Inside Meta, Debate Over What's Fair in Suppressing Comments in the Palestinian Territories

The Instagram and Facebook owner has been wrestling with how to best enforce its content rules in the midst of a brutal and chaotic war.

Inside Meta, Debate Over What's Fair in Suppressing Comments in the Palestinian Territories

Instagram was flooded with hateful comments after Hamas invaded Israel on October 7 and killed civilians. Meta Platforms managers activated automatic filters to reduce the amount of violent content.

Meta increased its filtering, but only in that area.