The famous news page “Eye on Palestine” (@eye.on.palestine) and its official backup copy have resumed their activity on “Instagram” after they were recently closed by “Meta” and the “X” platform.
The official "Eye on Palestine" page published a statement late Friday evening saying that it had returned to work.
The statement added: "Eye on Palestine brings you voices and images that are not shown by the official media. We defend our people and their legitimate rights guaranteed by heavenly laws and even international laws, by revealing the truth that is not covered by the sun."
The statement indicated that there are no alternative pages or accounts except @eye.on.palestine and its official backup copy, @eye.on.palestine2, explaining that those responsible for managing the account disabled the “Facebook” page due to the continuous deletion of posts.
It is worth noting that Meta closed the official pro-Palestine Instagram account, “Eye on Palestine,” which had more than 6 million followers (it now has 7.3 million followers).
The official account and its official backup were no longer available on Instagram as of last Wednesday.
The backup account was created to protect the original page and fight “shadow bans,” a problem Instagram users said they faced while sharing pro-Palestine content since the beginning of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.
Shadow blocking is defined as blocking a user, preventing his access to a specific electronic community, and shading that user in such a way that he does not know that he is blocked or prohibited.
When searching for Eye on Palestine accounts, the pages displayed the words: “Sorry, this page is not available.”
The account was also blocked on the “X” platform, as when you search for it, the page displays the words: “This account does not exist.”
According to the Mashable website, Meta stated that it closed the accounts for security reasons and they can now be reactivated by their owner.
Meta said: “These accounts were initially locked for security reasons after signs of hacking appeared. We have helped the account holders regain access and they can now reactivate their accounts.”
Meta confirmed that it did not disable these accounts because of “any content they were sharing,” but many social media users questioned the matter, noting that this is the latest incident of censorship and bias against pro-Palestine messages on Meta’s platforms.
The Eye on Palestine account shared first-hand accounts of the situation in Gaza.
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