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More than half of online abuse reports now come from child victims themselves, Israel finds

Online abuse reports in Israel jumped 71 percent in 2025, with children now submitting the majority of complaints directly to authorities.

An illustration of a young girl looking at a computer screen, warning STOP! in large lettering.
Yasmin Lukatz, founder of Code for Israel

The Yasmin Lukatz Project and the Rehabilitation Fund of the Kibbutz Movement

The new feature allows each group participant to add a short “tag”.

Who’s who in the group? WhatsApp allows adding personal tags next to names

 Cyber attacks spiked in 2021

Key barrier to online fraud can be bypassed for pennies, say researchers


WhatsApp boosts user privacy with new call-muting and security features

WhatsApp amplifies its commitment to user privacy with the introduction of two new features which are already available to users.

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration

'Clearer Images': WhatsApp enables sending full-quality photos

The main issue is that images sent through the messaging app undergo compression to reduce file size, which often results in a significant loss of image quality and sharpness.

Whatsapp logo is seen in this illustration taken August 22, 2022.

Israeli teacher, student's aide target girl with PTSD in abusive messages

In messages exchanged between the teacher and the aide, the teacher called her student a number of offensive things and said she couldn't stand her.

 Illustrative image of a woman texting.

Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content

WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was branded an "extremist" organization by Moscow last year, but the messenger app has not previously faced penalties.

 Whatsapp logo is seen through broken glass in this illustration taken, January 25, 2023.

WhatsApp allows users to edit messages

The modified message will carry the label "edited," without showing edit history.

Whatsapp logo is seen in this illustration taken August 22, 2022.

WhatsApp adding feature to lock chats with a password

The new “Chat Lock” feature lets users lock a chat, which takes that thread out of the inbox and places it behind its own folder that can only be accessed with a device password or biometric.

Whatsapp logo is seen in this illustration taken August 22, 2022.

UK soccer fan group under investigation for antisemitism

The messages ranged in topics from the Holocaust, Israel-Palestine conspiracy theories and a number of comments relating to circumcision.

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WhatsApp to roll out a handy new feature

WhatsApp will roll out new features which allow users to connect multiple phones and other devices to the same account.

Whatsapp logo is seen in this illustration taken August 22, 2022.

Israeli school pupils to learn Holocaust survivor stories with AI chatbot

The first story to be featured on the new app is that of Tovah Feder who survived by posing as the orphan of a German officer.

 A CANDLE is lit and a flower is placed on the railway tracks at Birkenau, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, last year.

Teachers who opened racist WhatsApp group decide to leave school

The school had initially decided to keep them on and review them ahead of the next academic year.

An empty classroom in Israel (Illustrative)