Bella Hadid Lashes At Instagram For Censoring Palestinian Dad’s Passport Photo
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Bella Hadid has lambasted Instagram after the social media platform censored her Instagram Story that featured her father’s passport photo.
The supermodel shared a photo of Mohamed Hadid’s expired US passport, which noted his birthplace as Palestine. Unfortunately, she was notified by the platform that her content was against its community guidelines.
Hadid aired out her frustrations on Instagram Story, writing, “Instagram removed my story that only said, ‘My baba and his birthplace of Palestine’ with a photograph of his American passport.”
“@Instagram, exactly which part of me being proud of my father’s birthplace of Palestine is bullying, harassment, graphic, or sexual nudity?” she asked the platform. “Are we not allowed to be Palestinian on Instagram? This, to me, is bullying. You can’t erase history by silencing people,” she continued.
She also shared the response from Instagram to her fans, which read, “We removed your story because it goes against our Community Guidelines on harassment or bullying. We have these guidelines because we want our community to feel respected and safe.”
While it is still unclear why Instagram removed her post, Bella received tons of support from her fans. “We are sick of having Palestinian content censored on social media platforms,” one fan wrote, before adding, “Mohammad Hadid's passport considered hate speech because it stated he was born in Palestine. Thank you @bellahadid.”
“What part of telling people your ethnicity counts as ‘hate speech’? You can’t say this was a mistake,” another tweeted.
Proud of this women so fkn much @bellahadid ! Palestine keeps getting silenced and I’m sick of it! #PalestinianLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/Ib4BMKRTq1
— anissa🧡 (@aanyssa_z) July 7, 2020
I have respect for Bella Hadid because she postsed her dads passport that showed his birthplace of Palestine and instagram removed it and she posted again... people are trying so hard to erase Palestine completely but never will
— مديحة (@madiha0chohan) July 7, 2020
@bellahadid's Insta story was removed just because it was a picture of her father's passport, which said his birthplace was Palestine. What part of telling people of your ethnicity counts as 'hate speech'? You can't say this was a mistake.
— realDonaldTrump ✪ (@shafinchyy) July 7, 2020
@instagram removing content that has relation to #Palestine is RACSIM 😡 @bellahadid @GiGiHadid pic.twitter.com/oAPl21FEPi
— Noor 🌛💫✨ (@NoorAlmuzaffar) July 8, 2020
So @instagram remove a post from @bellahadid because she said her Dad was born in Palestine. Which ‘community violation’ does a historic fact represent? When it comes to Palestine, the eradication of history is widely encouraged. pic.twitter.com/lNT5PAUgG9
— Mark Donne (@donne_mark) July 8, 2020
We are sick of having Palestinian conetnt censored on social media platforms. Mohammad Hadid's passport was considered hate speech bc it stated he was born in Palestine.
— حنان (@nassarha_) July 7, 2020
Imagine how hard it is to show our side when we are not allowed to present our identity
Thank you @bellahadid pic.twitter.com/h3l6G7AUzV
[via The National, opening image via BAKOUNINE / Shutterstock.com]
