: Meta launches Threads against Twitter, how to use it
The social media behemoth also announced that it would stop allowing users to see the first one or two comments on posts when they scroll through their Facebook feed.
“Our policies are designed to keep people safe on our apps while giving everyone a voice,” Meta said.
“We apply these policies equally around the world and there is no truth to the suggestion that we are deliberately suppressing voice.”
As Meta to delete ‘unwanted comments’ on Facebook posts about the Israel-Gaza war, some users who supported Palestine or the residents of Gaza in their posts earlier this week claimed that Meta was censoring their content.
Hamas is labeled a “dangerous organization” by Meta, and content endorsing the organization is forbidden.
On October 10, the news outlet Mondoweiss, which focuses on Palestinian human rights, reported on the social media platform X that Instagram had twice suspended the account of its video correspondent.
Other Instagram users complained that nobody was viewing their stories and posts about Palestine.
A bug on Instagram, according to Meta, caused reposted content to display incorrectly in a user’s story, which disappears after 24 hours.
“This bug affected accounts equally around the globe – not only people trying to post about what’s happening in Israel and Gaza – and it had nothing to do with the subject matter of the content,” Meta said.
News Desk