Social media
Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children's social media addiction
Meta agreed for the next decade to restrict teenagers' use of Facebook and Instagram to two hours a day and block all usage from midnight to 6 a.m., absent parental consent.
Dolly Parton’s Wikipedia page vandalized with antisemitic content hours after her death
Instagram head Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature
Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?
'Today's arena is social media': Korin Gideon on politics, body confidence, life in public eye
Gideon revealed that former cabinet minister and UN ambassador Gilad Erdan approached her about a possible move into politics ahead of Israel’s 2026 national election.
When Arabs lose in the World Cup, the Jew is summoned as the hidden hand - opinion
The lie about one soccer referee exposed how deeply antisemitic conspiracy theories remain embedded in Arab discourse
ZOG conspiracy posts spiked over threefold online during 2026 Iran war, study finds
The “ZOG” conspiracy theory falsely claims a secret Jewish/Israeli cabal controls global institutions and sovereign governments, especially that of the US.
Israel's Attention Revolution fights child smartphone addiction, spreading nationwide
Banner said the initiative, which is growing “rapidly, sevenfold” in recent years, works through the mechanism of a social contract between parents on a class-by-class level.
Saudi Arabia, UAE team up to display unity on social media following months of friction
"Emirati-Saudi relations are an extension of a shared history and deep-rooted fraternal ties between two brotherly peoples, united by a single destiny," Alhamed wrote.
Israel has a right to defend itself on the information battlefield too - editorial
Today’s information battlefield is TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, Instagram, X/Twitter, and AI-driven messaging. If Israel wants to reach younger audiences, it must communicate where those audiences are.
Meta hit by global disruptions as thousands of Facebook and Instagram users report service issues
The source of Meta's disruption was not immediately clear, though users reported login failures, inaccessible accounts, and difficulties loading content.
Clavicular and Israel: Have we reached the point where we’ll accept anyone as an ally? - opinion
I had never heard of Clavicular before Thursday, when several social media content creators said they were planning on collaborating with him. Right away, it sparked a long and heated debate.
Why was influencer Clavicular allowed into Israel after antisemitic controversy?
Artificial intelligence was used to determine if Clavicular's mere presence in Israel constituted a crime, or if Ben-Gurion Airport was right in allowing him to enter the state.
IDF reprimands TikTok admin for appearing on Clavicular’s stream, demotes her to cook - report
Even as Clavicular leaves Israel, the girls who appeared on his streams, Shira Braun and Israeli influencer Shira Klein, have been left to deal with the consequences of meeting with him on his visit.
