Facebook running special centre to respond to content on Israeli-Gaza conflict Filed on May 19, 2021 AP file
Misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence about the conflict have circulated on social media platforms amid the deadly fighting.
Facebook Inc set up a 24-7 “special operations centre” last week to respond to content posted on its platform about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and address any moderation mistakes amid violence in the region, the company said on Wednesday.
Misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence about the conflict have circulated on social media platforms amid the deadly fighting.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue fighting against Gaza militants after US President Joe Biden urged him to seek a “de-escalation” on Wednesday in the 10-day conflict on the path to a ceasefire.
Misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence about the conflict have circulated on social media platforms amid the deadly fighting.
“This operations center allows us to closely monitor the situation so we can remove content that violates our community standards faster, while also addressing possible errors in enforcement,” Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice president of content policy, told reporters on a conference call.
Facebook has previously set up similar operations centers to focus on situations like global elections.
Facebook spokesman Andy Stone told Reuters that Facebook’s head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, and other executives had on Tuesday spoken to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. Facebook executives previously met with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz via Zoom, Politico reported last week.
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2021-05-18 04:35:15 GMT2021-05-18 12:35:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 18 (Xinhua) Fighting between Israel and the Hamas-led militant groups in the Gaza Strip continued on Monday for the eighth day in a row as both sides kept trading artilleries and civilian casualties continued to grow.
Here is a timeline of the current spiraling conflict between Israel and the besieged Palestinian enclave:
May 17: At least four Palestinians were killed and 10 others injured on Monday in a series of fresh intensive Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Till Monday, 204 Palestinians, including 59 children and 35 women, have been killed and 1,305 others wounded in the ongoing fighting between Gaza and Israel.