Facebook and Instagram have sparked outrage for allowing ads with the antisemitic slogan ‘From the river to the sea’. The Telegraph has the story.
The social networks have run multiple adverts in the U.K. and Europe, some seen by hundreds of thousands of people, containing the phrase since the October 7th attacks.
The adverts range from political statements to promotions for art, clothing and jewellery seeking to capitalise on the phrase.
Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, said it did not ban the phrase outright but blocked adverts when the phrase was used in a way that violated its policies.
The extended phrase, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” has been criticised by Israel’s supporters as an antisemitic phrase calling for the destruction of the Jewish people. …
The language has been banned by online marketplace Etsy, while Elon Musk has said using it will lead to suspension from Twitter.
As I said earlier this week, “decolonization”, “from the river to the sea” and similar euphemisms necessarily imply genocide.
Clear calls for extreme violence are against our terms of service and will result in suspension. https://t.co/1fCFo5Lezb
One advert that ran on Meta’s platforms and was taken out by the Dutch political party Denk was seen more than 100,000 times, according to Meta’s online ad library.
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