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השר לביטחון פנים גלעד ארדן מסיבת עיתונאים אי הפללה שימוש ב קנביס

Twitter Hiring Israel Lobbyist Amid Government Criticism

30.07.18|Asaf Shalev
Israeli government ministers have been pushing to pass laws that would help force social media networks to remove content deemed harmful and likely to incite terrorism
השר לביטחון פנים גלעד ארדן מסיבת עיתונאים אי הפללה שימוש ב קנביס

Israel Prevented Hundreds of Terror Attacks by Monitoring Social Media, Official Says

13.06.18|Lilach Baumer
In 2017, Yisrael Katz, then Israel's minister of intelligence affairs, confirmed Israel uses a predictive policing system that relies heavily on social media to identify and sometimes detain Palestinians thought to be potential attackers
מייסדי Cyabra מימין עידו שרגא סנדי פרנג'י יוסף דאר דן ברמי

Startup With Israeli Intelligence Bona Fides Offers Defense Against Fake News

11.06.18|Raphael Kahan and Asaf Shalev
Tel Aviv-based Cyabra uses a deep learning and big data-based algorithm to identify patterns typical of fake profiles, avatars, or bots
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CTech’s Weekly Roundup of Israeli Tech News

27.04.18|CTech
Printing the perfect burger from cellulose. The challenges of living on Mars. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Visit Israel
גל גדות huawei

Gal Gadot Tweeted Her Love for Huawei—from an iPhone

26.04.18|CTech
The Israeli actress known for her title role in Wonder Woman deleted the tweet and explained that a member of her publicity team had posted the tweet from a personal device
מצפה רמון אסטרונאוטים d-mars

CTech's Tuesday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

24.04.18|CTech
The challenges of living on Mars: air, water, lack of personal space. Israeli lawmaker’s Twitter account suspended after tweet saying Palestinian girl in custody should have been shot
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Israeli Lawmaker’s Twitter Account Suspended After Tweet Saying Palestinian Girl in Custody Should Have Been Shot

24.04.18|Omer Kabir and Tofi Stoler
Twitter suspended the account of right-wing Israeli lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich after he published a tweet saying a Palestinian 17-year old placed in custody for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers should have been shot, “at least in her kneecap”
צילום מסך מתוך החנות המקוונת של החשבון הסאטירי TheMossadIL

Fake Mossad Handle Starts Selling Fake Mossad Swag

12.02.18|Tofi Stoler
Satirical Twitter handle @TheMossadIL gained notoriety in August when it trolled American pro-Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour
סרחיו אגוורו לירוי סאנה מנצ'סטר סיטי פרמיירליג

How Soccer Teams Compete on Digital Turf

23.01.18|David Haimovich
In the era of globalization, soccer clubs are getting ever more creative about how they engage with fans around the world
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Israeli Official Reports Increased Cooperation on Removing Content from Social Media

29.12.17|Shahar Ilan
Israel’s Ministry of Justice requested thousands of posts be removed from Facebook, Twitter and other networks this year. 85% of the time, the requests were accepted
ארגון דאעש המדינה האיסלאמית ISIS

Fake News Machine Turns Against ISIS

18.12.17|Tal Pavel
Sunni hacker groups have turned their keyboards against the fundamentalist militant organization. The hashtag used: #SilenceTheSwords