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Meta separates groups from Facebook and launches a new app

Meta is disconnecting one of the central and most popular features on the social network. The new app, Forum, will concentrate all group activity in one place.

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“Meta is unifying Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and more into a single account system, allowing users to manage all services from one place and sign in securely using one password or Passkey technology.”

Meta to lay off 100 in Israel, reassign 200 to AI

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A logo of Meta AI sits outside the Meta House on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025.

Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices

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Where can you find out about Israel's sporting culture? Try Follow Team Israel Facebook

The group has now surpassed 100,000 followers

FOLLOW TEAM ISRAEL Facebook Group Founder David Wiseman poses with Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija, now of the Portland Trail Blazers.

A new feature in WhatsApp that will allow you to send messages faster

Meta's messaging app introduces a new "Favorites" tab for quick communication with frequently contacted contacts. Rolling out gradually to all users for faster messaging.

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35 groups call on social media platforms to copy Meta ban on targeting Zionists

The Meta Policy Forum had previously treated the use of the term "Zionist" as hate speech in narrow instances when it was clearly antisemitism or incitement against Jews or Israelis.

 Organization calls for other social media platforms to hold anti-Zionist speech accountable on social media.

The Einstein effect: How a Jewish scientist hit mainstream culture - opinion

Cohen’s favorite Einstein quote is 'have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.'

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Facebook will remove hate content that also uses the word "Zionist"

Meta tightens its activity against anti-Semitic content: Facebook and Instagram will remove content using "Zionist" or "Zionists" as proxy terms for discriminatory attacks against Jews or Israelis.


Meta to remove posts targeting 'Zionists' when aiming at Jews, Israelis

Calls to violence and hatred, often featuring coded language like using the term ‘Zionists’, have been amplified by algorithms.

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Meta lifts ban on use of the word 'Shaheed' in its posts

Some groups, such as the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), have slammed Meta's decision, saying the company has 'double standards' for the Jewish community.

 Meta HQ at One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, CA: an ideal venue for the Bay Area Jewish community  to demand that Mark Zuckerberg prioritizes safety of Jewish students over profits.

Hate and harassment proliferates through social media, ADL survey finds

In both the adult and teenager surveys, it was concluded that Facebook is the platform where most harassment occurs at 61% of total online harassment.


Diaspora Affairs Ministry behind influence op. to target US lawmakers - NYT report

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry ministry responded to the NYT report, asserting that the paper's claims were "baseless."

 THE NY TIMES building in Manhattan: It was no surprise that a story meant to demonize a segment of Israeli society would appear in the ‘Times,’ the writer maintains.

Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content

The ex-employee alleged that after finding a short video posted by a Palestinian photojournalist of a destroyed Gaza building, it was classified as pornographic.

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