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UK weighs forcing social media firms to boost trusted news

The UK is weighing new rules that would require Meta, TikTok and YouTube to prioritize trusted news content in feeds and search results.

Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.
HOLDING A BANNER for LGBT Olim at Tel Aviv Pride, June 12.

Roy Freeman: Building a comfortable community for LGBT olim in Israel

An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Spanish-language online antisemitism far exceeds pre-Oct 7 levels, remains highest on X

Meta launches paid subscriptions for Facebook and WhatsApp

Meta launches paid subscriptions for Facebook and WhatsApp


Meta 'inappropriately removed' Hamas kidnapping videos, oversight board finds

The finding came in a review of two cases in which human moderators had restored content that computer moderation had removed.

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartphone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Sponsorship for IDF weapons sparks debate in Jewish foodie Facebook group

“People can get very heated about charging for spicy mayo. And the people have probably gotten more heated about that than they did about the bomb thing.”

 Kashrut certificates outside a restaurant in Jerusalem.

Rashida Tlaib part of private Facebook group that has glorified Hamas - report

Fox News had digitally screenshot the secret Facebook page showing that Tlaib's personal account was amongst its accounts.

 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) addresses attendees as she takes part in a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023.

Druze commander of COGAT addresses people of Gaza

Major General Alian urged the resident of Gaza to evacuate south and distance themselves from Hamas terrrorists.

Major General Ghassan Alian. July 30, 2013.

Facebook, Instagram launch paid monthly subscription

This marks the first time that Meta is deviating from its traditional model of a free platform supported by advertisements.


Israel-Hamas war: Recounting the first two weeks

As opposed to assigning or editing stories, or writing my own “official” journalistic prose for The Jerusalem Post, my “war minutes,” as I called them, were totally stream of consciousness.

 ANGEL MOVERS –  Motti, his back turned, and two strapping teens – Lotem and Avi.

The soldiers who became social media stars during the fighting

The fighters behind the videos are talking about their new status as network stars, about the surprise at the number of views, and the desire to make the people of Israel happy.

Israeli reserve soldiers seen during a military training before heading to the Israeli-Gaza border in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on October 25, 2023

Meta to limit some Facebook comments on Israeli, Palestinian posts

The social media company added it will disable the ability to see the first one or two comments on posts while scrolling the Facebook feed.

 A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this picture illustration.

Facebook’s design makes it unable to control vaccine misinformation

The world’s largest social media platform failed to eliminate falsehoods during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.

Why has Facebook flagged searches of chicken soup as 'child sexual abuse'?

Translations of "chicken soup" in other languages are believed to act as coded language to post child pornography on social media without a trace.

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.