The conflicts that have been going on for many years between Israel and Palestine moved to another dimension in early October. Israel’s direct response to Hamas’s violent attack on civilians in the same manner attracted the reaction of human rights organizations. Mark Zuckerberg decided to close the Quds News Network page, which shared news supporting Palestine in this conflict environment. Quds News Network Facebook news page had an important function as it was the largest Palestinian news sharing page.
Why did Facebook decide to shut down the Palestinian news page Quds News Network?
Zuckerberg had previously decided to close pro-Russian news sharing pages after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. However, although Gaza was under attack this time, the technology giant this time closed a page sharing Palestinian news.
It is currently unknown whether Israel put pressure on Facebook to make this decision. A decision has been made to close the Quds News Network Facebook page for now. However, the Instagram page is still active.
The page in question was making important posts about civilian casualties after Israel’s attack on Gaza. By shutting down this page, Facebook has cut off an important source from which the world gets news from Palestine.
It is a matter of curiosity what kind of reaction there will be to Mark Zuckerberg, who currently controls important social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.