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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

ISOC Israel Internet Association

Fake news as seen on the Facebook page of Karine Nahon, head of the Israel Internet Association. (Facebook)
March 26, 2019, 11:43 pm
Facebook removes 30 fake profiles, most of them backing Netanyahu
Social media company agrees to examine hundreds more suspect profiles submitted by public via tool to flag suspicious content
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative. A Hebrew-English keyboard. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2016, 7:40 pm
Israel tries to take the sting out of typing in Hebrew
Standards Institution grapples with confusing locations of punctuation keys
By Stuart Winer
Members of the ultra-Orthodox Toldot Aharon community attend a computer and Internet lecture in Ramat Gan, after receiving authorization from their rabbis. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 13, 2016, 1:57 pm
Israel at 68 online: Connected, curious, and a bit apprehensive
Vast majority see the web as an invaluable resource, study finds, although there are some concerns as well
By ToI Staff
Efi Dahan (left), director of Israel and Africa region for PayPal; Dr. Amir Etzioni (center), director of community relations and regulations at ISOC; and Dina Be'er (right) chairperson of ISOC (photo credit: Courtesy)
January 2, 2015, 12:43 pm
High prices drive Israelis into eBay’s arms
To combat the cost of living, consumers in droves are buying from overseas sites, according to research by PayPal
By David Shamah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jan Koum, one of the founder of the messaging service WhatsApp, in Stanford, California, March 6, 2014. (Photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/FLASH90)
July 30, 2014, 5:29 pm
Many Israelis get top-secret ‘news’ from WhatsApp: poll
Social media spreads reports, true or false, like wildfire, survey says, and the potential for damage is great
By David Shamah
Screeenshot of a hacked Israeli site (Photo source: Screenshot)
July 9, 2014, 5:04 pm
Hackers threaten ‘Israhell’ cyber-attack over Gaza
Israel already faces a million cyber-attacks a day; things might get worse before they get better, say experts
By David Shamah
Police accompany to a Jerusalem court a teacher accused of harassing girls on the Internet (Photo credit: Flash 90)
February 10, 2014, 6:32 pm
A third of Israelis suffer online bullying
Unsafe surfing is endemic to Israel, a poll ahead of Safer Internet Day shows; kids and adults are victims of abuse, theft, privacy invasions
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of a Facebook 'Like' button (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
May 8, 2013, 12:56 pm
How Facebook ‘liberated’ its Israeli namesake
A cybersquatter managed to get hold of the top-level Israeli domain name associated with the world’s largest social network — but his plan was thwarted
By David Shamah
Dr. Yitzchak Ben-Yisrael of the National Cyber Directorate at a recent conference (photo credit: Courtesy Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology, and Security of Tel Aviv University)
April 5, 2013, 6:44 am
On eve of attack, Israel preparing for the cyber-worst
Top cybersecurity experts lay out how businesses, government — and ordinary Israelis — can protect themselves from ‘the largest Internet battle in the history of mankind’
By David Shamah
A previous Anonymous' Op-Israel banner (photo credit: screenshot)
March 11, 2013, 3:39 am
True, Anonymous dislikes Israel. It doesn’t like anyone else, either
The hacker group targeted Israeli sites during Pillar of Defense, but has taken aim at nearly every Mideast country with almost the same ferocity
By David Shamah
Illustrative: A man suspected of sexual abuse at a court hearing in Jerusalem. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
March 9, 2013, 6:03 am
Top cop details the complexities of fighting cyber-crime
Traditional investigation techniques fall short when facing cyber-criminals from bank robbers to pedophiles… and then there’s the struggle to explain the cases to judges
By David Shamah
The Syrian Electronic Army (photo credit: screenshot/File)
February 20, 2013, 1:52 pm
Israel’s infrastructure exposed to cyber-risk
Though less talented than the Chinese, Iranian and Arab hackers may be able to get to electrical and water systems, expert warns
By David Shamah
Graphic of the countries that voted for (green background) and against (white background) the WCIT Treaty (photo credit: Courtesy ITU)
December 18, 2012, 10:09 am
Standing up for Internet freedom, in Israel and the world
Israel, the US and 54 other countries voted against changes in an international telecommunications treaty that could lead to increased web censorship, Israeli experts say
By David Shamah
Gambling on a cruise ship (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 10, 2012, 1:59 pm
Court: Legal or otherwise, all Internet information is kosher for Israelis
Judge rules blocking people from online gambling sites constitutes infringement on freedom of information
By David Shamah
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