Many Israelis and Israel-sympathizers fear the impact that social media has had on terrorism. They also believe that a dangerous indifference is at work in terms of what a site like Facebook will allow enemies of Israel to post on their pages.

To test this theory, on Dec. 28 the Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin (also known as the Israel Law Center) launched “The Big Facebook Experiment” seeking to prove whether the social-media giant has a measurable bias against Israel.

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