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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

social media manipulation

Guy Rolnik interviewing a social media executive speaking on condition of anonymity for a scene in the "Rolnik Report." (Kan)
February 12, 2024, 1:56 am
Delete your account: How social media may be metastasizing terror in service of Hamas
Influential economic columnist Guy Rolnik says hatred of Israel and Jews is being spread online to an unfathomable degree, creating an algorithmically sustained shadow October 7
By Amir Ben-David
From left to right, high school seniors Yuval Meller, Inbar Carmi and Maayan Shalom, at Tichon Hamoshava high school in Zichron Yaakov, on January 16, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
January 24, 2024, 8:36 am
‘Ready to do whatever it takes’: 12th-graders find a protective bubble popped by war
Four teenagers set to graduate from a Zichron Yaakov high school join a roundtable discussion with ToI to discuss Gaza, the IDF, antisemitism and what comes next for them
By Gavriel Fiske
Composite photo: A protester (left) demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas, holding a photo depicting Noa Argamani, one of the captives held since the October 7 massacre, and the Facebook logo (right). (Left to right: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images/Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/photo illustration by 70 Faces Media)
December 7, 2023, 8:08 pm
Meta to rule on deleted Israel-Hamas war posts, in potential social media shakeup
New fast-tracked process to make first-ever decisions on posts showing hostage Noa Argamani and aftermath of strike on Shifa Hospital, likely impacting how war discussed online
By Andrew Lapin
A burnt house in Kibbutz Be'eri after the deadly assault by Hamas, seen on October 11, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 18, 2023, 10:09 am
Hamas launched unique terror tactic: Livestreaming horrors on victims’ social media
‘We are not psychologically prepared for this,’ says expert, as New York Times highlights multiple cases in which distraught relatives saw gruesome updates via loved ones’ accounts
By ToI Staff
Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus celebrate on October 7, 2023, after Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip and launched a brutal large-scale attack on Israeli towns and cities. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
October 12, 2023, 2:23 pm
X takes down hundreds of accounts with Hamas ties, flags content
Platform’s CEO describes efforts to handle illegal and fake content on site since Hamas’s onslaught Saturday, generate fact checking on posts
By Agencies
Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 22, 2023, 12:31 pm
IDF admits psychological warfare attempt targeting Israeli citizens
Opening fake social media accounts and leveraging existing ones, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit sought to foster public positivity toward 2021 Gaza operation; IDF acknowledges ‘error’
By Ash Obel
A screenshot from a BFMTV newscast in August 2022 featuring anchor Rachid M'Barki. (Screenshot via YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 23, 2023, 10:22 pm
French news channel fires anchor linked to Israeli disinformation network scandal
Rachid M’Barki, a familiar face on BFMTV, let go after external influence probe finds firm had planted reports and journalist failed to follow due editorial process
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest coup leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore gather outside the National Assembly as Traore was appointed Burkina Faso's transitional president in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday, October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo)
February 16, 2023, 6:27 pm
Israeli firm sought to discredit Red Cross in Burkina Faso at request of local gov’t
Company allegedly arranged article tying humanitarian group to terrorism for political ends, adding to growing evidence that private outfits are manipulating public opinion online
By AFP
Tal Hanan, the leader of a team allegedly meddling in election and commercial campaigns around the world, at his office in Modiin, December 2022. (Screenshot: YouTube; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 15, 2023, 2:38 pm
Exposé unmasks Israel-led disinformation team that meddled in dozens of elections
Tal Hanan, aka ‘Jorge,’ revealed to have ability to hack accounts of top officials, plus software for quickly creating networks of 30,000 social media bots; he denies wrongdoing
By Michael Bachner
Oumie Nyassi shows a video circulating online and that has been debunked of a woman claiming she was magnetized after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, in a doctor's office at Serrekunda, Gambia hospital on Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 26, 2021, 4:47 pm
Ignoring its own staff, Facebook failed to act against anti-vax misinformation
Critics suggest social media giant was slow to move because it worried internal proposals to deal with misleading info might impact profits
By David Klepper and AMANDA SEITZ
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu imitating a sleeping US President Joe Biden, in a Facebook Live video, September 19, 2021. (Screen capture: Facebook)
September 19, 2021, 11:10 pm
Repeating debunked claim, Netanyahu mocks Biden for sleeping during Bennett meet
‘I heard that Biden was very attentive,’ former premier chuckles, as he drops his head and closes his eyes in an apparent imitation of the US president broadcast live on Facebook
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, August 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 30, 2021, 9:28 pm
Fact checkers debunk MK’s claim that Biden fell asleep in Bennett meet
Clips widely shared on social media, including by Likud’s Galit Distel Atbaryan, were altered to cut out the president’s response in order to deliberately mislead, Reuters notes
By ToI Staff
Ice cream moves along the production line at Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, in Waterbury, Vermont. on March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot/File)
June 18, 2021, 5:54 am
Did Ben & Jerry’s stop using social media due to pro-Palestinian activism?
While the ice cream company founded by two Jewish hippies usually puts up some pretty sweet posts, its accounts have been eerily quiet since last month’s Israel-Gaza flare-up
By Asaf Shalev
The Daily Briefing
June 1, 2021, 2:02 pm
Daily Briefing June 1 – How Palestinians see the emerging Israeli government
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
Screenshot from a video clip of a rocket landing in Holon, Israel, May 11, 2021, that circulated on social media. (Screenshot)
May 12, 2021, 1:33 pm
TikTok, Twitter videos bring images of Israel-Gaza conflict home to US Jews
But some say snippets on social media don’t paint a complete picture, leading viewers to assume the worst about Israel or to think it’s not vulnerable to rocket attacks
By Shira Hanau
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