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Some users on social media said Facebook and Instagram were blocking pro-Palestinian messages. Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Meta, denied the allegations, saying, "We found a bug that caused users access problems. It had nothing to do with the subject matter of the content."

Some social media users say their posts on Facebook and Instagram were removed even though they did not violate platform rules.

Meta, which owns the two social networks, said some of these posts were hidden due to an accidental bug in the company's systems.

ALSO BLOCKS ACCOUNTS CALLING FOR PROTESTS

In particular, users said messages of support for Palestinian civilians, many of whom have been displaced, injured or killed in Israeli airstrikes, have been hidden from the platforms, the New York Times reported.

Some people also reported that Facebook suppressed accounts calling for peaceful protests in cities across the United States, including the planned sit-ins in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend.

Aya Omar, an AI engineer, said she was unable to see Palestinian media accounts she regularly reads because Meta and Instagram blocked them.

"ACTIVELY HIDING POSTS"

"Instagram and Facebook actively block posts about the real history of Israel/Palestine, sometimes disguising it as 'technical difficulty,'" the Hampton Institute, a think tank, said Sunday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

META ANNOUNCES TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

Meta warned that some posts may be temporarily suppressed or suspended as it takes measures to deal with numerous reports of uncensored content. The company said that in some cases there were technical difficulties that resulted in posts that should have been widely visible being blocked.

THE CONTENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER

In a post on social media platform X, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said: "We've identified a bug affecting all Stories that repost Reels and Feed posts, causing users access problems.

This bug affected accounts around the world equally and had nothing to do with the subject matter of the content. We fixed it as soon as possible."