Meta’s independent oversight board has ruled that the phrase “from the river to the sea”, often used in solidarity with Palestinians, does not in and of itself violate the company’s current policies.
‘From the river to the sea’ doesn’t violate Meta rules: Oversight panel
The ABC’s Managing Director, David Anderson, has at least admitted that funding obtained through its arrangements with Meta has been useful in supporting 60 journalists. News Corp, Nine Entertainment and Seven News Media have been less than forthcoming, ever keen using the shield of commercial confidentiality. In terms of employees, Nine Entertainment reported a fall in the number of employees from 5254 at the end of the 2022 financial year to 4753 at the end of 2023. “It is likely,” suggests Kim Wingerie in Michael West Media, “that the A$50 million or more they receive annually from Meta and Google is used predominantly to prop up their net profit.”
Nick Clegg learned long ago that pleasing Israel is mandatory to have a successful career in politics or business. (UK National Archives/Wikimedia Commons)
Former British politician has conveniently forgotten his call to stop arming Israel.
The argument for why politicians should never be trusted can be summed up in two words: Nick Clegg.
Fifteen years ago this week, Israel launched Operation Cast Lead – the first in a series of major attacks on Gaza.
Nick Clegg was leader of the Liberal Democrats, a British political party, at the time. He responded to the attack by urging a ban on weapons exports to Israel.
From 2010 to 2015, Clegg was in a position to insist that such a ban be introduced. He was deputy prime minister in a coalition government with the Conservatives.
Far from banning weapons exports to Israel, that government kept on authorizing them.
Britain granted licenses worth millions of dollars for deliveries of arms and their components to Israel during the six months before the 2014 war against Gaza. The Liberal Democrats were similarly treacherous on domestic issues, famously breaking a pledge not to increase students’ tuition fees.
Today, Nick Clegg is a senior figure in Meta, the corporation which owns Facebook and Instagram.
Both of these social media platforms have been actively censoring Palestinians. Clegg is directly involved in assuring the authorities that the censorship is far-reaching.
Source: Meta’s Nick Clegg assures EU that Palestinians are being censored | The Electronic Intifada
olddogthoughts 
You must be logged in to post a comment.