American supermodel of Palestinian descent Bella Hadid has accused Instagram (a social network owned by the company Meta, classified as an extremist organization in Russia, where it’s banned) of restricting the disclosure of her account based on the stories the celebrity tried to get over to publicize the violence that erupted last Friday in clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshipers near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
“Instagram prevented me from posting my stories almost always when it comes to Palestine I think,” lamented the model. “If I post about Palestine, I’ll be immediately banned, so almost a million fewer of you will see my stories and posts,” Hadid told her 51 million followers.
The “shadowban” is a restriction that activates the platform so that the publications of some users are not fully visible, that is, so that their “posts” appear less for the followers and the hashtags are no longer recognizable, so that these accounts are displayed one noticeable loss of awareness and have difficulties in gaining new followers.
“It won’t let me post again…for 2 hours,” the model commented on a screenshot showing her neglecting to post one of her recent stories.
Hadid also noted that she wasn’t allowed to upload two “very important” posts that she tried to repost from the Eye On Palestine account.