KUALA LUMPUR: Meta Platforms has restored Fb posts by Malaysian media masking Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s assembly this week with a Hamas chief, saying they have been eliminated in error.
The elimination had drawn complaints from Malaysia’s authorities, a vocal supporter of the Palestinian trigger and which has warned that agency motion could possibly be taken towards Meta and different social media firms in the event that they have been blocking pro-Palestinian content material on their platforms.
Anwar met Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Qatar on Monday (Might 13). He later careworn that although he had good relations with the group’s political leaders, he had no involvement in its army equipment.
This was Anwar’s first face-to-face assembly with Haniyeh as prime minister of Malaysia.
Anwar has met the highest Hamas chief twice, with the final one in 2020 when Haniyeh visited Malaysia. In addition they met in 2019.
Muslim-majority Malaysia had despatched a letter asking Meta to elucidate the taking down of posts by two media organisations concerning the assembly, in addition to the closure of a Fb account final month belonging to a 3rd outlet, the Malaysia Gazette, which covers Palestinian points.
“Two posts have been eliminated in error and have now been restored,” a Meta spokesperson mentioned in an e mail to Reuters.
