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Author Archives: Fares Akram

Posted inWorld News

Facebook’s language gaps weaken screen of hate, terrorism

by Isabel Debre and Fares Akram October 25, 2021

As the Gaza war raged and tensions surged across the Middle East last May, Instagram briefly banned the hashtag #AlAqsa, a reference to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, a flash point in the conflict. Facebook, which owns Instagram, later apologized, explaining its algorithms had mistaken the third-holiest site in Islam for the militant […]

Posted inWorld News

Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation

by Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss May 19, 2021
Posted inWorld News

Israeli strike destroys Gaza building with AP, other media

by Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss May 15, 2021
Posted inNews

Dozens killed in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem

by Fares Akram and Ilan Ben Zion May 18, 2018

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