Tag: Facebook
Fatah takes down Facebook page to head off NGO campaign
A Facebook page linked to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction was shut down on Wednesday, due to mounting complaints about the page’s content.
The page’s editor, Munir al-Jaghoub, told The Times of Israel that Fatah...
Sheryl Sandberg donates ambulance to United Hatzalah during Israel visit
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her family dedicated a new ambulance to Israeli EMS organization United Hatzalah during a visit to the organization’s national headquarters in Jerusalem last week.
The ambulance will be stationed in...
Federal appeals court rules in favor of Facebook in case on Hamas terror victims
A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided against victims of attacks by Hamas who looked to hold Facebook accountable for allegedly enabling a social-media platform for the U.S.-designated terrorist group to promote its objectives.
The 2nd U.S....
In rare move, Facebook blocks Israeli company over misinformation mission
In a rather unusual move, Facebook has “removed hundreds of fake accounts, pages and groups” connected to the Tel Aviv-based firm Archimedes Group, which claims it can “change reality,” reported The Wall Street Journal.
The social-media giant announced...
Facebook creates artificial intelligence team in Tel Aviv
Facebook has formed an artificial intelligence team in Tel Aviv, announced the company on Tuesday.
The 10-person team, called “Data.AI,” will work on machine-learning “algorithms that can improve the company’s internal interface and create new...
Facebook deletes post by Louis Farrakhan that compares Jews to termites
A video posted on Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s Facebook page, in which the controversial black nationalist compared Jews to termites, was taken down on Thursday by the social-media platform.
Facebook told TheWrap that...
Facebook bans columnist Barry Shaw for anti-Abbas commentary
Columnist Barry Shaw, based in Netanya, was banned by Facebook for 30 days after he posted a commentary critical of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Here is his account:
“I reported on Facebook about Mahmoud Abbas’s inflammatory...
Facebook says that Iran is behind disinformation operation
Joining Russia and other American adversaries, Iran has been behind a worldwide disinformation operation in the past several years, targeting hundreds of thousands of people, including in the United States, the Middle East, the...
Social media and the hate-speech slippery slope
Someone I know once told me that if his elderly mother ever wound up on Facebook, it would mean one of two possible things had happened: Either the social-media giant had become passé or...
Israeli Supreme Court rules that users can sue Facebook in its courts
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that Israelis can file claims against social-media platform Facebook in Israeli courts, even though the user license agreement states that members can only sue in California courts.
The court ruled...