Warren and Sanders Claim Meta Is Over-Censoring Pro-Palestinian Content

Meta should increase transparency so the public can better understand how it’s censoring pro-Palestinian content on its platforms, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday. They claimed Meta lowered its threshold for removing content that violates policy from users in Palestinian territories after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Platforms like Instagram and Facebook remove content when automated systems are 80% “certain a violation has occurred,” but Meta lowered the threshold to 25% for Palestinian users after the attack, the lawmakers wrote. In addition, Meta didn’t provide requested information in a December letter, they said: “It is imperative that Meta provide this information so the American people and their elected representatives can understand the impact of Meta’s policies on those communities and public debate.” Meta didn’t comment.