Back in 2022, the Center for Countering Digital Hate released a blistering report finding that social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok all failed to remove 90 percent of Islamophobic content from their platforms.
Facebook, in particular, had only stepped in to moderate seven out of 125 posts flagged by the Center, in direct violation of its own community guidelines on “expressions of contempt.”
Fast forward four years, and it’s clear the platform has only become worse.
As we reported over the weekend, the social media platform is currently teeming with various forms of Islamophobic and anti-Arab content. It’s a noxious blend of propaganda and misinformation, with often AI-generated imagery whipping viewers into a bigoted frenzy; many who interact with the miasma of online hatred then post more intolerance, harassment, and calls for violence — both from the state and by private citizens — against Muslim Americans.
