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Potted medical-grade cannabis plants growing in Israel. (Courtesy: Israeli Medical Cannabis Agency)
December 30, 2021, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 30 – Knesset ministers opine and Teva takes on cannabis
Tech Israel’s Ricky Ben David talks about Teva’s cannabis entry and the Facebook bill, as US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses his interviews with Nachman Shai and Merav Michaeli
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrives at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, for a group photo of the newly sworn in Israeli government, on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2021, 9:06 pm
Proposed online censorship bill more intrusive than in any other democracy — expert
So-called ‘Facebook Bill,’ meant to block harmful content on social media, is far too broad, opens door to harm freedom of speech, says IDI’s Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler
By Ricky Ben-David
Gilad Erdan speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv in 2018. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
December 4, 2018, 5:38 pm
Public security minister orders progress on ‘Facebook incitement bill’
Erdan instructs Knesset committee to advance leaner version of legislation, which was frozen by PM after Times of Israel found it went too far
By Sue Surkes
Ballot boxes filled with votes from nationwide municipal elections are brought to the Central Election Committee headquarters for counting, October 22, 2013. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
October 29, 2018, 11:39 am
Secretive crackdown on fake profiles shows Israel wide open to election meddling
On eve of local vote, national cyber unit, part of Netanyahu’s office, reveals it has asked Facebook to close thousands of accounts used to spread false info about candidates
By Sue Surkes and Raoul Wootliff
A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow. (AFP/Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
July 18, 2018, 1:33 pm
Unwitting Israeli MKs almost pass law allowing sweeping internet censorship
Bill that would have given state power to block content on any website stymied by Netanyahu hours before final vote, after Times of Israel queries MKs about its drastic provisions
By Raoul Wootliff
This file photo taken on November 21, 2016, shows Facebook logos pictured on the screens of a smartphone (R), and a laptop computer, in central London. (AFP)
July 15, 2018, 3:50 pm
Law clamping down on Facebook ‘incitement’ okayed for final vote
Critics say legislation, meant to protect national security, can be used to limit freedom of expression ‘against almost anything you can imagine’
By Raoul Wootliff
A computer screen displays the logo of the social networking site Facebook, taken in Manchester, England, on March 22, 2018. (AFP Photo/Oili Scarff)
March 25, 2018, 11:47 am
Facebook deletes Hamas-linked Safa news agency’s page
Move comes amid Palestinian complaints that social network is shuttering journalists’ accounts as part of crackdown on incitement
By ToI Staff
The Reichstag building in Berlin on May 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 5, 2017, 5:17 pm
Germany approves bill targeting online hate, fake news
Rules would impose $53.4 million fines on social networking sites that fail to remove illegal content promptly
By Jacob Magid and AP
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) speaks with MK David Bitan at the Knesset, January 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2017, 6:43 am
Law and behold: The legislation that survived winter in the Knesset
As MKs go on break, here are the bills that passed – from legalizing outposts to lengthening maternity leave – and those that died before they hit the floor
By Marissa Newman
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, speaks at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
January 18, 2017, 8:23 pm
Israel’s Facebook bill may endanger democracy, company official implies
Simon Milner, Middle East policy director for the social network, says Knessest should implement checks and balances if it passes law aimed at preventing terror
By Shoshanna Solomon
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