Social media
“VeryChinese”: Gen Z’s latest meme crowns China the new cultural tastemaker
As current trend meets an audience primed by a string of pop-culture hits with distinctly Chinese characteristics.
The Korean device that conquered Instagram – and Hailey Bieber’s face too
Forget ayatollahs, meet the AI propagandists of Tehran - opinion
UK PM Starmer tells social media firms to 'take responsibility' for children's safety online
Meta, Google lose US case over social media addiction harming kids, court orders to pay over $5M
The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable companies.
Memetic warfare: US, Iran, and Israel battle for meme dominance and social media virality
Governments are capitalizing on how audiences, particularly younger ones, consume information.
Hitler posters appear in Iran as warning to foreign collaborators
Images online show banners quoting Hitler in Persian as Tehran continues arrests and executions of those accused of aiding Israel.
Sheriff who responded to Temple Israel attack faces online backlash
Oakland County Mike Bouchard denounced social media users who spread antisemitic memes about him online, stating that they're hiding behind free speech rights "as cover to hide their antisemitism."
Social media addiction trial stalls as LA jury cannot reach verdict
The defendants are Google and Meta, but the jury did not specify which one it was referring to.
Israel must strengthen public diplomacy to fight modern information wars - opinion
Israel risks losing the battle of narratives; a national public diplomacy authority is urgently needed.
Song about enemy drones written by 11-year-old becomes unofficial anthem of Israel-Iran war
Krigel, who is from Moshav Zvi in the Gilboa region, wrote and sang the hip-hop song, and a video of him performing it with his sister, Adi, quickly went viral when she uploaded it to TikTok.
Iran shifts social media network from sowing Western discord to promoting war propaganda
According to the study, 24 hours after the start of hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States, accounts in this campaign began posting Iranian propaganda about the war.
Editor's Notes: What one Arab post reveals about how the Gulf now talks about Israel - comment
The Gulf is not growing warm toward Israel; it is becoming more specific in the way it discusses Israel. In this region, word choice is often the first sign that strategy is moving.
Fake missiles, fake deaths: AI is rewriting Israel's war reality
As the Israel–Iran war unfolds, another battle is playing out online, with AI-generated images and videos blurring the line between fact and fiction.
