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>96 percent of Palestinians said their primary use of Facebook was for following news This is astounding to me given the likelihood of Facebook's unspoken alle
by 0xBA5ED 9y ago
>96 percent of Palestinians said their primary use of Facebook was for following news
This is astounding to me given the likelihood of Facebook's unspoken allegiances and their history with respect to censorship.
- beagle3 9y agoWhile I agree, i’m Not familiar with even remotely neutral sources in Arabic; on one side you have a Hamas/Fatah “Iraqi information minister”’style reporting, and on the other side you have the Israeli reporting in Arabic. Facebook, despite being more closely aligned with Israel, and having the history of a Skinner box operator, is still more likely to bring news vetted by their friends with some commentary. Very sadly, it might actually be their best source of news.
- lithos 9y ago"History"? it should be something closer to "reality of being a Skinner box operator".
- LorenPechtel 9y agoBut how much of that "news" is propaganda/incitement to violence?