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Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi at the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 22, 2026, 1:50 pm
Karhi’s media overhaul has democracy in its crosshairs, not just broadcasting, expert says
Media scholar says government knew law could not survive judicial review, but advanced it anyway in order to shatter legislative norms and provoke showdown with High Court to please political base
By Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi in the Knesset, May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 5, 2025, 4:41 pm
Media bill won’t give government direct editorial control, but risks putting press in biased, moneyed hands
Expert Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler says Karhi’s proposal could severely damage independent journalism. While regulation reform is needed, this bill ‘can’t be divorced’ from coalition’s hostility to press
By Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi during a Knesset debate, July 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2023, 2:31 pm
Dumping regulator, media overhaul may open press to political meddling, experts warn
Under communications minister’s plan, government would control panel set to replace body that licenses broadcast news, in move allegedly aimed at boosting pro-Netanyahu channel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Jews walk through the street with guns in the mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, central Israel, May 28, 2021, in the wake of recent clashes between the two groups. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
February 3, 2022, 11:57 am
Iran set up fake social media network to stoke violence, tensions in Israel – report
‘Aduk’ group, masquerading as a nationalist and ultra-Orthodox news outlet, redistributed extremist and anti-Muslim material to encourage attacks on Arab Israelis, BBC says
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev attends a ceremony at the Israel Police National Headquarters in Jerusalem, September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
January 24, 2022, 7:40 pm
Amid NSO scandal, minister says wiretap laws must be ‘adapted to the 21st century’
Public Security Minister Barlev calls current legislation ‘old’; Knesset committee opens discussion on claims that police used Pegasus spyware to track civilians without oversight
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
In this October 23, 2019 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
October 12, 2021, 8:07 pm
Regulation takes time but it’s coming for Facebook, says Israeli law expert
Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler of the Israel Democracy Institute says that big shifts in data protection and privacy in recent years signal change for social media platforms
By Ricky Ben-David
The ‘Digital Violence: How the NSO Group Enables State Terror’ platform that details the operations of Israeli company NSO Group, as part of an investigation in July 2021 by Amnesty International and Citizen Lab. (Courtesy)
July 22, 2021, 5:38 pm
Israel democracy watchdog calls for ‘smart regulation’ for NSO spyware sales
Sales of software like Pegasus called ‘challenge’ for democracies; think tank says better oversight needed to ensure multinational tech firms continue to invest in Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
A car is set on fire during clashes between Arab and Jews in Acre, northern Israel, May 12, 2021 (Roni Ofer/Flash90)
May 30, 2021, 11:43 am
Netanyahu sought social media blackout during Jewish-Arab unrest — reports
PM said to have suggested move twice, pushed plan to block access to TikTok during major riots in mixed cities earlier this month; legal officials blocked proposal
By ToI Staff
In this October 23, 2019 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
February 25, 2021, 3:06 pm
Aussie battle with tech Goliaths could slingshot in favor of tiny Israel’s media
As Canberra forces Facebook, Google to pay for content, Israel could ‘piggyback’ and reap benefit for its own press but is unlikely to battle online giants itself soon, experts say
By Shoshanna Solomon
A paramedic from Magen David Adom medical services, administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at an Ikea store in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Feb. 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 24, 2021, 3:40 pm
Knesset passes law to give cities info on unvaccinated residents
Meretz MK says bill is too quick to hand over medical, personal data; Likud committee head pushes back, says saving lives trumps privacy
By ToI Staff and Stuart Winer
An Israeli paramedic from Magen David Adom medical services, administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at an Ikea store in Rishon Lezion, Feb. 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 23, 2021, 2:36 pm
Bill to give info on unvaccinated residents to cities faces final Knesset votes
Health union warns legislation will undermine trust in municipalities; labor union, businesses said close to deal on banning unvaccinated going in to work
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
An education worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection, at a Clalit clinic in Jerusalem, January 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2021, 11:23 am
Israel’s data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns
Health Ministry releases details of agreement with coronavirus vaccine producer, but redacted document doesn’t address all questions, including some ethical worries
By Ilan Ben Zion
An Israeli man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 10, 2021, 7:14 pm
Experts urge dose of transparency as medical data traded to Pfizer for vaccines
Privacy activists ask if pharma firm is truly only getting publicly available information, decry lack of transparency and fear what will happen if records are de-anonymized
By Shoshanna Solomon
Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, a research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. (Israel Democracy Institute)
July 7, 2020, 12:29 pm
LISTEN: Big Brother is always watching, says expert. Pandemic has made it worse
Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler says Israeli surveillance is much closer to China in terms of invasion of citizens’ privacy than to European governments or liberal Asian countries
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Israeli startup AnyVision uses artificial intelligence to recognize faces, bodies and objects for security and other purposes. (YouTube screenshot)
July 2, 2020, 4:37 pm
Bias claims spur debate on need for curbs, oversight of facial recognition tech
Official at Israeli startup AnyVision says he hopes for regulation of the industry because his firm’s software could never be abused, unlike open-source platforms
By Shoshanna Solomon
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