Associated Press fires employee over pro-Palestine views

Associated Press has fired an employee over pro-Palestine views, it emerges on Saturday.

As being reported, AP fired a news associate for “violating the company’s social media policies”.

The development has caused an outcry in the journalism community after it became clear that Emily Wilder, barely a little over 2 weeks into her job, had been targeted at her pro-Palestinian stance on social media accounts.

A spokesperson for the Associated Press stated that while the organization “refrains from commenting on personnel matters”, it was confirmed that Emily Wilder was dismissed for “violations of AP’s social media policy” due to comments she made on Thursday.

Wilder has also confirmed that she was “terminated for violating the company’s social media policies in their News Values and Principles sometime between my start date on May 3 and yesterday”, according to The Guardian.

Wilder said the AP did not detail which of her tweets broke its policies.

Wilder, who is of Jewish descent, tweeted a total of 18 times during her tenure at the Associated Press, with most of her posts being re-tweets.