Freedom of information

The US and Israel need an Iron Dome for the information war

The next attack is already being drafted somewhere. It will not wait for a press office to answer.

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023.
 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Iran won information war by shutting down the Internet - opinion

A photo from the publicly released Epstein files which was removed without explanation from the Justice Department’s collection.

Photo of Donald Trump removed from released Epstein files, Democrats decry 'cover-up'

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters protest to demand release of their jailed leader and Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar on December 2, 2025.

Pakistani minister says 90% of social media content is false, urges crackdown


Between the freedom and security of information

The Spokesperson’s Unit and Military Censor have completely collapsed.

IDF forces on the Gaza border, November 13, 2018

Supreme Court: Netanyahu-Mozes transcripts will not be made public

Prosecutors Yuval Yoaz and Shachar Ben Meir filed a request to the Israeli Supreme Court to publish the transcripts of conversations between Netanyahu and "Yedioth Ahronoth" publisher Arnon Mozes.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting, June 17, 2018.

IDF Military Censor banned nearly 300 articles last year

The Military Censor works in an outdated mode, even if some secrets are legitimate, expert says.

IDF computing school

IDF Military Censor banned nearly 300 articles last year

The Military Censor works in an outdated mode, even if some secrets are legitimate, expert says.

A woman is seen through a coffee shop window as she reads an article about Ben Zygier in an Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in Jerusalem, February 15, 2013.

Privacy literacy, legislation top-of-mind at TAU

Researchers in Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center want to help users make better decisions about privacy.

A man is silhouetted against a video screen with a Twitter and a Facebook logo

The end of the Internet age

Governments and monopolistic corporations pose a threat to freedom of information

Google co-founder Sergey Brin walks the runway wearing new product "Glass by Google".

Editorialized journalism: Don't always believe your eyes

Media coverage - or lack thereof - leaves readers on their own.

Undercover Israeli security personnel detain a Palestinian demonstrator during clashes at a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah

Iranian activity against Telegram and now also against the company’s CEO

The Jerusalem Post

Brexit Papers: Who's in charge of Europe's Information Hen House? The Chickens or the Fox?

The Jerusalem Post

PA arrests radio station chairman who publicly denounced Abbas

The Palestinian Authority arrested Ayman Qawasmeh, chairman of the Minbar al-Huriyya station, days after he spoke on air against PA President Mahmoud Abbas and PA PM Rami Hamdallah.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas