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Starving kids. Palestinians blown up by the IDF. Combat footage. Anything that Western censor will never allow to be shown unless it's October 7 or Ukraine.
Try post a Dropsitenews link on Lemmy.world see what happens.
So... straight up Hamas propaganda?
It may be shocking for you to learn this, but most people don't want to be complicit in distributing propaganda from a terrorist organization whose goal is to promote violence. If someone gets "radicalized" by this propaganda and does something violent they may be held liable.
Media sources generally don't believe what a terrorist organization says at face value. They work to confirm the reports and if they can't there's a high probability that a group that celebrates massacring people is lying.
Understand that sometimes terrorist groups that are willing to kill people to further their cause are also capable of lying to further their cause. It takes a lot of time and effort to decipher which of the things Hamas is saying are lies and which are the truth. Responsible media organizations do that, irresponsible click-baity scammy organizations don't. So sometimes you'll see things reported by "alternative media" before it's reported by mainstream media (after it's confirmed) and sometimes the things reported by "alternative media" is never reported by mainstream media because it can't be confirmed and is likely not true.
Is it censorship when someone is just being careful not to spread lies?