The report finds that the issue goes beyond Meta’s failure to remove or limit such content; it extends to financially enabling it through monetization programs. In doing so, the company not only tolerates violent and inciting speech but actively incentivizes its production and spread, violating its own monetization and content policies, disregarding its responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and contravening international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
The report presents a representative sample of monetized Israeli right-wing pages and accounts, including those linked to the settlement movement, far-right public figures, and media outlets known for incitement. It also documents cases involving entities that should be ineligible for monetization under Meta’s own policies, such as government bodies. The sample includes pages that promote illegal outposts, justify settler violence, mock Palestinian victims, call for forced displacement, or celebrate destruction and genocide in Gaza.
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