Social Media Platforms Are Deleting the Gaza Genocide

By: Staff December 6, 2025

A sweeping crackdown on digital expression is silencing Palestinian voices at one of the most critical moments in modern history, according to the Digital Rights Index 2024. The report, published by Sada Social, reveals a systematic effort to suppress Palestinian content across major social media platforms-precisely as the war in Gaza intensifies and the International Court of Justice warns of a "plausible" case of genocide.

What emerges is a stark picture of a digital battleground. For many Palestinians, social media is a lifeline: a way to document attacks, mourn their loved ones, and share raw footage from the ground. Yet these same posts are being deleted, their accounts restricted, and their voices pushed into the algorithmic shadows.

The scale of censorship is staggering. The report documents more than 25,000 violations against Palestinian digital content, including post removals, shadow banning, and account suspensions. Violations were concentrated across the major platforms:

- Instagram: 31% - TikTok: 27% - Facebook: 24% - X (Twitter): 12%

Even as Palestinian content is aggressively targeted, incitement against Palestinians spreads largely unchecked, with 87,000+ instances recorded in 2024. This hate speech was concentrated on:

- Telegram: 41% - X: 35% - Meta platforms: 15%

A public survey by Sada Social confirms the breadth of this repression: 68.4% of Palestinian users report restrictions on Facebook, 65.8% on Instagram, 36.2% on TikTok, and 14.5% on X-clear evidence that suppression spans every major platform.

The Digital Rights Index 2024 ultimately exposes a painful truth: today's online platforms are not neutral. They have become extensions of colonial violence, shaping which stories survive-and which are erased from history.

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Amid widespread censorship and deleted posts, the Genocide Archive Project preserves the evidence that platforms are erasing. The project securely stores and verifies eyewitness videos, citizen documentation, and humanitarian records, using multi-layered global storage and structured metadata to keep at-risk material accessible for legal, academic, and historical use. Its mission is to safeguard truth, prevent denial, and ensure the stories and suffering of Palestinians are never lost.