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בעל השליטה ב X אלון מאסק ומנכ"ל טלגרם פבל דורוב

Breaking the platforms: why nations are going to war with social media

02.09.24|Omer Kabir
Brazil’s block on X and France’s arrest of Telegram’s founder signal a new, aggressive approach to reigning in disinformation and extremism online.
אלון מאסק

Banking giants trapped in Musk's $13B Twitter debacle

22.08.24|Viki Auslender
How a risky loan became the worst deal since the global financial crisis.
מימין קמלה האריס ו אלון מאסק

Musk vs. Harris: The social media showdown shaping the presidential race

07.08.24|Omer Kabir
Can a tech mogul tip the scales of democracy with a tweet?
בני גנץ ו בנימין נתניהו

Conspiracy theories accusing Israeli leaders of treason gain momentum

28.07.24|Omer Kabir
A new study by the Fake Reporter organization has found an alarming jump in the spread of conspiracy theories by right-wing activists in recent months. According to one theory gaining momentum, senior IDF officials represent American interests.
אנשי ה שירות החשאי מלווים את טראמפ לרכבו אחרי ניסיון התנקשות

X marks the plot: Trump assassination attempt triggers online conspiracy theories

14.07.24|Omer Kabir
X users point to the lack of blood, crowd's calm, and campaign photos as evidence of a fake event.
הוועידה הלאומית הכלכלית פאנל מדינת ההייטק מחשבת מסלול מחדש אור לנצ'נר מנכ"ל Bright Data

Judge dismisses X case against data-scraping firm Bright Data

10.05.24|Omer Kabir
This is the second victory in three months for the Israeli company against a technology giant, after Meta abandoned a similar lawsuit it filed against Bright Data in February
נועם ברדין מנכ”ל Waze וסגן נשיא בגוגל לשעבר

Former Waze CEO announces closure of his Twitter alternative Post News

20.04.24|CTech
Noam Bardin's social media platform raised money from the likes of Andreesen Horowitz, but according to Bardin “our service is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform”
חשבון X של חסן נסראללה עם וי כחול

X under scrutiny for enabling Hezbollah, Houthi propaganda machine

15.02.24|Omer Kabir
A TTP report found that over a dozen X (Twitter) accounts linked to Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthi rebels, and other Iranian-backed militias had been granted blue checkmarks. Twitter charges a fee for this verification, potentially violating U.S. sanctions that prohibit financial dealings with terrorist entities. After the report was published, most of the evidence was removed from the accounts in question.
לוגו גוגל מטא פייסבוק

Tech giants cash in on soaring conspiracy theory craze

31.01.24|Viki Auslender
As the war in Gaza continues, conspiracy theories are gaining wide circulation on the web, and the various parties are creating a digital space of mutual destruction. Companies like Google and X profit from the increased activity, benefitting from advertising revenue and extracting massive data from users
ההודעה שמקבלים משתמשי X

X/Twitter down for users globally

21.12.23|CTech and Reuters
Users encountered loading issues on X and X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, with a message that said "Waiting for posts," and “Welcome to X” instead of the regular tweets on their feed. The problem was resolved after over an hour.
אלון מאסק הבעלים של טסלה ספייס איקס X

Musk tells advertisers fleeing X over antisemitic content to "Go f** yourself"

30.11.23|Reuters
The Tesla CEO bristled at the idea that he was antisemitic and said that advertisers who left X, formerly known as Twitter, should not think they could blackmail him
אלון מאסק מבקר ביישובי עוטף עזה 27.11.2023

Non X factor: Musk, Netanyahu ignore anti-Semitic discourse on X

28.11.23|Viki Auslender
Slogans about "a better future" were dropped continuously in the conversation between the Prime Minister and the richest man in the world following a tour of the Gaza border towns attacked by Hamas. However, any references to the toxic content on Musk's social platform X, which might have given real meaning to the meeting, were conspicuous by their absence
אלון מאסק X 24.7.23

Elon Musk expected to visit Israel this week amid Gaza war and X antisemitism storm

26.11.23|Omer Kabir and Meir Orbach
There is no detailed schedule for the visit yet, but IDF sources say that he is expected to visit a closed military area during it. It is possible that Musk will enter the Gaza Strip to see the war with Hamas up close, or he will visit one of the towns attacked by Hamas on October 7
אלון מאסק 13.9.23

Musk: X to donate all revenue associated with war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza

22.11.23|Viki Auslender
Musk noted that X “will track how funds are spent and go through Red Cross/Crescent” to ensure they don’t end up in Hamas hands
אלון מאסק X 24.7.23

Under Musk's watch: a 1,000% surge in Anti-Semitic content on X platform

16.11.23|Omer Kabir
Since October 7, there has been a more significant surge in incitement against Jews on the platform than what was observed on fringe platforms associated with the extreme right. Last month alone, 46,000 posts were published there under the hashtag #HitlerWasRight
מלחמה בעזה חרבות ברזל הפצצה ברצועת עזה 14.10

X factor: Independent social media influencers leave mainstream media in their dust in Gaza war information battle

23.10.23|Omer Kabir
According to a report by the University of Washington, seven independent accounts that do not adhere to the rules of journalistic ethics received 1.6 billion views in the first three days of the war - an average of 872,000 views per post. This is a significantly higher number than the views of posts on CNN, Reuters, BBC or the New York Times, which had an average of 376,000 views per post
אלון מאסק Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s crusade isn't about protecting data privacy, but leveraging data for himself

07.09.23|Omer Kabir
Musk has sued Microsoft and Israeli company Bright Data for scraping public data from X, but has now changed X's privacy policy to allow his own xAI to train its models based on user data
מוסף שבועי 6.7.23 אלון מאסק טוויטר

Twitter suing Bright Data, demands it stops scraping

27.07.23|Omer Kabir
X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, is claiming that the Israeli company “scrapes and sells millions of records from X Corp.’s X platform, in blatant violation of X Corp.’s terms of service”
מוסף שבועי 13.7.23 מארק צוקרברג ו אלון מאסק

The Ego Wars: Musk vs. Zuckerberg over Threads' meteoric rise

16.07.23|Omer Kabir
Examining Threads' potential challenges and controversies in light of its exceptional growth
ת'רדס Threads טוויטר

Meta's Threads: Challenging Twitter's dominance with TikTok-inspired strategy

09.07.23|Omer Kabir
Meta has deliberately diverged from the recipe that has been at the core of Twitter's success, which revolves around news and politics, and instead focuses on users' desire for communities and memes
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