Fwd: Detailed exposé on how Israel works to censor the Internet

 
From: "Anne Abowd p.p. PEOPLE who still give a shit" <people@PROTECTED>
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Date: March 9th 2018


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From: "Alison Weir, If Americans Knew" <contact@PROTECTED>
Subject: Detailed exposé on how Israel works to censor the Internet
Date: March 9, 2018 at 10:07:53 AM EST
To: Anne Marie Abowd <anneabowd@PROTECTED>

Exposé on internet censorship projects by Israel.  View this email in your browser

What every American needs to know about Israel-Palestine

Dear Anne Marie,

When YouTube recently terminated our video channel for a period of time, I began researching how and why this may have happened. The result is my detailed report on how Israel and its partisans work to censor the Internet. I discovered a disturbing reality. 

Numerous projects work to flood social media with pro-Israel propaganda, while blocking facts Israel dislikes. The projects utilize Israeli soldiers, students, American teens and others, and range from infiltrating Wikipedia to influencing YouTube. Some work out of Jewish Community Centers in the U.S. – the IDF says it is scouring Jewish communities abroad for young computer prodigies to recruit… 

I hope you'll read and share my thoroughly cited article, with associated images and photos: 

How Israel and Its Partisans Work to Censor the Internet

By Alison Weir

Recently, YouTube suddenly shut down the If Americans Knew YouTube channel. This contained 70 videos providing facts-based information about Israel-Palestine. 

People going to the channel saw a message telling them that the site had been terminated for “violating YouTube guidelines”—implying to the public that we were guilty of wrongdoing. And ensuring they didn’t learn about the information we were trying to disseminate.

When we tried to access our channel, we found a message saying our account had been “permanently disabled.” We had received no warning and got no explanation.

After five days, we received a generic message saying YouTube had reviewed our content and determined it didn’t violate any guidelines. Our channel became live once more.

So why was it shut down in the first place? What happened and why?

Read more

 

Thank you, as always, for your support. Your tax-deductible donations are what make our work possible. We greatly appreciate and need your continued contributions.

 Alison Weir

 

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