EXCLUSIVE: Ofcom suspends OWN director of online safety for anti-British and anti-Israel posts
The media and communications watchdog removes its own director of online safety supervision after a series of online comments she re-posted about Israel on her private Instagram account.
Ofcom, the media and communications watchdog, has suspended its own director of online safety supervision after a series of online comments she posted about Israel on her private Instagram account were made public.
Fadzai Madzingira, who was only appointed to her Ofcom role in May this year, describes herself as “a Zimbabwean, a Black Feminist, a student of decolonisation”.
On the Black Lives Matter site she has “liked” posts which describe the UK government’s support for Israel as “a vile colonial alliance”.
Another post which won her approval stated that Britain’s Royal Navy ships in the Middle East were taking part in the “ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians”.
An Ofcom spokesperson told Jewish News: “Having reviewed these comments, we’ve suspended this colleague, pending further investigation.”
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