An independent oversight board for Meta determined the phrase “from the river to the sea” is not hate speech and can be posted on the social media platform.
The board reviewed three posts that included the phrase, which has been a rallying cry for Hamas to incite violence and destruction upon Jews and Israelis.
The phrase “has multiple meanings,” and there are “a variety of people using the phrase in different ways,” the board concluded.
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“While it can be understood by some as encouraging and legitimizing antisemitism and the violent elimination of Israel and its people, it is also often used as a political call for solidarity, equal rights, and self-determination of the Palestinian people and to end the war in Gaza,” the board said.
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