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Meta launches premium subscriptions for WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s paid tiers add extra features to WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, while new Meta One plans will test AI tools for users, businesses and creators in Singapore, Guatemala and Bolivia

Calcalist | 05.28.26

Meta layoffs begin in Israel as tech giant cuts 8,000 jobs in global AI shake-up

Meta is shifting 7,000 employees into AI roles while pouring up to $135 billion into infrastructure, but workers warn the push is fueling anxiety, distrust and fears their own jobs could become obsolete

Omer Kabir, Calcalist | 05.20.26

US lawsuit against Meta could reshape Facebook and Instagram

New Mexico’s attorney general is pressing Meta to overhaul Facebook and Instagram over child safety, seeking strict age checks, usage caps and limits on addictive features—moves that could reshape social media globally

Raphael Kahan | 05.04.26

Meta to pay millions in Israel over Cambridge Analytica data scandal settlement

A multimillion-shekel settlement will fund academic research and democracy education after a class action filed in Israel in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica affair was approved, citing Meta’s policy changes and difficulty proving direct harm to Israelis

Lital Dubrovitsky | 04.26.26

‘Like a casino for kids’: Zuckerberg faces jury in test case alleging Meta harms children

Meta CEO is set to answer before a jury to claims that Instagram and Facebook used addictive techniques that harm children, as a 20-year-old plaintiff alleges the apps worsened her depression and suicidal thoughts

Israel Wullman | 02.18.26

Meta plans paid features on Instagram and Facebook, including hidden story views

Meta said it will test new paid subscription options on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in coming months, alongside free use, offering features such as anonymous story viewing, advanced audience management tools and new AI capabilities

Daniela Ginzburg | 01.28.26

'Like a cigarette pack’: New York to require health warnings on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law requiring social media platforms to display mandatory mental health warnings every time users log in, citing data showing heightened addiction, anxiety and depression risks among children and teens

Daniel Edelson, New York | 12.27.25

Foreign-run social media ‘sleeper cells’ trying to sway upcoming elections, watchdog warns

FakeReporter warns that AI-powered influence networks run by hostile states are infiltrating Israeli politics through seemingly authentic accounts, after Iranian-run fan group for lawmaker stayed online despite repeated alerts to Meta, cyber officials

Raphael Kahan | 12.04.25

'Facebook and Instagram violated the privacy of the victims': Meta sued for October 7 footage

Victims of the October 7 Hamas massacre and their families are suing Meta for over $1 billion, alleging the tech giant enabled livestreamed terror, exposed users to graphic violence, and continues to profit from footage of murder, trauma and captivity

Lior El-Hai, Roy Rubinstein | 08.04.25

עלי חמינאי מנהיג איראן, ראש הממשלה ממשלה ביבי בנימין נתניהו

Without firing a single shot: Iran's propaganda war to destroy Israel from within

New report uncovers sophisticated propaganda networks targeting Israelis in Hebrew at the height of the Iran war through deepfakes, fake profiles and disinformation—part of a broader digital assault on national morale and public trust

Raphael Kahan | 07.08.25

US court orders NSO group to pay $168 million in damages to Meta

Lawsuit, filed in 2019, accuses Israeli cybersecurity firm of unlawfully accessing WhatsApp's servers and continuing its cyber espionage activities even after the commencement of legal proceedings

Daniel Edelson, New York | 05.07.25

The book Zuckerberg wants to silence is a bestseller

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism — a memoir by a former Facebook staffer, becomes a global success despite Meta's attempt to suppress sales

Israel Wullman | 03.26.25

האם מטא משתיקה יוצרי תוכן שעוסקים בנושאים יותר מדי פוליטיים מבחינתה?

Senior Holocaust Memorial historian says free speech on Facebook has its limits

Experts warn that Meta's changes to the Facebook Moderation Policy and the move to a model of community notes may lead to increased online antisemitism and even election meddling

Nathan Klabin/The Media Line | 01.17.25

Meta steps back from policing content—for all the wrong reasons

Opinion: Meta's move to shift fact-checking to users may prompt regulators to strengthen oversight of social media and enforce advertising rules on Meta akin to those governing traditional media outlets

Tal Shahaf | 01.08.25

Facebook follows example of Musk's X and scraps fact-checkers

Meta decides to make a dramatic change: No more fact-checking by employees but a move to community comment model like Elon Musk's X ; How Mark Zuckerberg learned to avoid conflict and embrace Trump

Raphael Kahan | 01.07.25

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