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US senators call for probe of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

Reuters reported that internal documents from late 2024 stated that Meta expected to earn about 10% of its revenue that year – about $16 billion – from illicit advertising.

For the first time, a jury has declared that what Meta described as ‘despicable’ hacking comes at a high cost.
A protester at Ben-Gurion Airport holds a phone displaying an image of Israeli hostage Naama Levy taken during her captivity in Gaza, in Lod, Israel, July 21, 2024

Hamas used fake Instagram profiles to map IDF bases, track soldiers before October 7 assault

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Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Meta does not hold social media monopoly, judge rules


'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.

NICK FUENTES told Tucker Carlson (right) that ‘organized Jewry’ represents the ‘big challenge’ to American unity, and he invoked ‘blood-and-soil’ to describe Zionism, the terminology that underpinned Nazi Germany, says the writer.

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.

Elkana Bohbot with his wife Rivka Bohbot on October 19, 2025.

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.

 Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021

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.”

Erika Kirk, wife of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, reacts during a ceremony held by U.S. President Donald Trump to posthumously award the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 14, 2025.

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.

 OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023

'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.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

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.

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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.

Instagram app.

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.

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, mark the annual al-Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Sana'a, Yemen, March 28, 2025

Donation infiltration: How Iranian spies infiltrate IDF donation networks to target Israel

Iranian operatives are using Facebook or WhatsApp groups of mothers of IDF soldiers to spy on Israel.

 Many people have joined WhatsApp groups that have members of not-for-profits, mothers seeking supplies for their children’s platoons, vendors who can supply goods, and apparently one or more Iranian spies.

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