Is there a link between the closure of accounts on social networks and the CRIF (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions)?
This is the question that legitimately arises when you look at PBB.News, an Instagram account with almost 2 million followers, which was deactivated on 28 March following numerous reports of articles reporting on the situation in Palestine. In 8 years of work, this is the 4th time that the editorial team has had its Instagram accounts closed, losing several hundred thousand followers each time.
Why are publications denouncing the ongoing genocide in G@za being censored, as is the case with PBB.News?
Perhaps because on 13 May, the CRIF met with Laurent Solly, Meta's Vice-President for Southern Europe, and their discussions focused on "Meta's commitments in the fight against anti-Semitism and hatred on the Internet", according to a tweet from the CRIF on X1.
It is therefore legitimate to wonder what role the CRIF plays in the censorship of publications on Meta that denounce the genocidal policies of the State of Israel, as PBB.News has experienced.
Since the murderous attacks on G@za began last October, the Meta group (which owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp) has constantly censored support for the Palestinian cause published on its networks. Visibility was reduced, functionalities were blocked, and even accounts were simply and indisputably deactivated on the network.
The CCIE supports all information groups that seek to expose discrimination on social networks and are censored for doing so.
