Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?

As bombs fell on Gaza in October 2023, Palestinian journalists turned to social media to show the world what was happening to their people. Israel’s siege on Gaza had been intensified, with food and water banned at one point, and the ban on the entry of foreign journalists was likely intended to create a media blackout during the genocidal war on the enclave.While Palestinian media workers and citizen journalists in Gaza documented the genocide, there were other challenges in sharing evidence of war crimes with the outside world.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4In Gaza, actors perform a war they are still livinglist 2 of 4What’s behind reports that the Israeli army is low on troops, equipment?list 3 of 4Lacking equipment, but not ambition: Gaza students try to keep up with techlist 4 of 4Ed Sheeran calls Gaza situation ‘unjustifiable’ after Palestine controversyend of listHuman Rights Watch (HRW) documented cases where Instagram removed images and videos showing Palestinian civilians killed or injured in Israeli attacks, claiming they broke Meta’s “violence and incitement” rules.It highlights a trend of apparent social media subterfuge, which I describe as Echoicide, w...