Tag Archive for Khaled Abu Toameh

| January 21, 2013
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Facebook apologizes for taking down Arab-Israeli journalist’s page

The problem becomes worse when Facebook itself starts removing material that bothers dictatorships and tyrants.

By JTA

 

JERUSALEM — Facebook apologized to an Israeli –Arab journalist for closing his Facebook account and removing posts.

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Facebook Logo & Mark-Zuckerberg

Facebook last week closed for 24 hours the account of the Jerusalem Post’s Arab affairs reporter Khaled Abu Toameh, for what it said was “security reasons.” The account was opened one day later with two posts critical of corruption in the Palestinian Authority and in Jordan removed. Toameh had received hate mail and death threats due to the posts, according to the Jerusalem Post. Continue Reading »

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| January 19, 2013
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FACEBOOK VIOLATES ITS OWN PRINCIPLES with Arab Israeli Journalist’s Page

Arab Israeli journalist Khaled abu Toameh told The Jewish Press in a lengthy interview about Facebook’s bizarre treatment of his Facebook page.

Facebook has yet given a word of explanation to abu Toameh, why his page was shut down, parts of it were deleted, and then put back up.

 

 

“Fatah couldn’t stop me, Hamas couldn’t stop me, not even Facebook will stop me from continuing my work,” is what Arab Israeli journalist Khaled abu Toameh told The Jewish Press Tuesday morning, January 15, in a lengthy interview about Facebook’s bizarre treatment of his Facebook page. Continue Reading »

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| January 18, 2013
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Lack of Free Speech in the Arab World & Facebook’s Support

Many Palestinian journalists, and those in the Middle East, are forced to use Facebook to publish what their own media will not accept. But the problem becomes worse when Facebook itself starts removing material that bothers dictatorships and tyrants. One can only hope that the same Facebook employee who “accidentally” removed the article will make the same mistake and and close down the accounts belonging to terrorist organizations and their leaders. It is the duty of Facebook and Western societies to side with those seeking freedom, and not to be complicit in suppressing there voices.

By Khaled Abu Toameh

 

“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. Continue Reading »

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| January 15, 2013
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Facebook deactivates page of Palestinian writer posting anti-corruption articles

Veteran Journalist Khaled Abu Toameh, has had his Facebook account deactivated because of Hamas & PA threats, ‘simply’ for posting articles detailing Palestinian Authority corruption.

by The Commentator

 

Social networking website Facebook has today been accused of attempting to silence critics of the Palestinian Authority as it cracked down on the page owned by Arab-Israeli writer Khaled Abu Toameh.

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Arab-Israeli writer Khaled Abu Toameh

Abu Toameh, the son of an Arab Israeli father and a Palestinian mother, is a former senior reporter for the Jerusalem Post. He has reported that as of yesterday, his Facebook page had been deactivated.

The Commentator has learned that following complaints from the Palestinian Authority and Jordanian security authorities about his articles dealing with corruption, Facebook had taken the steps necessary to effectively censor his work.

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