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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

social media apps

A photo collage of Jewish TikTok content creators. (Screenshots via JTA)
January 18, 2025, 9:32 am
‘Shalom, friends’: US Jews on TikTok brace for app’s ban after Supreme Court ruling
With the platform possibly set to be barred in the US as soon as Sunday, Jewish creators credit it for their success even as others blame it for allowing viral antisemitic content
By Andrew Lapin
The icon for TikTok. (AP Photo/File)
October 11, 2023, 8:19 am
Israeli, US parents urged to delete social apps, fearing kids may see hostage clips
Schools call for limiting children’s access to sites like TikTok, Instagram over concerns of graphic content; warning based on WhatsApp message with questionable authenticity
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative image (iStock)
April 6, 2022, 2:42 am
As eating disorders among teens soar in pandemic, YA novel takes on grave issue
For debut work of fiction about anorexic high school girls, 25-year-old E.J. Schwartz draws on her own recent experience of social media-influenced devastating drive for thinness
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: The messaging app Telegram is displayed on a smartphone. (AP Photo)
January 26, 2022, 4:09 pm
Germany mulls banning Telegram as mandatory vaccine debate begins
Expert says app, which played a key role in violent protest against pandemic policies, has also become a ‘new avenue’ for spreading racist, antisemitic content
By AFP
An illustrative image of a man talking on a smartphone (fizkes, iStock by Getty Images)
December 21, 2020, 4:06 pm
Social media, meet your past: This startup wants to bring back phone calls
Developer Avi Lieberman hopes his Pattr app will allow ‘old-fashioned’ social network, where people can talk to friends and make new ones
By Jake Epstein
US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he finishes speaking during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
August 7, 2020, 5:53 am
Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat
US president bars ‘transactions’ with firms that own massively popular apps, starting in 45 days, citing alleged security threats
By TALI ARBEL
The social media application logo TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone, in Arlington, Virginia, April 13, 2020. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
August 3, 2020, 6:00 pm
TikTok lambasted for failing to show up at Knesset anti-Semitism hearing
MK accuses Chinese video app of evading accountability for bigoted content on its platform, which is used mostly by young people
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative image of border police on June 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 7, 2020, 9:33 pm
Border Police bans officers from using Chinese app Tiktok over security fears
Popular video-sharing app forbidden on base and during operations, agency says, citing ‘security risks’ and harm to its ‘values and image’
By ToI Staff
'My world came crashing down,' says one of the victims who found out that nude photos of her were posted on Telegram without her consent. (Illustration: iStock)
December 21, 2019, 1:10 pm
‘It feels like rape’: Hacked nude photos distributed as porn on messaging app
Israeli authorities fail to stem the growing number of female victims whose intimate photos are posted on Telegram without their consent, leaving women to fend for themselves
By Anabel Zamir
FaceApp is displayed on an iPhone, July 17, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
December 3, 2019, 10:28 am
FBI warns FaceApp is ‘potential counterintelligence threat’ from Russia
Responding to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s request for probe of popular app, agency says Moscow’s intelligence services have ‘robust cyber exploitation capabilities’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this July 30, 2019, file photo, social media application Facebook is displayed on Apple's App Store (Illustration: AP/Amr Alfiky)
August 21, 2019, 8:37 am
Facebook rolls out tool to block data gathering outside the platform
The social media giant tracks its users’ activities around the web to more efficiently target them with ads
By Barbara Ortutay
In this picture released by his official website, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of Qom residents in a mosque at his residence in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 18, 2018, 2:58 pm
Iran’s Khamenei will stop using Telegram
Supreme leader says he’s leaving app banned by regime during winter protests, urges Iranians to join domestic networks
By Agencies
Saudi men trying out smartphones at a conference. (YouTube screenshot)
September 20, 2017, 11:39 am
Saudi Arabia to unblock WhatsApp, Skype
Conservative kingdom, with its bulging youth population, is among the world’s top per capita users of social media
By AFP
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, center-right, marches in the Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday, June 4, 2017. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, was an honorary grand marshal. (Alexi Rosenfeld)
June 5, 2017, 12:47 pm
Israel launches ‘Iron Dome of Truth’ website at Celebrate Israel Parade
4IL is a cyber second-strike campaign that empowers users to counteract disinformation and biased reporting being spread over social media
By ToI Staff
Detail from YOLOCAUST by Shahak Shapira (yolocaust.de)
January 20, 2017, 11:54 am
Israeli-German artist shames Holocaust memorial selfies
Shahak Shapira’s ‘YOLOCAUST’ project combines Instagram photos with images of concentration camp victims to hard-hitting effect
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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