Tag: Social Media
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...
Netanyahu: ‘On April 9, the bots will vote in droves’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Yediot Achronot on Tuesday for suggesting that pro-Likud Twitter users, referred to as fake accounts or automatic bots, were somehow illicitly coordinating a propaganda campaign to help his re-election.
In an interview...
Netanyahu slams report by Israeli watchdog group on fake social-media accounts ahead of election
A network of hundreds of mostly fake social-media accounts has meant to boost Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and tarnish his opponents ahead of next week’s April 9 national elections, according to an Israeli...
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 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...
Israel report: Anti-Semitic content running amuk on Russian social media
While Facebook is taking steps to rid its platform of racist and inciting content, Russian-language social-media sites are reportedly letting such material run rampant.
As such, it is being seen by hundreds of millions of...
Israeli company goes head to head with Hezbollah in social media wars
A small web design company from Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel has launched an online campaign against the Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah after supporters of the Shiite organization threatened Israel that “the next war...