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Illustrative: Portraits of slain Iranians are displayed in an area of Esplanades des Invalides in Paris on July 8, 2025, as part of a campaign by French human rights activists to stop executions in the Islamic Republic. (Delphine TOUITOU / AFP)
November 5, 2026, 10:17 pm
Iran sentences man to death over social media posts, lawyer and rights groups say
Advocates say authorities arrested Amirhossein Mousavi in 2024 after learning he was behind critical X and Instagram accounts, tortured him into confessing he worked for Israel
By AFP
A collection of social media posts tying the violent protests in France to Jews and Israel (Screenshots)
October 20, 2026, 12:58 pm
Antisemitic conspiracies about French protests spread across social media – watchdog
Combat Antisemitism Movement finds 1,384 posts on X claiming that Jews, Israel, and Zionists are to blame for or are profiting from the widespread unrest over the weekend
By Zev Stub and Agencies
This combination of photos shows logos of X, formerly known as Twitter, top left; Snapchat, top right; Facebook, bottom left; and TikTok, bottom right. (AP Photo)
September 20, 2026, 11:22 am
Israeli firms among those experimenting with AI-powered social media bots — NYT
Report on Chinese, Iranian state influence efforts says two Israeli firms used open-source models to create fake accounts; one says it was researching how to combat misinformation
By ToI Staff
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, spokesman for Yemen's Houthi group, speaks during a rally denouncing Israel in Sanaa on January 3, 2025.(Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
August 13, 2026, 4:34 pm
X suspends Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree’s account amid regional escalation
Social media platform says account used to claim attacks by Yemeni rebels violated its rules, but doesn’t specify how; Yemeni government soldier killed as Houthi attacks intensify
By ToI Staff and AP
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a press conference to announce government action to protect children online, at Downing Street in central London, June 15, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/ Pool Photo via AP)
June 15, 2026, 1:25 pm
UK PM Starmer announces ban on social media for under-16s
British premier says he’s ‘not prepared to compromise on the safety and happiness of our children’; kids will be barred from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X, but not WhatsApp, Signal
By brian melley
Members of the Jewish community comfort each other following a deadly terror attack during Yom Kippur services at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, northern England, October 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
May 15, 2026, 3:22 pm
X agrees to UK crackdown on hate speech, terror content after antisemitic attacks
British regulator says commitments by social media platform are ‘of particular importance’ following recent attacks on British Jews; activist: X still ‘failing in so many regards’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Official Iranian social media accounts share AI-generated Lego propaganda promoting its wartime narrative. (X)
May 13, 2026, 10:24 pm
From anti-Israel Legos to fake footage, Iran’s AI propaganda owns the digital battlefield
Harnessing artificial intelligence for cutesy songs and other content, Tehran proves adept at spreading its narrative, dominating Israel’s attempts to win hearts and minds of internet users
By Nava Freiberg
Israeli fintech startup BridgeWise uses proprietary AI to generate analysis for investors across 70,000 global securities. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2026, 11:17 pm
Israeli fintech startup partners with Elon Musk’s X to gauge market sentiment
BridgeWise will merge data from the world’s biggest financial conversation network into its AI investment intelligence tool to provide analysis across 70,000 securities
By Sharon Wrobel
Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, January 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 9:42 pm
Sa’ar scolds Ukraine for doing Twitter diplomacy — but he does just the same, as does everyone else
Foreign minister regularly praises and lashes out against his counterparts on X, like other politicians. After a decade-plus of Trump tweets, it’s the new diplomatic normal
By Ben Sales
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses conspiracy theories claiming he is dead, in a video posted on March 15, 2026. (@netanyahu via X)
March 15, 2026, 8:17 pm
In video, Netanyahu mocks conspiracy theories about his death
Visiting a Jerusalem Hills cafe, premier debunks claim his recent live press conference was AI-generated, quips that he is ‘dying’ for coffee
A screen grab obtained from undated and unlocated video included in a montage posted by the White House X account that wove snippets of Hollywood blockbusters and video games into real footage of military strikes on Iran. (White House via X)
March 7, 2026, 7:44 am
White House posts montage of movie clips and real strikes on Iran
Iron Man, Gladiator and John Wick appear alongside real war footage in official social media video; Ben Stiller demands Tropic Thunder clip be removed, saying ‘war is not a movie’
By AFP
Hugh Laurie speaks at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
February 22, 2026, 9:47 am
Hugh Laurie, attacked for mourning ‘Tehran’ producer, rejects assumptions he’s ‘Zionist’
Denial comes after anti-Israel accounts disparaged British actor for grieving Dana Eden, who died last week; his response then drives backlash from pro-Israel accounts
By ToI Staff
Elon Musk attends the public memorial service for slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
November 21, 2025, 10:31 pm
France to investigate Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot after posts denying Holocaust
Grok tweeted that gas chambers at Auschwitz were designed for ‘disinfection with Zyklon B against typhus’ rather than mass murder
By Thomas Adamson
Cans of Zyklon B on display at Auschwitz. (photo credit: CC BY Jaysmark, Flickr)
November 19, 2025, 11:36 pm
French authorities probing Grok AI over ‘Holocaust-denying comments’
X chatbot made post Monday, since seen by over a million people, falsely claiming Nazi gas chambers were designed for disinfection instead of mass execution
By AFP
FILE - Lava lamps are seen through a lobby window at the headquarters of Cloudflare in San Francisco, August 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
November 18, 2025, 4:46 pm
Large swaths of internet disrupted due to Cloudflare outage
Service restored after several hours; X, ChatGPT, PayPal, dozens of other sites downed; outage intermittently affected The Times of Israel, impeding upload and display of photos
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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