Meta rejects claims 2025 policy changes fueled rise in antisemitic content
Meta significantly changed its approach to moderating hateful content in January 2025, shifting away from proactive enforcement toward a model that relies on user reports and reactive enforcement.
UK weighs forcing social media firms to boost trusted news
Roy Freeman: Building a comfortable community for LGBT olim in Israel
Spanish-language online antisemitism far exceeds pre-Oct 7 levels, remains highest on X
Meta does not hold social media monopoly, judge rules
The agency sought to force Meta to restructure or sell Instagram and WhatsApp in order to restore competition among social media networks.
'Jews run society, women need to shut up': MAGA supporters clash over Nick Fuentes's extremism
Fuentes’s online rehabilitation began when Musk reinstated his account on X/Twitter in May.
Elkana Bohbot's heartwarming story about life back from Gaza: 'He forgot the rules of this house'
Rivka Bohbot, wife of former Gaza hostage Elkana Bohbot, shared a heartwarming story about how he is adjusting to life outside the Gaza tunnels.
WhatsApp, YouTube, and Facebook: What are the most popular apps used in Israel in 2025?
In 2025, the Index also measured the public's use of artificial intelligence services, particularly large language models (AI chatbots), which have become widely accessible.
BBC producer under fire for post calling Charlie Kirk's widow a ‘Zionist handler’
BBC Radio 4 producer Jayne Egerton shared a post referring to Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered political activist Charlie Kirk, as his “Zionist handler.”
OpenAI's chief people officer to depart, company says
OpenAI's CEO of applications will be hiring a new chief people officer, while its chief strategy officer will be running the position in the interim.
'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta
Relatives of October 7 victims are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, for livestreams of Hamas's massacre, broadcasting footage of their relatives' murder.
A decade after Facebook: Instagram enables memorializing people after their death
Instagram now lets users appoint a memorial contact to manage parts of their account after death - without posting or reading messages - joining Facebook in offering tools to cope with loss.
Navigating loss in the digital world: Instagram adds memorialization option for deceased users
This feature was introduced following a legislative initiative by Shas MK Erez Malul, who has worked to raise awareness of users' post-death rights and enable memorialization on social media.
Investigation exposes X, WhatsApp as hotbeds for arms trade involving Houthis, US weapons
TTP identified 130 Yemen-based X accounts that were advertising a range of weapons, including high-powered rifles, grenade launchers, and other military-grade arms.
