Meta has said it will expand its hate speech policy to cover more uses of the word “Zionist” when applied to Jews or Israelis on its platform.

We will now remove messages targeting ‘Zionists’ in several areas where our investigation has shown that the term tends to be used to refer to Jews and Israelis, with dehumanising comparisons, calls to harm, or denials of existence," the company said in a press release on Tuesday.

In December, Human Rights Watch said that Meta was guilty of “systemic censorship of Palestine content” during Israel’s war on Gaza.

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      I agree, but not a Palestine that occupies 100% of Israel.

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        Israel is not a country.

        If israel wants to exist it can accept a two state solution with Palestine right now.

        You do not get to decide whether a colony is a country. The natives do.

        Saying israel is a country is similar to saying Crimea is actually Russian.

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          Is the US a country? Is Australia a country? I doubt the natives decided they were. Very weird way to define a country, regardless of your thoughts on Israel / Palestine

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          Israel is not a country.

          OK I’m done with this conversation, lmao. Didn’t have to scratch your surface very much for the full-on hate to come out. Interesting how that happens so often with people who profess to simply be anti-zionist.

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            Recognition of israel comes from Palestinians not from posturing hypocrites.

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              Thanks for the explanation, person who believes Jews are not native to Israel:

              You do not get to decide whether a colony is a country. The natives do.

              Definitely not a ragingly anti-Semitic opinion there, nope! Edit: same for the downvoters too. You all need to take a step back and re-examine your views. Jews have lived there for 3000 years.

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                Could you remind me how this turned out in most of America historically? And here by America I mean both North and South America.

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                  Can you rephrase this question? I have no idea what you’re asking.

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                So have Muslims and Christians. Doesn’t give them the right to kill all the other people and take their land. Not to mention everything they do to encourage settler colonialism, like giving settlers a free pass from Europe or the US to come in and take homes from natives in the area. You can find so many examples of random people from Germany or New York who show up and are given a house that belonged to some Palestinian family for generations.

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                  So have Muslims and Christians. Doesn’t give them the right to kill all the other people and take their land.

                  So your solution is to dissolve the state of Israel and leave the Jews there at the mercy of neighbours who would take their land and kill them on sight? Big brain time

                  The history of Israel’s formation is not relevant to today’s discussion. Most countries were founded on colonialism and war and oppression; it doesn’t mean the solution is “well actually let’s send everyone packing”