YouTube, Zoom and Facebook censor Leila Khaled for Israel
Lobby Watch 23 September 2020
Leila Khaled was censored on major internet platforms at the behest of Israel lobby groups and the Israeli government. (Fira Literal Barcelona)
Major Silicon Valley companies censored an event at San Francisco State University on Wednesday.
This means that during the pandemic, private companies closely aligned with the government have immense power over what can be said, even in an academic setting.
Zoom, the web-based videoconferencing platform, announced Tuesday evening that it was prohibiting SFSU from using its software to host a planned webinar on Wednesday with Leila Khaled, the Palestinian resistance icon who is now in her seventies and lives in Jordan.
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