Waqas Ahmed

2 weeks ago | dropsitenews.com | Murtaza Hussain |Waqas Ahmed |Ryan Grim

For the year 2025, the Israeli government announced it would be earmarking an additional $150 million toward global public relations, an unprecedented increase in spending that comes alongside a striking collapse in perception for Israel around the world. The cost of that collapse, it turns out, can be measured. Meta, which owns both Instagram and Facebook, is the primary way that many companies reach customers.

1 month ago | defenddemocracy.press | Waqas Ahmed |Murtaza Hussain

After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it impossible to send emails containing “Palestine” or “Gaza.”By Waqas Ahmed and Murtaza HussainMay 22, 2025Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees.

1 month ago | dropsitenews.com | Waqas Ahmed |Murtaza Hussain

Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees. The automated filter, which silently prevents such emails from reaching recipients was first detected on Wednesday—just after Microsoft’s Build developer conference faced repeated disruptions by the activist group.

2 months ago | intercept.com.br | Waqas Ahmed |Nicholas Rodelo |Ryan Grim |Murtaza Hussain

Dados internos da Meta, obtidos pelo Drop Site News, revelam que o governo de Israel teria orquestrado diretamente uma onda de censura, no Instagram e no Facebook, aos posts com críticas a Israel, ou o mais tênue apoio aos palestinos. A Meta atendeu a 94% dos pedidos de remoção de conteúdo enviados por Israel desde 7 de outubro de 2023, segundo os dados.

2 months ago | portside.org | Waqas Ahmed |Nicholas Rodelo |Ryan Grim |Murtaza Hussain

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign To Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram Published April 13, 2025 A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News. The data show that Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023.