Bella Hadid hits out at Instagram for REMOVING her post that stated father Mohammed was born in Palestine… after she proudly shared his passport picture
Bella Hadid has hit out at Instagram for censoring a post that stated her father Mohammed Hadid was born in Palestine, after she shared a photo of his passport.
On Tuesday, Bella – who has 31.4 million followers on the platform – revealed that an Instagram Story she posted was taken down which said ‘My baba and his birthplace of Palestine’, as it apparently breached Instagram’s company guidelines.
Bella explained to her followers: ‘Instagram removed my story that only said “My baba And his birthplace of Palestine” with a photograph of his American passport.’
Censored: Bella Hadid has hit out at Instagram for censoring her post stating that her father Mohammed Hadid was born in Palestine, after she shared a photo of his passport
She then challenged the social media site, asking: ‘@instagram exactly what part of me being proud of my fathers birth place of Palestine is “bullying, harassment , graphic, or sexual nudity” ?’
The supermodel, who has Palestinian & Dutch heritage, added: ‘Are we not allowed to be Palestinian on Instagram? This, to me, is bullying. You can’t erase history by silencing people. It doesn’t work like that.’
Bella shared a snapshot that said Instagram had told her that the post in question went against their community guidelines.
Proud daughter: Bella and her father Mohammed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
She shared a generic response from the social media platform that says ‘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.’
It is not exactly clear why Instagram removed the post, but Bella was flooded with support from fans on Twitter.
‘We are sick of having Palestinian content censored on social media platforms,’ one fan wrote, adding: ‘Mohammad Hadid’s passport considered hate speech bc it stated he was born in Palestine. Thank you @bellahadid.’
Daughters: Bella poses with sister Gigi Hadid and their father Mohamed Hadid in 2016
‘What part of telling people your ethnicity counts as ‘hate speech’? You can’t say this was a mistake,’ another added.
Bella re-posted the passport photo which currently remains on her social media feed, with a message from her saying: ‘Everyone should post where their mother and fathers were born today! Remind them how proud you are of where you come from !!!!’