Arutz Sheva-Israel National News’s English-language Facebook page was suspended by Facebook last week, after news reports from the outlet were reported to Facebook. The page has almost 152,000 followers.
It is speculated that some of the reports to Facebook may have been part of an antisemitic reporting campaigns against Israeli and Jewish pages.
According to Facebook, any user can report content that they view to be offensive or inappropriate.
Over the course of the war, Arutz Sheva has received complaints over it’s news reports on multiple occasions. These include posts over the elimination of senior Hezbollah official Nabil Qaouk on September 28th, an official IDF announcement about the commencement of the ground operation in Lebanon, the elimination of the terrorist who murdered a father in front of his children on October 7th, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s response to US President Joe Biden regarding a potential hostage deal, an IDF announcement about the dismantling of Hamas forces in Rafah, an IDF statement against Hezbollah, an announcement about the elimination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and even a post from October 8th reporting the atrocities committed by the Hamas terror organization a day earlier.
The news outlet received a message from Facebook saying: “It looks like you shared or sent something that attacks a person, or group of people, based on who they are.”
Upon appeal, Facebook responded that it had decided not to reinstate the posts.
While the Arutz Sheva page can still be viewed, the outlet is unable to upload new posts. The Arutz Sheva X and Instagram pages are still active and posting up-to-date news.
{Matzav.com}