Facebook threatens to delete page of pro-Israel UN watchdog chief

Facebook has threatened to delete the personal account of the director of a prominent pro-Israel lobbying group at the United Nations, saying he violates community rules. UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer was also told that his page had already been under sanctions to reduce its visibility for months, the group said in a statement Monday. “It turns out that, as I suspected, Facebook has been deliberately and unjustifiably hiding my posts from the public,” Neuer said in the statement. “Now they’re arbitrarily threatening to delete my account. It’s a Kafkaesque situation, and makes absolutely no sense.” Facebook sent Neuer a warning that his page was “at risk of being unpublished” due to “continued Community Standards violations.” The warning listed just one incident, a post from August 17, 2021, that used a photo of Afghan Taliban to jab at boycotts of Israel. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms It showed Taliban gunmen at the presidential palace in Kabul with a caption “Prediction: Ben and Jerry’s will never announce a boycott of the Taliban,” a reference to the US ice cream maker dropping its…
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