Social Media

Facebook's parent company says it has removed 141 Facebook accounts, 79 pages, 13 groups and 21 Instagram accounts based in Gaza or otherwise linked to the Islamist terrorist group.

Each page had over a million followers, and published messages supporting terrorists imprisoned in Israel and calling on Israel to release terrorists.

"We see it as a war on the Palestinian narrative, as an attempt to silence them speaking about their oppression and suffering," says Nadim Nashif, founder of digital rights organization "7amleh."

Fadah Jassem, a former television producer and editor based in London, apologizes after anti-Israel social-media posts exposed, says she was young and "ill-informed" at the time.

Social media influencers are posting pictures showing the brighter side of life to mock The New York Times travel piece.

The move seeks to address "growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules," social media giant says. Some 640 million of Facebook’s daily active users have opted in to have their faces recognized by the soon-to-be-defunct system.

The three platforms are woven into the fabric of young people’s lives, often influencing their dress, dance moves and diet, potentially to the point of obsession. “The problem is clear: Big Tech preys on children and teens to make more money," says Sen. Edward Markey.

Combination of pandemic-fueled anxiety, depression and TikTok videos of people with Tourette's could be to blame for tenfold increase in patients with Tourette's-like symptom, doctors say.

An internal list of individuals, organizations banned by the social media giant names Jewish extremist group Lehava alongside the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Islamic State.