Facebook may be at the top of the Social Networking category in the Apple App Store, but that does not necessarily mean that people are happy with it. They just download the application.
Ακτιβιστές που υποστηρίζουν την Παλαιστίνη διεξάγουν μια συντονισμένη καμπάνια για τη μείωση της βαθμολογίας των εφαρμογών για κινητά του Facebook στα Stores Apple and Google.
The campaign, which observed for the first time από το NBC News, και καλεί τους netizens να δώσουν αρνητική κριτική στο Facebook για να διαμαρτυρηθούν για την λογοκρισία της εταιρείας σε παλαιστινιακούς λογαριασμούς και αναρτήσεις στην platform of the social network.
It seems that the activists' efforts have paid off, since at the moment, Facebook has a rating of 2,3 / 5,0 stars in App Store, and 2,4 / 5,0 stars at Google Play.
Many of the reviews accuse Facebook of censoring Palestinian posts and including hashtags such as #FreePalestine and #GazaUnderAttack.
According to information, the team Facebook is taking this issue very seriously – internally they've flagged it as “SEV1” or “severity 1”, which describes a very serious, high-priority issue on the site.
The only problem type that has a higher priority than this is "SEV0", which is used when the site is offline.
Facebook spokesman Andy Stone told NBC News that the platform's policies were "designed to give everyone a voice" and that Facebook implements them equally regardless of the user's personal beliefs. He continued:
We have a dedicated team, which includes speakers for Arabic and Hebrew, and are closely monitoring the situation to ensure that we remove harmful content, while dealing with enforcement errors (s.s .: censorship) as soon as possible.
Facebook apparently contacted Apple to remove the negative reviews in the App Store, but its request was rejected.
Unfortunately, it is now very easy to find a reason to be disappointed with Facebook. For example, despite its efforts to stop the spread of misinformation about COVID-19, the platform continues to misinform.
And there are no serious misinformation issues from Facebook, it seems that you still have reason to be misled.
In early May, Facebook he published a notice claiming that surveillance keeps its services free, as Apple's privacy updates with iOS 14.5 indirectly cut much of its revenue. Thousands of users turned to Twitter and Reddit to say they were ungrateful for Facebook's "bullying" tactics.
Facebook can be an example of the phrase "every publicity is good publicity". It is a platform that many seem to hate, however, everyone continues to use it.
