Legislation

Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?

What are countries and companies doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety?

Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.
Illustration of a KAN microphone. October 28, 2025.

Israel’s media reform isn’t deregulation - opinion

THE KNESSET plenum meets this week. Israel’s rules of the game are not anchored in a constitution and can be changed by a simple Knesset majority, the writer notes.

Is Israel too polarized for a constitution? That’s why we need one - opinion

Illustration: A man in a hospital bed

Artificial intelligence is changing medicine – but who will pay for the next mistake?


Israel needs to fight its legal battles in the multi-front war - opinion

Israel needs better-trained warriors on its third-front battles.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstration takes place in The Hague this week after Nicaragua petitioned the International Court of Justice to order Germany to halt arms exports to Israel and resume its funding to UNRWA.

New York Republican state senators release antisemitism report, legislation

Senators wrote in a letter to Hochul: "Hate and violence have no place in our state and nation and no one should feel threatened, especially on the basis of their faith."

 New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at the "New York Stands with Israel" rally in New York, U.S. October 10, 2023.

LEGO asks Californian police department to stop using LEGO heads in mugshot photos

Police used LEGO to cover suspects' faces, sparks debate over law compliance.

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Shelving contentious law on local rabbis signals unity discourse is not all talk - analysis

The reason Likud MKs gave for opposing the bill: not wanting to raise issues now that would split the country.

 MK ARYE DERI leads a parliamentary faction meeting of his Shas party, in the Knesset, last month.

11-month-old Binyomin Kuravsky was killed by a faulty radiator

The Department of Buildings issued a vacate order for the apartment, and friends have organized a GoFundMe to support relocation, childcare and counseling costs for the Kuravskys and their newborns.

 A NYPD car (illustrative)

Import reform set to cut cost of living bill drafted

The proposal's main goal is to adopt EU regulations in additional areas of food safety, including regulations regarding what information must be provided to consumers.

 Illustrative image of an empty wallet: What could be a result of Israel's very high cost of living.

Israel's Knesset committee approves EU import reform

This move is expected to dramatically reduce the cost of living in Israel and create a structural change in the Israeli market.

 Prime Minister Netanyahu while Israel committee approves EU import reform

It’s time to support the Senate's Israel aid bill - opinion

As leaders of the largest Jewish communal organization in the world, the Jewish Federations of North America, we respectfully and prayerfully urge a yes vote.

Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

Israel to fund 'replacement salaries' for Gaza hostages

There are currently 136 hostages in Gaza, including 32 believed to be dead.

 A rally in support of the hostages in Tel Aviv. December 9, 2023.

Israel could permit sale of wine in Israel after 11 p.m. on Thursdays

The new legislation will ease Shabbat and holiday preparations for consumers, particularly those who are busy working and studying.

THE KNESSET Finance Committee’s incoming chairman, United Torah Judaism’s Moshe Gafni, presents an anti-economic bill that challenges the capitalist zeal of incoming finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.