Palestinian news outlets have suffered a drop in audience engagement after being hampered by Facebook, research has found. BBC News Arabic compiled engagement data on the Facebook pages of 20 prominent Palestinian-based news organisations in the year leading up to the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, and in the year since. The data showed a 77% decline after the attacks. Meanwhile, journalists at Palestine TV have shared statistics showing a 60% drop in the number of people seeing their posts. The channel has almost six million followers on Facebook.

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Accesul presei palestiniene la public prin intermediul Facebook ar fi fost restricționat, de la startul războiului Hamas

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Palestinian media access to the public via Facebook has reportedly been restricted since the start of the Hamas war

Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.

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How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories

Although during wars, audience engagement is expected to rise, the data analysis showed a 77% decline in engagement for Palestinian-based news organisations, while Israeli news organisations saw a 37% increase in engagement during the same period.

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Gautam Adani

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Delhi

India

How Social Media Restricted Palestinian News And Boosted Israel's

Facebook, owned by the American company Meta, has restricted the ability of media outlets operating in the Palestinian territories to reach their audiences through this social network since the beginning of the war.

Facebook, deţinută de compania americană Meta, a restricţionat capacitatea mass-media care operează în teritoriile palestiniene de a ajunge la audienţă prin intermediul acestei reţele sociale de la începutul războiului.

Facebook ar fi restricţionat accesul presei palestiniene la audienţă prin această reţea, după începerea războiului

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Facebook reportedly restricted Palestinian media access to its audience through this network after the war began

The BBC reveals that Meta has hindered the visibility of Palestinian media and Internet users. Hardening measures taken by the company, which mentions “temporary measures” taken the day after October 7.

La BBC révèle que Meta a entravé la visibilité des médias et des internautes palestiniens. Des durcissements assumés par l’entreprise, qui évoque « des mesures temporaires » prises au lendemain du 7-Octobre.

Facebook et Instagram ont limité la portée des médias palestiniens, selon une enquête de la BBC

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Paris

Île-de-France

France

Facebook and Instagram have limited the reach of Palestinian media, according to a BBC investigation

According to research by the British broadcaster BBC, Facebook has severely limited the ability of Palestinian news agencies to reach an audience during the war between Israel and Gaza. In a comprehensive analysis of Facebook data, the BBC found that newsrooms in the Palestinian territories (in Gaza and the West Bank) have experienced a sharp decline in public engagement since October 2023. The BBC has also viewed leaked documents showing that I…

Secondo una ricerca dell’emittente inglese Bbc, Facebook ha fortemente limitato la capacità delle agenzie di stampa palestinesi di raggiungere un pubblico durante la guerra tra Israele e Gaza. In un’analisi completa dei dati di Facebook, Bbc ha scoperto che le redazioni nei territori palestinesi (a Gaza e in Cisgiordania) hanno subito un forte calo del coinvolgimento del pubblico dall’ottobre 2023. La Bbc ha anche visionato documenti trapelati c…

Inchiesta della Bbc, Meta ha fortemente limitato le notizie da Gaza su Facebook ed Instagram

Il Fatto Quotidiano

Rome

Metropolitan City of Rome

Lazio

Italy

BBC investigation, Meta has severely limited news from Gaza on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook, owned by the American company Meta, has restricted the ability of media outlets operating in the Palestinian territories to reach the public through this social network since the beginning of the war, according to a BBC analysis published on Wednesday, EFE reports.

Facebook, deţinută de compania americană Meta, a restricţionat capacitatea mass-media care operează în teritoriile palestiniene de a ajunge la public prin intermediul acestei reţele sociale de la începutul războiului, potrivit unei analize a BBC publicate miercuri, transmite EFE.

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Facebook, owned by the American company Meta, has restricted the ability of media outlets operating in the Palestinian territories to reach their audiences through this social network since the beginning of the war, according to a BBC analysis published…

Facebook, deţinută de compania americană Meta, a restricţionat capacitatea mass-media care operează în teritoriile palestiniene de a ajunge la audienţă prin intermediul acestei reţele sociale de la începutul războiului, potrivit unei analize a BBC publicate…

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PALESTINIAN news outlets have suffered a drop in audience engagement after being hampered by Facebook, research has found.

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Scotland

Facebook inhibiting Palestinian news while boosting Israel's, research finds

The BBC investigation follows a damning report by Human Rights Watch on Meta's censorship of Palestinian content. The company has acknowledged wrongdoing but denied deliberately suppressing Palestinian voices.

Het BBC-onderzoek volgt op een vernietigend rapport van Human Rights Watch over Meta's censuur van Palestijnse berichten. Het bedrijf erkent fouten, maar ontkent het bewust beperken van Palestijnse stemmen.

BBC: bereik van Palestijnse nieuwsmedia op Facebook sinds begin Gaza-oorlog 77 procent lager dan ervoor

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Netherlands

BBC: Palestinian news media reach on Facebook down 77 percent since Gaza war began

An analysis conducted by BBC Arabic of more than 100,000 posts on Facebook revealed a 77% drop in engagement with posts from pages...

كشف تحليل أجرته بي بي سي عربي لأكثر من 100 ألف منشور على فيسبوك عن انخفاض بنسبة 77% في التفاعل مع منشورات الصفحات ......

Facebook inhibits Palestinian news but boosts Israel's, BBC research finds

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