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The independent Oversight Board that hears appeals about content decisions on Facebook and Instagram said Tuesday it would consider whether the pro-Palestinian phrase “from the river to the sea” violates the platforms’ rules including their ban on hate speech. The Oversight Board, which operates similarly to a court, said in a statement that it had agreed to hear three cases concerning the phrase as used in comments or posts on Facebook. The three cases all date to November, following the Oct.
Some interpret the phrase as a general appeal to Palestinian nationalism, while others, including Hamas, have used the phrase to call for a Palestinian state over the entire area, meaning Israel would not exist as an independent state. The Oversight Board summed up the competing views this way: “On the one hand, the phrase has been used to advocate for the dignity and human rights of Palestinians.
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