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In this July 31, 2013 photo, the home page for Twitter is displayed on an iPad and a laptop computer. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
February 13, 2019, 11:06 pm
Poll: Over third of Americans experienced severe online hate, harassment in 2018
Anti-Defamation League report finds 16% of Jews have been harassed online over their religion
By JTA
(L to R) Tzipi Livni, Yair Netanyahu and Avigdor Liberman have all been the subject of fake news articles disseminated via fake news sites and social media in recent weeks (Composite photos: Flash90)
February 6, 2019, 5:40 pm
Liberman’s a spy, Yair Netanyahu’s a Christian, and fake news aims to play havoc
Op-ed: How the online disinformation industry is trying to mess with your head, who’s fighting back, and where Israel is still vulnerable as the election campaign heats up
By David Horovitz
In this photo from December 23, 2018, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP, File)
January 8, 2019, 2:18 pm
Netanyahu mocked after taking legal battle to Instagram
PM likens ‘bribery without money’ to soccer without Messi and Kim without Kanye; unimpressed users point out that by law, ‘bribery without money is… still bribery’
By TOI staff
Food bloggers and kosher food media personalities Melinda Strauss (left), Naomi Nachman, Beth Warren and Chani Apfelbaum (far right) (Courtesy Naomi Nachman)
December 7, 2018, 2:59 pm
For kosher Instagram stars, the food is just the appetizer
Naomi Nachman, aka The Aussie Gourmet, and Chani Apfelbaum of Busy in Brooklyn, hit Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market and dish about the world of kosher foodies
By Jessica Steinberg
A driver drops a ballot into a drop box at the King County Elections office, November 5, 2018, in Renton, Wash. (Elaine Thompson/AP)
November 6, 2018, 7:37 am
Facebook blocks 30 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
Social media giant says accounts, in French and Russian, were engaged in ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior;’ 85 Instagram users also taken down
By AFP
A woman holds a smart phone with the icons for the social networking apps Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and others seen on the screen, in Moscow March 23, 2018. (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP)
November 2, 2018, 11:50 am
Instagram removes 2 anti-Semitic hashtags after report details hate on site
Facebook-owned site deletes ‘#911wasdonebythejews’ and ‘jewsdid911,’ which promoted conspiracy that Jews were behind 9/11 attacks
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 27, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Menahem Kahana)
August 21, 2018, 1:13 pm
Netanyahu avoids the tough questions in first-of-a-kind Instagram Q&A
PM says no settlements will be evacuated, calls Indian president a ‘close friend’ and says he sleeps 7 hours a night, but ignores hot potatoes on Gaza, graft probes
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
August 13, 2018, 5:19 pm
East Jerusalem woman charged with incitement for praising Hamas, terrorists
Prosecutors say Suzan Abu Ghannam repeatedly posted content lauding perpetrators of deadly attacks, and urged others to follow their example
By TOI staff
An Iranian woman adjusts her headscarf, while crossing a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 16, 2018, 11:06 pm
Iran arrests 46 in fresh crackdowns on Instagram models
Police say photos posted to app were ‘damaging public virtue through the organized spreading of anti-cultural’ activities
By AP
Maedeh Hojabri, an Iranian teen who was detained in May 2018 for posting dance videos on her Instagram account. (screen capture: Twitter)
July 10, 2018, 9:29 pm
Iranians dance in solidarity with teen arrested over Instagram video
Social media users defy strict modesty laws after state media broadcasts a possibly coerced apology from 18-year-old Maedeh Hojabr
By TOI staff
Iraq’s representative at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Idan, left, with Israelis at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, June 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot)
June 14, 2018, 3:13 am
From Jerusalem, Miss Iraq calls for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Sarah Idan urges ‘a new chapter for Israel and Palestine, with less blood and more amity’
By AFP and TOI staff
Iraq’s representative at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Idan, left, with Israelis at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, June 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot)
June 12, 2018, 11:18 pm
Visiting Jerusalem, Miss Iraq is embraced by Israelis, praised for her bravery
Sarah Idan, whose family had to flee Iraq after she posted a photo in which she posed with Miss Israel, is warmly received by locals at Mahane Yehuda market
By TOI staff
Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman (left) and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan pose for a picture at the Miss Universe pageant in 2017. (Instagram)
June 12, 2018, 4:35 pm
Iraq’s Miss Universe visits Israel, reunites with Israel counterpart
PM spokesman announces visit of Sarah Idan, whose family was forced to flee Iraq after Instagram photo with Israel’s contestant Adar Gandelsman went viral last year
By TOI staff
An image shared by Yair Netanyahu on his Instagram account on May 16, 2018. (Screen capture)
May 16, 2018, 7:54 pm
Amid diplomatic spat, Yair Netanyahu posts ‘Fu*k Turkey’ on Instagram
A spokesperson for prime minister’s son says he is ‘a private individual and his Instagram account is private’
By TOI staff
Dorrie Jacobson, 83, models lingerie. (Jodi Jacobson)
May 3, 2018, 2:50 am
At 83, former Playboy bunny relaunches career as Instagram lingerie model
Dorrie Jacobson fights ageism with ‘Senior Style Bible’ blog and encourages older women to be accepting of one another’s looks, choices and bodies
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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