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Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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1210 points jbegley | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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plsbenice34 ◴[11 Apr 25 18:34 UTC] No.43656921[source]▶
Why is the word Israeli removed from the title? and Meta added? Seems like quite a politically-important modification
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dang ◴[11 Apr 25 18:35 UTC] No.43656931[source]▶
Edit: ok you guys, all your responses have convinced me that I misread the room, and I'm going to reverse the title edit now.

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I did those title edits to (marginally) reduce the flamebait effect of the title, in keeping with standard moderation practice (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). Titles have by far the biggest impact on discussion quality, so this is a big deal. Especially when the topic is divisive.

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1. square_usual ◴[11 Apr 25 20:30 UTC] No.43658186[source]▶
FWIW I support this. It's more relevant to HN to talk about Meta, the big tech company, doing something wrong than a nation, regardless of where you stand on this issue.