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Palestine
The "X" platform (formerly Twitter) has suspended the accounts of a number of Palestinian activists, including prominent ones such as activist from Gaza Adham Abu Salimiyah, journalist Islam Badr, and writer Ibrahim Al-Madhoun; which has sparked widespread condemnation from prominent Arab and Palestinian figures.
Adham Abu Salimiyah is considered one of the influential voices in supporting the Palestinian cause, where he played a prominent role in shedding light on the suffering of the Palestinian people and conveying the crimes of the Zionist occupation in Gaza to the world through social media platforms.
Confronting the Zionist narrative
With his followers on the "X" platform reaching over a million people, Abu Salimiyah has become a strong media front against the Zionist narrative, using his platform to convey the truth and raise awareness among Arab and international audiences about the plight of the Palestinian people.
After his account was suspended, Abu Salimiyah affirmed that this decision will not deter him from continuing his media message, as he sees the suspension of his account as an attempt to obstruct his message temporarily, but it will not weaken his commitment to conveying the truth and serving the Palestinian cause.
Abu Salimiyah emphasized that success is not measured by the number of followers on social media platforms, but by the real impact he leaves on the reality of Palestinian society and the future of the coming generations.
Palestinian activist Khalid Safi said: that Adham Abu Salimiyah is one of the most influential accounts in the Arab region.
He added: His account on "X" was targeted as part of a deliberate campaign against many Palestinian accounts that support the resistance ideology, and it is still closed to this day due to a policy of restricting and blocking Palestinian content.
Kuwaiti poet Ahmed Al-Kandari objected to the suspension of Abu Salimiyah's account, saying: Adham Abu Salimiyah is one of the most influential accounts in the Palestinian cause, and I hope for his return to the platform soon.
A voice of truth
The thinker Dr. Mohammed Al-Shanqiti pointed out that activist Abu Salimiyah is a voice of truth in a time of falsehood, and a brave and noble man carrying the concerns of the people of Gaza and Palestine.
On the other hand, Palestinian historian Dr. Khaled Al-Ashqar explained that the siege on Palestinian content is renewed as the second year of the "deluge" begins, confirming that these Western platforms are still biased towards the occupation narrative and support.
He continued: Targeting Abu Salimiyah's account, which was a high front against the arrogant narrative of the occupation, is only evidence of the failure of the "X" platform in the test of freedom of opinion.
23 thousand digital violations against Palestinian content
Meanwhile, the "Social Echo" Center for Palestinian Digital Rights issued its report "A year of digital genocide against Palestinians," which monitored the digital attacks that coincided with the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people from October 7, 2023, to a full year.
The report focused on the multiple dimensions of digital destruction, which included blocking Palestinian content, imposing control on social media, and targeting Palestinian journalists.
According to the report, Palestinian content on social media platforms was subjected to more than 23,000 digital violations, with "Meta" platforms accounting for 56% of these violations, while "TikTok" accounted for 25%, "X" for 15%, and "SoundCloud" for 3.7%.
700 Palestinian WhatsApp Numbers Banned
During the mentioned period, more than 700 Palestinian WhatsApp numbers were banned, leading to the isolation of residents and increasing difficulty in communicating with the outside world. These cases accounted for 76% of the population in Gaza, contributing to deepening the digital crisis and imposing near-total digital isolation on the sector, according to the report.
Regarding journalists, the report mentioned that 29% of total digital violations targeted journalists, media institutions, and journalists.
The center stated that it received more than 1,200 complaints from journalists about attempts to hack their digital accounts, while 16 fake accounts were created in the name of journalists to tarnish their reputation and spread misinformation about them, posing a dual threat to their digital and physical safety.
During the genocide year, "Israel" and its military forces used the "death squares" game as a tool to evade responsibility for killing Palestinian civilians. They published maps dividing the Gaza Strip into squares marked with specific numbers ordering the evacuation of residents of certain squares under the threat of bombing and death, repeating the experiment in southern Lebanon.
More than 80,000 Israeli Incitement
The report also documented more than 80,000 Israeli incitement posts on social media platforms, including calls for genocide, and justifying violence and mass killing of Palestinians.
The center recorded 340 complaints related to incitement speech through WhatsApp messages and SMS, as well as 250 false and misleading information during this period, ranging from completely false information or manipulation of contexts to justify the violent targeting of Palestinian civilians.
Echo Social Calls for Firm Stand
"Echo Social" called on international institutions to take a firm stand against these discriminatory policies and hold technology companies accountable for promoting the "Israeli" narrative by restricting Palestinian content, and stopping incitement campaigns that threaten the lives of civilians and journalists alike.
