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Meta lifts ban on use of the word 'Shaheed' in its posts

Some groups, such as the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), have slammed Meta's decision, saying the company has 'double standards' for the Jewish community.

|ByIRIT SKULNIK
Meta HQ at One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, CA: an ideal venue for the Bay Area Jewish community to demand that Mark Zuckerberg prioritizes safety of Jewish students over profits.
A UKRAINIAN police officer inspects parts of an Iranian-made Shahed-136 suicide drone at the site of a Russian strike on fuel storage facilities in Kharkiv in October 2022.

Cheap Russian drone a menace to Ukrainian troops and equipment

Ukrainian soldiers are reporting that Russia is ramping up the frequency with which it uses suicide drones in combat. The drones are causing Ukraine to take a financial hit in destroyed equipment.

|ByREUTERS
Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.

Meta's oversight board to review moderation of Arabic word 'shahid'

Meta has sought the advice of its oversight board on whether it should continue removing posts that use the word 'shahid' to refer to 'dangerous' individuals.

|ByREUTERS