Bella Hadid lashes out at Instagram for removing post about her father's birthplace

The supermodel took issue with the platform after she was notified that her Instagram Story had been removed because it violated the guidelines. The removed story post was a photo of her father Mohamed Hadid's United States passport, which listed his place of birth as Palestine. "Instagram removed my story that only said 'My baba and his birthplace of Palestine' with a photograph of his American passport," Hadid explained. She continued, "Are we not allowed to be Palestinian on Instagram? This, to me, is bullying. You can't erase history by silencing people." In a follow-up post, the catwalk pro shared another photo of her dad's passport with the passport number blurred out. "Do you want him to change his birthplace for you?" she asked. The star declared, "I am proud to be Palestinian." Content is not removed based on people's nationality or ethnicity nor was Hadid's content removed because of its reference to Palestine, according to Facebook's spokesperson. However, the spokesperson acknowledged the post was wrongly removed. "We've restored the content and apologise to Bella for the mistake."

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