Mona Shtaya 🍉
@monashtaya.bsky.social
Twitter refugee | Digital Rights Maniac | Tech policy | Corporate Accountability
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Happening now at @smex.org's Bread&Net: panel on the contest over information and narrative amid conflict and violence, featuring moderator @michatobia.bsky.social, and current and former @timep.bsky.social fellows @justinsalhani.bsky.social, @monashtaya.bsky.social, and @kassemmnejja.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Happening now at @smex.org's Bread&Net: panel on the contest over information and narrative amid conflict and violence, featuring moderator @michatobia.bsky.social, and current and former @timep.bsky.social fellows @justinsalhani.bsky.social, @monashtaya.bsky.social, and @kassemmnejja.bsky.social.
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On Thursday, October 30, TIMEP Advocacy Manager Douglas Christensen will come together with digital rights advocate @monashtaya.bsky.social to lead a practical workshop on how to inform and influence government policy and to create a space where participants can share advocacy best practices.
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
On Thursday, October 30, TIMEP Advocacy Manager Douglas Christensen will come together with digital rights advocate @monashtaya.bsky.social to lead a practical workshop on how to inform and influence government policy and to create a space where participants can share advocacy best practices.
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Join our panel on Wednesday, Oct 29, examining the fight over narrative in armed conflict. @monashtaya.bsky.social, @justinsalhani.bsky.social & @kassemmnejja.bsky.social, moderated by @michatobia.bsky.social, will delve into key trends from content moderation to disinformation & internet shutdowns.
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join our panel on Wednesday, Oct 29, examining the fight over narrative in armed conflict. @monashtaya.bsky.social, @justinsalhani.bsky.social & @kassemmnejja.bsky.social, moderated by @michatobia.bsky.social, will delve into key trends from content moderation to disinformation & internet shutdowns.
While Iran restricts internet access for its citizens amid ongoing escalations, Israeli authorities have also tightened regulations around documenting the Iranian missile attacks. This conflict is, in many ways, a war of information.
www.wired.com/story/iran-i...
www.wired.com/story/iran-i...
Iran’s Internet Blackout Adds New Dangers for Civilians Amid Israeli Bombings
Iran is limiting internet connectivity for citizens amid Israeli airstrikes—pushing people towards domestic apps, which may not be secure, and limiting their ability to access vital information.
www.wired.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
While Iran restricts internet access for its citizens amid ongoing escalations, Israeli authorities have also tightened regulations around documenting the Iranian missile attacks. This conflict is, in many ways, a war of information.
www.wired.com/story/iran-i...
www.wired.com/story/iran-i...
Jordana Cutler has been widely criticized for her role in pushing Israeli policies that censor voices critical of Israeli war crimes within the company.
Meta continues its censorship—this time, once again, targeting Michael Schirtzer, a well-known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian. Prior to his suspension, he noted that Jordana Cutler, Meta's Policy Chief for Israel & the Jewish Diaspora, had been viewing his stories
mikeybon.substack.com/p/i-was-cens...
mikeybon.substack.com/p/i-was-cens...
I was censored by Meta for my Palestine advocacy
Jewish anti-zionist comedian disappeared from Instagram over Palestine content
mikeybon.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Jordana Cutler has been widely criticized for her role in pushing Israeli policies that censor voices critical of Israeli war crimes within the company.
Meta continues its censorship—this time, once again, targeting Michael Schirtzer, a well-known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian. Prior to his suspension, he noted that Jordana Cutler, Meta's Policy Chief for Israel & the Jewish Diaspora, had been viewing his stories
mikeybon.substack.com/p/i-was-cens...
mikeybon.substack.com/p/i-was-cens...
I was censored by Meta for my Palestine advocacy
Jewish anti-zionist comedian disappeared from Instagram over Palestine content
mikeybon.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Meta continues its censorship—this time, once again, targeting Michael Schirtzer, a well-known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian. Prior to his suspension, he noted that Jordana Cutler, Meta's Policy Chief for Israel & the Jewish Diaspora, had been viewing his stories
mikeybon.substack.com/p/i-was-cens...
mikeybon.substack.com/p/i-was-cens...
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As a nonresident fellow, @monashtaya.bsky.social worked to hold tech corporations accountable for silencing important voices through shadow banning and content moderation.
Your support to TIMEP's fellowships help support the work of rising leaders like Mona: givebutter.com/supportTIMEP...
