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Jonny Stark Secret TLV

Why did Facebook (again) suspend the popular Israeli group Secret Tel Aviv?

08.02.21|James Spiro
The group, which had more than 320,000 members, had a prominent job board helping people find jobs during Covid-19
מינסוטה וייקינגס נגד ניו אורלינס סיינטס NFL פוטבול

Who raised $280 million at $1.4 billion valuation and is Zionist an offensive term?

01.02.21|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Covid-19 Big Bang sending trillion-dollar shockwaves through media market
מארק צוקרברג מייסד מנכ"ל פייסבוק יולי 2019

Facebook's new dilemma: Is Zionist an offensive term?

01.02.21|Itamar Zigelman
The social media giant admitted that the term “Zionist” is under review as it attempts to determine how it should moderate against anti-Semitism
University of Haifa TikTok event

University of Haifa and TikTok address Holocaust awareness during International Holocaust Remembrance Day

28.01.21|James Spiro
The event featured students from the MA Program in Holocaust Studies, addressing the lack of knowledge about the Holocaust among today’s youth
Remember Wall Yad Vashem

Israel’s Yad Vashem commemorates Holocaust victims with IRemember Wall

26.01.21|James Spiro
The initiative allows people to participate in an online commemorative marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day
דונלד טראמפ  על רקע לוגואים של טוויטר ו פייסבוק

Trump’s social media silencing proves that market caps, not national borders, are what makes a superpower

17.01.21|Shaul Olmert
The Capitol Hill riots reminded the tech giants of their responsibility to democratic values. It’s too bad that that’s what it took
צילום ריאות CT

Facebook's algorithm exposes its human side by sharing AI models for predicting Covid-19 deterioration

15.01.21|Ron Friedman
The company’s artificial intelligence researchers developed models that use x-rays to anticipate the progression of the disease in a patient and help hospitals prepare
Hate Speech

“A coalition of hate”: The online extremists that are testing Big Tech

15.01.21|James Spiro
Hate speech has been bubbling on social media and the internet for decades - but it all came to a climax this month at the heart of America’s democracy
אפליקציה מסרים מיידיים סיגנל Signal ווטסאפ

WhatsApp’s new privacy settings Signal change for instant messaging

12.01.21|James Spiro
After Facebook updated its privacy settings for WhatsApp, concerned voices from Israel and the world start pondering an alternative
מעקב אחר אזרחים פרטיות מיקום ניטור

Privacy breaches add insult to Covid-19 injury

04.01.21|Dov Greenbaum
Too many data points and not enough oversight suggests the damage inflicted by the response to the pandemic will stick around even after the disease is eradicated
ווייז WAZE

How much did Israeli techies earn in 2020 and why will the IPO frenzy reshape the future of Israeli tech?

31.12.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Pigmentum raises $1 million from FreshStart to advance genetical concentration of color and flavor in plants
Anat Greemland Scale-Up Velocity ענת גרימלנד

Tech training program ‘Adva’ completed by 81 ultra-Orthodox women, leading to employment opportunities at leading companies

29.12.20|James Spiro
The program gives women access to companies like Apple, Facebook, Check Point, and XM Cyber
משרדי NSO ב הרצליה

Tech giants Microsoft, Google, Dell, and Cisco join legal battle against Israel's NSO

22.12.20|Reuters
The Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous," say the companies in an amicus brief in federal court
בנימין נתניהו מקבל חיסון חיסונים שיבא תל השומר 2

No tracking chips in the vaccine: Facebook removes four Hebrew groups spreading misinformation

20.12.20|Reuters
Justice Ministry battling attempts to mislead the public with 'Fake News' about sinister motives behind the national innoculation effort
Big Tech Breakup

Can, or should, Facebook be broken up?

16.12.20|James Spiro
After 46 US States took the social media giant to court over antitrust laws, CTech spoke with M. Firon & Co.’s head of the Competition, Antitrust and Regulatory Affairs to discuss its future
מגזין נשים 4.4.17 עדי סופר תאני מנכלית פייסבוק ישראל

Competition regulators are looking into Facebook Israel’s 2018 acquisition of Redkix

15.12.20|Tomer Gonen and Hagar Ravet
The social media giant did not submit notice of merger documents before buying two Israeli startups in the last three years
פנאי The Social Dilemma

Three things they didn’t tell you in Netflix’s ‘The Social Dilemma’

18.11.20|Gal Ringel
The documentary is a case of good intentions that got a little off course and could use some fine-tuning.
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

2020 ranking: These are the best tech companies to work for in Israel

26.10.20|James Spiro
With this year bringing unprecedented challenges for the workforce, data firm Dun & Bradstreet shows which companies are still attractive - and which ones failed to maintain their mojo
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What is Facebook developing in Tel Aviv and who is leasing Herons from the IAI?

20.10.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Rafael develops new navigation system that is immune to GPS jamming
אינסטגרם לייט

Facebook unveils Tel Aviv-developed Instagram Lite

20.10.20|Allon Sinai
Five years after launching Facebook Lite, social media giant is bringing Instagram to the developing world