In a development that will be cheered by those who promote open discourse on social media platforms and condemned by ardent supporters of the State of Israel, Meta’s independent Oversight Board for Instagram and Facebook on Wednesday ruled that the controversial slogan “from the river to the sea” is not inherently hate speech in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and should therefore not be subjected to automatic deletion.
“The majority of the Board notes the phrase has multiple meanings and is used by people in various ways and with different intentions,” the board wrote. A minority argued that, since the slogan appears in the 2017 Hamas charter, Meta should automatically consider it to be the “glorification of a designated entity…unless there are clear signs to the contrary.”
True to its approach that parallels court procedures, the board’s decision came in a ruling that spanned a whopping 32 pages. The board’s review centered on three cases that arose in November 2023 — a month after the stunning, violent Hamas invasion of southern Gaza that led to the deaths of at least 1,189 people at the hands of both Hamas militants and Israel’s own military. In each Facebook situation at issue, a user included the phrase in a post or comment, and other users reported them to the platform for allegedly violating its rules.
In its long form, the slogan is “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Referring to the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, it’s been used for decades by a variety of people advocating for a change to the political order in the land that is currently controlled by the State of Israel — which includes not only Israel proper but also the West Bank and Gaza. Notably, a similar phrase has appeared in the platform of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, declaring “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.” […]
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