Misinformation

Quarter of Israelis consider using AI for election votes amid rising online disinformation surge

Some 56.8% of respondents said they have encountered fake or impersonating accounts frequently or occasionally, while only about 20% said they had never encountered the phenomenon.

|ByANNA BARSKY
The future of AI software development may not be about who can generate the most code, but who can decide which code is worth trusting.
FILE PHOTO: Google's logo during the CERAWeek energy conference 2026 in Houston, Texas, U.S., March 24, 2026.

Google pulls AI generation feature out of satellite maps after fears of misuse, misinformation

In its original announcement on Thursday, Google stated that the feature could "bring history to life," or "give your favorite place a makeover."

|ByTZVI JASPER
People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2026.

Ahead of Knesset elections, Israel must enforce rules to combat AI disinformation - editorial

Artificial intelligence now allows almost anyone to create convincing images, voices, and videos of events that never occurred.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Lebanese army troops deploy at the entrance of the town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, Lebanon, July 21, 2026

Lebanon's proposed information law raises concern for press freedom, limits Palestinian media jobs

Nashabe warned that the law could also be used to discriminate against Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon by stipulating that the manager for a professional media site must be Lebanese.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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.