Social media

Pakistani minister says 90% of social media content is false, urges crackdown

Fizza Abbas, a Karachi-based digital rights activist: “In Pakistan, the line between countering misinformation and constraining dissent has always been a delicate one.”

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters protest to demand release of their jailed leader and Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar on December 2, 2025.
 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seen on the backdrop of the pre-revolution flag of Iran (illustrative)

'A woman is like a flower': Khamenei defends Iran’s treatment of women as critics cite Mahsa Amini

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Elon Musk calls Jewish people 'peak white' in viral X post about extinction of white people

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IDF soldiers become new targets in global hunt against Jews - opinion

Anti-Israel groups are tracking and pursuing IDF soldiers worldwide, creating a growing threat for young Israelis traveling abroad after the war.

 Over 150 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.

Elon Musk’s X exposes massive anti-West psyop - opinion

How Musk’s platform is being used to turn Western discourse into a propaganda battleground.

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How AI reshaped the battle for consciousness in Israel and the Gaza battlefield - opinion

AI and sophisticated algorithms shape global public opinion, and especially the way the world understands, interprets, and experiences the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

QATARI MINISTER of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar bin Sultan Al Olama (left) shakes hands with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha earlier this year. Qatar invests vast sums in distributing hostile content, the writer maintains.

Fixing Israel’s broken PR strategy: What Zionism can learn from Sun Tzu - opinion

Israel cannot afford to continue losing the information war while winning on the ground.

A man holds 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu (illustrative)

Freed Gaza hostage Eitan Mor shoots image of Hamas arch-terrorist Sinwar at gun range

Freed hostage Eitan Mor shares gun range footage, aiming at an image of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who orchestrated the October 7 massacre.

 Illustrative image of then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in front of an image depicting smoke rising after Israeli strikes in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

X location feature is a wake-up call about the media landscape - analysis

X’s new location tool reveals the global origins of fake accounts, shaking trust in social media.

(Illustrative) A bugged X login screen.

Australia’s teen social media ban pushes content creators to look abroad

Australia's social media ban for children under 16 will take effect on December 10, and some content creators are considering moving abroad.

Dimi Heryxlim, 15, a social media content creator, poses while displaying his ‘House of Lim’ Instagram page at Burwood Chinatown in Sydney, Australia, November 14, 2025.

X location feature reveals origin of anti-Israel, antisemitic, and Gaza scam accounts

Concerns have been raised by some X users about the presence of foreign actors involving themselves in political movements, either for manipulation or monetization.

 A visual illustration depicts a phone with X/Twitter open with a Palestinian flag in the background.

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

Hamas worked for years to compile models based on information IDF soldiers personal social media and practiced infiltrating bases using VR technology.

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

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

To the company’s disappointment, “people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and social comparison,” internal documents said.

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Florida man charged for threatening Americans with Hamas symbols

Arsham Rashidi Dizajgan had allegedly posted on social media photographs and videos of American citizens with inverted red triangles over their heads with threatening messages.

A man walks past a graffiti reading "Oct 7, do it again”' on a retail store in Melbourne, Australia, October 7, 2025.