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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

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Fake news uncovered by student volunteers at the IDC Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, central Israel. (Courtesy IDC)
May 20, 2021, 3:57 pm
Students expose fake social media reports on Israel-Gaza, to set record straight
Around 180 students from Israel and around the world staff situation room at Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, looking out for false anti-Israel coverage and explaining facts
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud Hanukkah event on December 2, 2018 (screen capture: Facebook)
April 1, 2019, 11:59 am
Gantz claims Netanyahu trying to steal elections as ‘fake news’ network revealed
Watchdog says hundreds of bogus social media profiles, with 2.5 million hits, working to boost PM, smear his rivals; Blue and White demands police probe; Likud denies involvement
By Raoul Wootliff
Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 28, 2019, 7:15 pm
Fake news hits new high as bots, trolls continue to bat for Netanyahu – report
Vocativ media company’s ninth weekly summary finds that Blue and White leader Gantz still leads as target of most negative false news online
By Sue Surkes
Head of the Blue and White party, Benny Gantz, speaks during a campaign event in Haifa, on March 17, 2019. (Flash90)
March 21, 2019, 10:15 pm
Gantz is target of most fake news for 8th week running — report
One false item claims Gantz phone hack was ordered by a senior official in the Blue and White party and carried out by an Israeli company, Vocativ media company says
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative. Gabi Ashkenazi of the Blue and White party during a campaign event in northern Israel, March 7, 2019. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
March 14, 2019, 6:43 pm
Watchdog company: Gabi Ashkenazi, Rotem Sela newest targets of fake news
Ex-IDF chief turned Blue and White candidate falsely accused of ‘betraying country,’ while model who criticized Likud party’s stance on Arabs is shown sitting on Arab MK’s lap
By Sue Surkes
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a State Control committee meeting in the Knesset on December 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 28, 2019, 11:46 pm
Bots and trolls showed AG as ‘weak’ in run-up to PM indictment announcement
Netanyahu’s chief rival, Benny Gantz, continues to be target of most fake news, according to the Vocativ media company, including false charge that he hit disabled protester
By Sue Surkes
File: An ultra-Orthodox man looks at workers hanging a Likud campaign poster featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance to Jerusalem on March 11, 2015 in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2019, 3:20 pm
Likud refuses to back rules to block online voter manipulation in elections
PM’s party rejects declaration on fair Facebook use, tells Central Elections Committee it will continue to thwart transparency bill extending propaganda restrictions to internet
By Raoul Wootliff
Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections for the 20th Israeli parliament. March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
January 14, 2019, 9:58 am
Netanyahu says Israel’s ready for any election cyber-meddling scenario. It isn’t
Israelis’ intimate data has been widely leaked, including from ministries * Laws are outdated, unenforced * Abuse of social media is rampant * Facebook won’t respond to inquiries
By Sue Surkes and Shoshanna Solomon
In this March 17, 2015 file photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party supporters react to exit poll results at the party's election headquarters In Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 14, 2019, 12:52 am
Central Elections Committee to Likud: Commit to law ending election manipulation
Judge in charge of April’s elections says PM’s party must stop blocking wide-reaching transparency bill extending propaganda restrictions to cover online content
By Raoul Wootliff
Angela Ricketts poses on April 9, 2018, with a screen shot of a message she received from a group claiming to be Islamic State supporters, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
May 8, 2018, 9:26 am
Russians posing as IS hackers threatened US military wives
Evidence appears to point to same Russian hacking group that intervened in American election, exposed Hillary Clinton campaign chairman’s emails
By Raphael Satter
Illustrative image of a hacker, via Shutterstock.
October 10, 2017, 9:29 am
Sockpuppet nation: How fake commenters and other online ploys skew what you read
‘Online reputation management’ industry is thriving in Israel, gaming Google’s algorithm to boost the prominence of websites, paying trolls to post, and more
By Simona Weinglass
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