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'Chaos' engulfs social media landscape as Israel-Hamas war shapes digital narratives
Social networks struggle to manage bot armies and flood of disinformation, including fake news and inauthentic images about Gaza war pushing Hamas narratives; X owner Elon Musk cautioned after further stoking the flames
Yuval Mann
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10.13.23
Show, don't tell: Israel's decision to lay Hamas horrors bare shifts paradigm
In an unprecedented move to maintain international support for a strong response in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry is disseminating shocking documentation from carnage in border towns through official social media accounts
Itamar Eichner
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10.12.23
Tech firms struggle as Israel-Gaza falsehoods explode
From fake accounts impersonating journalists to war-themed video game footage fueling false narratives, tech platforms struggling to contain deluge of misinformation around Palestinian-Israeli hostilities after rolling back content moderation policies
AFP
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10.10.23
'Israeli first, Palestinian second': Viral Arab Israeli blogger shows support amid Hamas attack
Popular social media blogger Nas Daily writes that the ongoing war against Hamas has made him rethink his identity as an Arab living in Israel
Ynet
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10.09.23
We need to help youths navigate social media
Human psychology evolves much slower than modern technological development, and children living in today's digital universe are exposed to a world they don't know how to traverse; we brought them into the digital world, but we didn't teach them how to navigate within it
Anat Lev Adler
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08.31.23
Holocaust survivor faces torrent of online abuse on Elon Musk’s X platform
Lucy Lipiner uses social media to engage and push back against the rising antisemitism that she is seeing, calling out Holocaust deniers, using her own experiences in Poland
Emily Schrader
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08.24.23
From TV to Tweets: Where do Israelis get their news from?
Patterns emerge in Israel's news consumption, as a majority rely on TV, while 42% turn to Israeli news websites and only 15% turn to social networks; Social networks, while popular, face a reliability challenge among Israelis, whereas radio garners trust from almost half the country
Yuval Mann
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08.16.23
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'
Musk announces in a tweet the company logo is to be changes to X, as move to advance newly named X Corps as his envisioned 'super app'; Twitter also says will limit daily posts by non-paying users
Yuval Mann, Reuters
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07.23.23
TikTok creator imitates video game characters, making staggering earnings
Creators like Pinkydoll profit from viewers who take the role of puppeteers and control the streamers acting as video game characters and repeating lines chosen for them
Omer Tessel
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07.20.23
Orthodox Jewish teen tells Ynetnews he feared French man would kill himself
Viral video from French YouTuber Dimerci, shows man dousing himself in gasoline, preparing to light himself on fire, only to be stopped by an Orthodox Jew who intervened to save him as a crowd looked on; At the time, the Jewish man was not aware the act was a social experiment
Emily Schrader
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07.10.23
In first, EU to fine social media platforms for failure to remove antisemitic content
EU official Margaritis Schinas says the fight against antisemitism is a top priority and Israel is a key partner in this effort; Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says that the era of social media brings new challenges
Itamar Eichner
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06.14.23
Foreign Ministry recruiting Israeli TikTok stars
Initiative aims to present Israel's beauty to the world using digital diplomacy via a unique department targeting social media platforms online
Itamar Eichner
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06.11.23
Jewish donors are being hoodwinked
Analysis: There are Jewish organizations that are not being transparent when it comes to social media metrics and are elevating influencers without doing due diligence to ensure they are not fraudulent; Independent data confirms Jewish organizations have paid tens of thousands of dollars to partner with influencers with a majority of fake followers
Emily Schrader
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06.10.23
In the eyes of young Jews, American Jewry is a 'white and privileged group'
Why are young Jews in the U.S. distancing themselves from Israel and Judaism, and is there hope for a change? Dr. Ilana Horwitz believes this trend is linked to social influences and clashes with the modern values expected of them; 'The American liberal perception sees the world in a rather simplistic way... American Jews have a very narrow understanding of the Jewish experience'
Tali Farkash
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05.28.23
Jewish online fitness guru says doesn't require approval to follow religion
Shai Albrecht says she left her tightly knitted Jewish community to follow after her husband's dreams and that despite criticism over the way she dresses as an ultra-Orthodox woman, she feels connected to the Jewish faith
Yaniv Pohoryles
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05.28.23
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