The Government of Israel has been running a smear campaign against Palestinians & UNWRA by buying ads on Google

Swiss humanitarian relief expert Philippe Lazzarini, heads UNRWA the UN agency responsible for aiding Palestinian refugees. "It is time to reach a political solution to this decades’ long conflict to end the suffering of civilians wherever they are." Philippe Lazzarini

 August 30,2024

Philippe Lazzarini

@UNLazzarini

The spread of misinformation & disinformation continues to be used as a weapon in the [Israel's] war in #Gaza. 

 

As part of its campaign to undermine & discredit @UNRWA, the Government of Israel has been buying ads on  @Google to block users from giving donations to the Agency + undertake a defamation campaign.

 

@UNRWA  is the largest humanitarian organization responding to the crisis in #Gaza. This does not just hurt the agency’s reputation but most importantly it puts the lives of our staff at risk. 

 

These deliberate efforts to spread misinformation should stop + be investigated. 

 

Companies including social media platforms continue to make profit through spreading misinformation. More regulations are needed to combat disinformation + hate speech. 

 

@WIRED  @UNRWAUSA

 

 

Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN’s Top Gaza Aid Agency

The UNRWA calls Israel’s strategy of promoting alleged misinformation “destructive.”

 

https://www.wired.com/story/israel-unrwa-usa-hamas-google-search-ads/

Middle East Targeting

"Employees at Google have publicly raised concerns about Israel’s use of a number of Google technologies, such as cloud computing and Photos, as well a perceived bias among management at its YouTube unit toward favoring Israel on content and monetization policies. “We’ve seen Israel creatively weaponize a lot of Google services,” says Josh Marxen, a Google Cloud software engineer who has protested his division’s contract with Israel, a deal known as Nimbus.

While Nimbus has drawn more widespread and public protest, some employees say they have fumed within Google about Israel’s ad campaigns in part because users have complained about them"

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