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Fast Forward Israeli Gaming Company Playtika Acquired by Chinese Consortium for $4.4 Billion
A Chinese consortium has agreed to purchase the Israeli social media games company Playtika for $4.4 billion in cash. The consortium is buying the company from Caesars Interactive Entertainment, which acquired Playtika in 2011, for about $170 million. Caesars reportedly is selling the unit to pay down debt. The deal is one of the largest…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans Push To Stifle Terror Incitement on Social Media
Israel’s Justice Ministry is drafting legislation that would enable it to order Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media to remove online postings it deems to be inciting terrorism. “We are working on draft legislation, similar to what is being done in other countries; one law that would allow for a judicial injunction to order…
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Life ShayTell Brings World of Jewish Wigs to Social Media
(JTA) — First there was “Tinder for bras.” Now there’s a Yelp for sheitels, the wigs worn by many married Orthodox Jewish women. ShayTell may be the first-ever online customer review site for wigs. It’s certainly the most cleverly named. And if you’ve never considered the demand for such a site, consider this: When was the…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Gets Social Media Accounts Back After Hack
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts have been resecured, a spokesman from the social media platform said on Monday, responding to questions about weekend media reports that the founder’s sites had been hacked. Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were compromised over the weekend, according to a report on Sunday from technology news…
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Fast Forward France’s Jewish Student Union Joins Social Media Hate-Speech Suit
— France’s Union of Jewish Students has joined two other French groups in suing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for failing to remove anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic content. SOS Racisme, France’s largest anti-racism group, and SOS Homophobie, a gay rights movement, announced Sunday in a statement that they were taking legal action against the three social…
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Fast Forward Jewish Australians Pitch In for Victims of Massive Bush Fires
SYDNEY — Two Jewish men from Perth used Facebook to generate support for the victims of fires which destroyed the western Australian town of Yarloop claiming two lives. Shmoo Burnie, 34, and Daniel Gerson, 35, took to social media to seek support for the victims of the massive bush fires which have destroyed over 130…
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The Schmooze Nothing Says Hanukkah Like Jenna Jameson Lighting a Menorah
It’s 2015 — if you didn’t post it to social media, it didn’t happen. And Jewish holidays are no exception. So, on this the festival of lights, Jewish celebrities and public figures from Jenna Jameson to Michael Bloomberg took to their feeds to wish their fans a Happy Hanukkah, and prove that their candles were indeed…
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Fast Forward It’s Snapchat, Bernie! Democrat Joins Social Media App
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined Snapchat on Monday, becoming the latest contender in the 2016 White House race to join the social media app popular with teens and millennials. On his official Twitter account (@BernieSanders), the 74-year-old U.S. senator from Vermont announced that he had joined Snapchat: “What is this Snapshot thing and…
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