Facebook suspended Likud's propaganda chat for calling public to disclose private data of citizens

Facebook suspended the Likud's propaganda chat, Bibi Bot, this week, following a post calling for the public to be given personal details of citizens who have not yet been vaccinated in Corona, the social network confirmed tonight.
On Saturday, Dr. Anat Ben-David of the Open University revealed that Bibi Bot, a key figure in Likud election campaign in the form of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is asking his followers to send him confidential medical information about their relatives and acquaintances. We have not yet been vaccinated, "he wrote," you can write to me here in response to a name and phone number and I may call to convince them! ".
According to Ben-David, gathering this information is extremely problematic. "He asks that you give (our information?) To Netanyahu contact details (about others, without their consent) of people aged 60 and over who are afraid of being vaccinated (that is, sensitive and confidential medical information according to the law)," she wrote in a Twitter tweet exposing the information gathering efforts. "The use of instant messaging for propaganda purposes requires the series, because this communication channel enjoys on the one hand the ability to reach segmented audiences and convey messages that can elude public criticism, and on the other hand allows for information about citizens in ways that may be illegitimate, as happened in this case."
Following the publication, Facebook hurried to download the problematic post and block the Bibi bot. The company said: "In accordance with our privacy policy we do not allow content sharing or requesting medical information from people. Following a breach of these rules, we removed the post and temporarily suspended the chatbot that shared this content."
Dr. Tehila Schwartz Altshuler of the Israel Democracy Institute welcomed the move: "The fact that Facebook takes responsibility, and within a reasonable time, for violations of its community rules, is gratifying and necessary and I hope it is a sign of continuation, so we do not reach an explosion in the United States," she said. To "Calcalist." "But the problem here is bigger and that is that there are no laws in the State of Israel that deal with the seam between the right to privacy and election propaganda. "In fact, it is likely that under the current situation - which needs to change immediately - the chairman of the Election Commission can not issue restraining orders on propaganda actions that the parties commit and violate privacy, from using election widgets to collecting sensitive medical information about people in a manipulative way."
This is the second time Facebook has blocked Bibi Bot. The previous time, in September 2019, the bot was blocked for 24 hours after sending a message warning, among other things, a left-wing government "that relies on the Arabs who want to destroy us all - women, children and men." In this case, Facebook suspended the bot for hate speech.
The Likud responded: "The goal was to encourage Israelis over the age of 60 to get vaccinated to save their lives after Prime Minister Netanyahu brought vaccines to every Israeli citizen - we call on everyone to get vac