Meta’s content moderation practices have systematically restricted Palestinian voices on Facebook and Instagram, according to a report by Palestinian digital rights group 7amleh and a researcher at Utrecht University.

The Platformicide of Palestine 2021-2025 examined 3,520 cases submitted to 7amleh’s Palestinian Observatory for Digital Rights Violations from January 2021 to December 2025.

The cases included account suspensions, post removals, restrictions on livestreaming and reduced content distribution. The report uses the term “platformicide” to describe what it considers the structural erasure of Palestinian visibility and participation on social media.

Only 32.5% of the documented cases involved an identifiable policy violation. Among cases where a reason was provided, Meta’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy accounted for 57.2% of restrictions, a figure that rose to 71.1% in cases involving journalists