The misinformation on Russian Embassy's Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts circulated even after the platforms took down posts from the embassy in Britain for breaking their rules against denying violent events, an Israeli watchdog finds.
A virtual strike of this scope "could have been carried out only by a powerful entity – not a hacker or even a group of hackers," a senior Israeli official says.
Around the time all sites using the .gov.il domain went dark, a Telegram group identified with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps posted a message in Hebrew and English reading "Surprise."
In a temporary change to its hate speech policy, the tech giant will also allow posts calling for the death of Putin, Belarusian President Lukashenko in the context of the Ukraine conflict, according to internal emails.
Israel's National Cyber Directorate has been apprised of situation, but whether the hackers had ties to hostile states or not is still unknown.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid weighs in on world geopolitics again, accusing Israel of inflicting the same suffering on Palestinians as Russia does on Ukrainians.
US lawmakers and federal regulators criticize TikTok over the promotion of content that can endanger the physical and mental health of young users. TikTok says it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users.
The Kremlin's communications regulator accuses the social media giant of restricting access to Russian media after Facebook insists on flagging accounts suspected of spreading fake news.
Although the Russian president has never publicly acknowledged so, 18-year-old Luiza Rozova, a student in St. Petersburg, is believed to be his daughter.
Google blocks Russia's RT app from earning on its platforms over the invasion of Ukraine. Facebook, Twitter limit Russian media's ads; YouTube slaps restrictions on the channels of media outlets RBC, TV Zvezda and Sputnik.