Your support to TIMEP's fellowships help support the work of rising leaders like Mona: givebutter.com/supportTIMEP...
April 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As a nonresident fellow, @monashtaya.bsky.social worked to hold tech corporations accountable for silencing important voices through shadow banning and content moderation.
Your support to TIMEP's fellowships help support the work of rising leaders like Mona: givebutter.com/supportTIMEP...
Your support to TIMEP's fellowships help support the work of rising leaders like Mona: givebutter.com/supportTIMEP...
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🚨 Don’t miss this @migrationtechmonitor.com interview with our 2024/2025 Fellow @monashtaya.bsky.social on her life and work in the West Bank under high-tech occupation!
Israel is using state-of-the-art technology against Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also against residents in the West Bank.
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
April 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 Don’t miss this @migrationtechmonitor.com interview with our 2024/2025 Fellow @monashtaya.bsky.social on her life and work in the West Bank under high-tech occupation!
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Israel is using state-of-the-art technology against Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also against residents in the West Bank.
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
April 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Israel is using state-of-the-art technology against Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also against residents in the West Bank.
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
2024/25 MTM fellow and Palestinian researcher @monashtaya.bsky.social talks with us about life under high tech occupation
➡️ www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/monas-b...
"Facebook's parent company had not listened to explicit user requests to opt out of data collection and targeted advertisements."
www.reuters.com/technology/d...
www.reuters.com/technology/d...
Digital rights activists file complaints in Europe over Meta's targeted ads
Online rights activists have filed complaints with data protection authorities in several European countries about U.S. software firm Meta's targeted advertising practices, the Eko group said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Facebook's parent company had not listened to explicit user requests to opt out of data collection and targeted advertisements."
www.reuters.com/technology/d...
www.reuters.com/technology/d...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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We're honored to have co-hosted a joint session with @arabifactshub.bsky.social on tech-driven solutions to combat information disorder, with @alsayyad.bsky.social , @monashtaya.bsky.social, Alexei Abrahams & @michatobia.bsky.social, moderated by Abdelrahman Mansour at this year's @rightscon.org.
February 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We're honored to have co-hosted a joint session with @arabifactshub.bsky.social on tech-driven solutions to combat information disorder, with @alsayyad.bsky.social , @monashtaya.bsky.social, Alexei Abrahams & @michatobia.bsky.social, moderated by Abdelrahman Mansour at this year's @rightscon.org.
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🚨Mark Zuckerberg & other Big Tech CEOs have fully aligned with the new Trump administration, dismantling safeguards for human rights & democracy. The GCTJ’s statement exposes their dangerous agenda and calls for urgent global action.
📢 Take action now: www.globaltechjustice.org
#TechAccountability
📢 Take action now: www.globaltechjustice.org
#TechAccountability
Global Call to Action | Global Tech Justice
Global Coalition for Tech Justice, are a worldwide civil society movement of human rights organizations and defenders, fact-checkers, journalists, and champions of digital rights and corporate account...
www.globaltechjustice.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨Mark Zuckerberg & other Big Tech CEOs have fully aligned with the new Trump administration, dismantling safeguards for human rights & democracy. The GCTJ’s statement exposes their dangerous agenda and calls for urgent global action.
📢 Take action now: www.globaltechjustice.org
#TechAccountability
📢 Take action now: www.globaltechjustice.org
#TechAccountability
So, Meta is terminating its DEI programs too!
This is just the cherry on top of the company’s policy changes, sealing its unholy marrige with the new U.S. administration!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is just the cherry on top of the company’s policy changes, sealing its unholy marrige with the new U.S. administration!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Meta terminates its DEI programs days before Trump inauguration
Meta, fresh off announcement to end factchecking, follows McDonald’s and Walmart in rolling back diversity initiatives
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
So, Meta is terminating its DEI programs too!
This is just the cherry on top of the company’s policy changes, sealing its unholy marrige with the new U.S. administration!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is just the cherry on top of the company’s policy changes, sealing its unholy marrige with the new U.S. administration!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The termination of Meta’s fact-checking program came at the direct request of Brendan Carr, President Trump's pick for FCC chair. In mid-November 2023, he sent a series of threatening letters targeting the fact-checking program of Meta, Apple, Google, & Microsoft.
www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...
www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...
