The Court adopted legally binding orders that include requiring Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza as well as to prevent and punish direct and public incitement to commit genocide, as foreseen in Article III(e) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. [...] Given the documented use of online platforms to incite genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including by the highest levels of the Israeli leadership, the ICJ order presents a necessity to address the urgent need for online platforms to fulfill their legal and moral responsibility in respecting human rights and preventing the dissemination of harmful content, including incitement to commit genoc. [...] These statements, such as describing the Palestinian people as “human animals” and “children of darkness”, have translated into unlawful acts in Gaza that may be in violation of the Genocide Convention, including the killing of over 27,585 Palestinians, the destruction or damage of at least 60 percent of all housing units, and the forced displacement of over 75 percent of the population. [...] Online platforms must put an end to the spread of hate speech and incitement on their platforms, and must ensure the effectiveness of hostile language classifiers for the Hebrew language in order to manage content fairly and equally in the sharp rise of incitement in Israeli society against Palestinians, and must commit to conducting regular, comprehensive and independent reviews (due diligence) t. [...] As Palestinians in Gaza attempt to survive, you have a legal and moral obligation to prioritize the protection of human rights and take immediate and concrete steps to address and prevent the spread of harmful content on your platform, including hate speech and incitement.
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