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20 stories about Social Media

Musk’s X leads in antisemitic content related to US elections, CyberWell reports

03.12.24|Omer Kabir

According to CyberWell, which monitors antisemitic discourse online, social media platforms removed only 20% of antisemitic content in the months leading up to the U.S. elections. X (formerly Twitter), owned by Elon Musk, stood out with the highest number of antisemitic posts among major platforms

תכנים פרו נאציים ב טיקטוק שנוצרו באמצעות AI

TikTok’s Nazi problem: How extremists are thriving on the platform

05.08.24|Omer Kabir

A new report unveils the tactics and reach of extremist content that thrives on TikTok

Elena Talk Israel

TalkIsrael sets out to "positively change the conversation" about Israel among Gen Z

11.07.24|James Spiro

The non-profit is designed to give young influencers the tools to create meaningful conversations about Israel on social media.

אלון מאסק X 24.7.23

X adds Stripe identification services - at the expense of Israeli AU10TIX

27.06.24|James Spiro

The social media company now uses U.S-based Stripe following user concerns about privacy and alleged links to Israeli intelligence agencies. AU10TIX: We do not disclose information about our customers

Tal-Or Cohen CyberWell

"What happened on 7/10 on social media was the largest hijacking of our major applications by a terrorist group”

01.04.24|James Spiro

CyberWell CEO Tal-Or Montemayor has joined CTech for a conversation about online antisemitism, digital regulation, and debates the question: when does social media moderation turn into censorship?

ההודעה שמקבלים משתמשי X

X/Twitter down for users globally

21.12.23|CTech and Reuters

Users encountered loading issues on X and X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, with a message that said "Waiting for posts," and “Welcome to X” instead of the regular tweets on their feed. The problem was resolved after over an hour.

האקר האקרים פריצה פריצת מחשב

How Iran used social media to stoke tensions between Israelis

20.12.23|Omer Kabir

An investigation by the Fake Reporter organization reveals that since 2021, a foreign network with ties to Iran has been operating in Israel, spreading lies, incitement and hate on social media, using dozens of fake profiles and impersonating real people to sow division

Upholding company values through responsible social media usage

28.11.23|Avi Eyal

Guidelines for responsible social media use by staff during crisis & routine

הפגנה הפגנת תמיכה פלסטינים ב קולומביה

"Nobody in the Western world would normalize ISIS. Why should we do that to Hamas?"

20.11.23|James Spiro

The Israel-Gaza war is being fought on multiple battlegrounds - why have some become so sympathetic to terrorists online?

Bill Ackman demands Harvard take action against pro-Palestinian students

06.11.23|Elihay Vidal

The billionaire hedge fund manager asks on X: “How are these students not immediately suspended? How does this not violate Harvard’s code of conduct for students?” He demands suspension of the Harvard Law Review editor who accosted Jewish student on camera

Israel Flag Advocacy

Israel’s new advocacy mission goes further than college campuses

29.10.23|James Spiro

The country is facing a war on its land and a battle on social media - but hopes remain high at a diplomatic level

חמאס פורץ את הגדר בגבול עזה בשבת. "הגדר נבנתה תחת תצפיות חמאס שראה כל פעולה ובחן לאיזה עומק מורידים את המכשול בתוך הקרקע"

Digital Iron Dome - Israeli developers combine forces with major platforms to combat toxic posts

Through Digitaldome.io, any user can now report toxic content with a single click, combating efforts to undermine Israel's defensive measures

ת'רדס Threads טוויטר

Meta's Threads: Challenging Twitter's dominance with TikTok-inspired strategy

09.07.23|Omer Kabir

Meta has deliberately diverged from the recipe that has been at the core of Twitter's success, which revolves around news and politics, and instead focuses on users' desire for communities and memes

מימין אילון מאסק מארק צוקרברג

Zuckerberg vs. Musk: Meta launches Threads to compete with Twitter

06.07.23|Omer Kabir

In order to incentivize users to join Threads, Meta not only needs to create a successful platform, but also needs to convince Twitter users that the experience there will be much better, that they won't be subject to the arbitrary whims of a billionaire who only thinks about his bottom line, and that despite their animosity towards Zuckerberg, he is still capable of providing them with a better platform than Musk

מנכ"לית טוויטר לינדה יאקרינו עם הבעלים אלון מאסק 18.4.23

Musk limits number of posts Twitter users can read - Shooting his new CEO in the foot

02.07.23|Omer Kabir

At a time when new CEO Linda Yaccarino is taking significant steps to steer Twitter back on track, Musk is undermining the very foundation on which the company is built

Gil Michal Superfy

Gen-Z is avoiding Google - this Israeli startup wants to become their home for recommendations

12.06.23|James Spiro

Superfy, whose text-based query platform connects humans online, is taking on TikTok and Instagram as a primary resource for a generation seeking personal connections.

נועם ברדין מנכ”ל Waze וסגן נשיא בגוגל לשעבר

Former Waze CEO raises funds from a16z for new social platform Post News

Noam Bardin said that the platform has already onboarded 65,000 users out of a waitlist of 335,000

Ilan Buganim Sapiens

Will insurance digitalization introduce a new social platform?

23.11.22|Ilan Buganim

Ilan Buganim, chief technology and information officer at Sapiens, explains how social media accelerates insurance digitalization

Emmanuel Heymann Cyabra

Cyabra hires SVP Revenue to open NYC Office and accelerate hiring

Emmanuel Heymann will be growing Cyabra's Go-To-Market operations and help expand its presence in the U.S. as well as hiring and scaling the team

טיקטוק טיק טוק TikTok בייטדאנס ByteDance

Taking a TikTok journey straight to the Lions’ Den

31.10.22|Eitan Goldstein

I tell this story not as a warning of the dangers of TikTok or social media, nor to promote content moderation on these platforms. Rather, I tell this story as a warning about the type of world we now live in.