Meta’s fact-checking changes are just what Trump’s FCC head asked for
Nice liability shield you’ve got there.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The termination of Meta’s fact-checking program came at the direct request of Brendan Carr, President Trump's pick for FCC chair. In mid-November 2023, he sent a series of threatening letters targeting the fact-checking program of Meta, Apple, Google, & Microsoft.
www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...
www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...
Meta’s latest measures prioritize profit over user safety, dismantling critical fact-checking systems & allowing unchecked disinformation to fuel the platform. This not only threatens people's safety but also erodes democracy worldwide.
about.fb.com/news/2025/01...
about.fb.com/news/2025/01...
More Speech and Fewer Mistakes | Meta
We're ending our third party fact checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.
about.fb.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Meta’s latest measures prioritize profit over user safety, dismantling critical fact-checking systems & allowing unchecked disinformation to fuel the platform. This not only threatens people's safety but also erodes democracy worldwide.
about.fb.com/news/2025/01...
about.fb.com/news/2025/01...
Israel has announced a dramatic expansion of its "hasbara" (propaganda) efforts in its 2025 budget, with the foreign ministry set to receive an additional $150m.
www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
Israel boosts propaganda funding by $150m to sway global opinion against genocide
www.middleeasteye.net
December 31, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Israel has announced a dramatic expansion of its "hasbara" (propaganda) efforts in its 2025 budget, with the foreign ministry set to receive an additional $150m.
www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
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Nick Clegg: ‘Too often, harmless content gets taken down, or restricted, and too many people get penalized unfairly,’
Palestinians: WE TOLD YOU 🤭
www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
Palestinians: WE TOLD YOU 🤭
www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
Meta says it’s mistakenly moderating too much
A top exec says the company is working to bring down its moderation “error rates.”
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Nick Clegg: ‘Too often, harmless content gets taken down, or restricted, and too many people get penalized unfairly,’
Palestinians: WE TOLD YOU 🤭
www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
Palestinians: WE TOLD YOU 🤭
www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
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Gaza Genocide and the New International Disorder
13 December at 13:00
Gamla polikliniken, Lund
Join us for a research seminar with Mona Shtaya, Independent Researcher at Digital Rights Defender, and Robert Knox, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Liverpool.
More details on www.luap.se
13 December at 13:00
Gamla polikliniken, Lund
Join us for a research seminar with Mona Shtaya, Independent Researcher at Digital Rights Defender, and Robert Knox, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Liverpool.
More details on www.luap.se
December 3, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Gaza Genocide and the New International Disorder
13 December at 13:00
Gamla polikliniken, Lund
Join us for a research seminar with Mona Shtaya, Independent Researcher at Digital Rights Defender, and Robert Knox, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Liverpool.
More details on www.luap.se
13 December at 13:00
Gamla polikliniken, Lund
Join us for a research seminar with Mona Shtaya, Independent Researcher at Digital Rights Defender, and Robert Knox, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Liverpool.
More details on www.luap.se
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Excellent discussion on the dangerous repression of dissent during violent conflict #Palestine-Israel. Thank you Carnegie for hosting.
Delighted to be joining the book launch event for "Dissent, Protest, and Palestine-Israel: Restrictions on Civic Space During Violent Conflict", organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace edited by Zaha Hasan and H. A. Hellyer
carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
Dissent, Protest, and Palestine-Israel: Restrictions on Civic Space During Violent Conflict
Join the Carnegie Endowment’s Middle East program for a panel discussion moderated by Ishaan Tharoor, a Washington Post global affairs columnist, featuring editors of the new volume and legal scholars...
carnegieendowment.org
December 3, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Excellent discussion on the dangerous repression of dissent during violent conflict #Palestine-Israel. Thank you Carnegie for hosting.
Delighted to be joining the book launch event for "Dissent, Protest, and Palestine-Israel: Restrictions on Civic Space During Violent Conflict", organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace edited by Zaha Hasan and H. A. Hellyer
carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
Dissent, Protest, and Palestine-Israel: Restrictions on Civic Space During Violent Conflict
Join the Carnegie Endowment’s Middle East program for a panel discussion moderated by Ishaan Tharoor, a Washington Post global affairs columnist, featuring editors of the new volume and legal scholars...
carnegieendowment.org
November 28, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Delighted to be joining the book launch event for "Dissent, Protest, and Palestine-Israel: Restrictions on Civic Space During Violent Conflict", organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace edited by Zaha Hasan and H. A. Hellyer
carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/...
