Sharp drop of user-reach linked to pages coverage of recent Arab-Israeli normalisation agreements
The social media giant Facebook employs algorithm management that users will not notice (AFP) By Published date: 24 December 2020 15:04 UTC | Last update: 3 months ago
Palestinians and Arab pages on Facebook, focusing on Israeli violations against Palestinians and on the Arab normalisation deals signed with Israel, have recorded an intentional decrease of 50 percent of user-reach, according to a report by Sada Social.
Sada Social has been recording and monitoring the suspension of Palestinian content and accounts on Twitter and Facebook since September 2017.
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Australia will host a one-of-kind summit on emerging, critical and cyber technologies next year, a December 23 statement from the country’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne noted. “The Australian Government is supporting the establishment of the Sydney Dialogue, which will be held for the first time virtually in the second half of 2021. While significant international conferences and dialogues exist for traditional areas of security and economics, there is currently a gap for political leaders, industry experts, academics and civil society representatives to meet and discuss the most pressing issues around cyber and critical technology. This annual, high-level dialogue will fill that gap,” Payne’s statement said.
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