Tag: Facebook
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...
On Facebook: Gazan protestors ‘bring a knife, dagger, handgun,’ kidnap Israelis, murder soldiers
Two Palestinian Facebook pages and a forum directing rioters in Gaza gave explicit instructions to murder and kidnap Israelis on May 14, the day the U.S. embassy opened in Jerusalem, as well as suggestions...
Hamas TV posts anti-Facebook video on Twitter, Telegram for ‘violations against Palestinian content’
In the framework of its campaign against Facebook, Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV published a promo on Twitter and Telegram to protest what it said were the social-media networking company’s “violations against Palestinian content,” including the...