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Israel-Hamas war exacerbates TikTok's mounting woes

Company facing outrage for supposedly disseminating antisemitic and pro-Palestinian content; despite calls for severing ties with China, platform might find support from US courts upholding free speech protections

Israel Wullman | 12.05.23

Released Alma Or dancing with her friend in a TikTok video

After release from Gaza, child hostages make waves on TikTok

Some of the released teenagers have been sharing videos on the popular social media platform in recent days, trying to maintain a sense of humor even though some of their parents are still in Hamas captivity

Yael Ciechanover | 12.04.23

After her rescue from Hamas, IDF soldier posts thank you message on TikTok

Lookout soldier Ori Megidish, 19, shares first video on social media since being rescued by IDF from Hamas captivity about a month ago; 'I'm thankful to have my life back,' she says

Ynet | 11.27.23

צעדה של נאצים ניאו-נאצים ברחובות העיר מדיסון וויסקונסין ארה"ב אנטישמיות

'Pseudo-Intellectual' justifications legitimize antisemitic incidents on a global scale

Since the beginning of the war, there has been a 500% surge in antisemitic incidents globally, and persuading social networks to remove such content is a significant challenge; Head of TikTok Israel: 'We eliminated over 925,000 videos from the conflict zone for breaching our policies'

Itamar Eichner | 11.21.23

TikTok says video supporting Hamas 'not against community guidelines'

Israeli organization reporting antisemitic content across social media platforms says TikTok mostly fails to remove thousands of videos supporting terrorism

Itamar Eichner | 11.16.23

IDF soldiers' heartwarming homecoming clips go viral on TikTok

Troops surprise their families after long weeks away from home, capturing their shock and heartfelt embraces

Noa Shweky | 11.14.23

TikTok denies pushing pro-Palestine content

Short-form video app says hashtag expressing support for Israel received more views than pro-Palestine hashtag, refuting accusations

Reuters | 11.03.23

Meta struggles to police rules amid Israel-Gaza war

Meta challenged by Hebrew and Palestinian Arabic dialect, disagreements between Dubai and Israel Meta teams and Muslim anger for monitoring Palestinian content in harsher standards than the Israelis

Yuval Mann | 10.22.23

Facebook, TikTok, show pro-Palestinian content to Israelis

Israeli users on social media platforms report they've been exposed to several pro-Palestinian posts and live broadcasts in recent days following Hamas' attack against Israel

Yuval Mann | 10.13.23

תיוג מוצרים על התמונה ומעבר לתשלום דרך האינסטגרם - כבר לא קיימים ברוב החנויות

TikTok to introduce shopping in Israel, Instagram Shops folds

Chinese social media giant helps local brands take advantage of its platform ahead of launch of new feature in Israel while Meta decides to cut back on shopping options on its platforms

Meirav Crystal | 09.19.23

הבלוגר הלבנוני שעשושה פרובוקציות בגבול עם ישראל

'Entering Palestine' and filming residents in Israel: The provocative blogger documenting at the Lebanon border

With a TikTok page holding 1.1 million followers, Abed Saadeh posts a series of videos aimed at portraying, in a provocative manner, an approach towards the border with Israel; IDF says his provocations post no danger to civilians

Daniel Salami, Hadar Adi | 08.28.23

Egg cracking TikTok challenge may endanger children

Expert says this is a dangerous prank that could result in head injuries and infections from Salmonella and Shigella bacteria, adding that sensible parents should not be smashing anything on their children's heads

Dr. Itay Gal | 08.24.23

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 | 07.20.23

נערה תיעדה משחק באש עם חבריה, כתוצאה מכך בניין המגורים עלה באש

Jerusalem teen arrested after TikTok stunt ends in house fire

Girl questioned by police after uploading video of her and friends playing with fire, which caused extensive property damage and injured eight

Liran Tamari | 07.12.23

Israeli shawarmist takes TikTok by storm

Roz Machlof, who manages a shawarma stand with her brother, has amassed millions of views on her viral TikTok channel, where she makes perfect rolled-up laffas

Gilad Yalon | 07.09.23