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Fast Forward Israel Military Frets Over Soldiers’ Use of Social Media
(Reuters) — Israel’s armed forces see a growing threat in instant messaging applications — both to battlefield secrecy and to the privacy of women soldiers. According to official military journal Bamahane, the number of troop indictments for sex crimes has almost doubled since 2012, with “infringement of privacy” counts, some involving the collection and sharing…
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Opinion #JeSuisJuif Hashtag Spreads After Paris Terror
(JTA) — In the wake of Wednesday’s deadly attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) swept the internet in solidarity with the victims. Then came #JeSuisAhmed, to honor Ahmed Merabet, the Muslim police officer murdered during the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and who has become a symbol of inclusion…
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Fast Forward Five Arrested For Threats to Attack French Synagogue
French police arrested five men suspected of making threats online to attack a synagogue. Two of the suspects, all of whom are believed to be far-right activists, were arrested on Tuesday morning in the southern city of Montpellier, the French news agency AFP reported. The remaining three were apprehended in the nearby city of Beziers….
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Forward 50 2014 Jeff Jacoby
Who would’ve thought one Tweet from a worried father could turn the Jewish world upside down with equal parts compassion and fear? The social media post from Jeff Jacoby, 55, a Boston Globe columnist, included a photo of his 16-year-old son, Caleb Jacoby, and a plaintive plea: Help me find my boy. Soon thousands were…
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Fast Forward Big Tech Wakes Up to Hate Speech Threat After #GoodJew Ruling in Europe
A little over a year after a French court forced Twitter to remove some anti-Semitic content, experts say the ruling has had a ripple effect, leading other Internet companies to act more aggressively against hate speech in an effort to avoid lawsuits. The 2013 ruling by the Paris Court of Appeals settled a lawsuit brought…
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Life War Brings Social Media Fame to Gaza Teen
(Reuters) — As bombs explode in Gaza, Palestinian teenager Farah Baker grabs her smartphone or laptop before ducking for cover to tap out tweets that capture the drama of the tumult and fear around her. The 16-year-old’s prolific posts on Twitter have made her a social media sensation through the month-old conflict. Once a little known…
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Fast Forward Rivky Stein’s Husband Is No Show at Beth Din Orthodox Divorce Court Date
The husband of Rivky Stein, a New York Jewish woman who launched a social media campaign to attain a religious divorce, did not appear at the religious court as promised. Yoel Weiss, 31, failed to show up at a beit din, or Jewish religious court, convened on Wednesday to complete the process, the New York…
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Israel News Sex, War, Social Media and the Israeli Imagination
The war in Gaza, known in Israel as Operation Strong Cliff, may have wound down. But memories still linger of the parallel Facebook campaign called Girls Keeping the Cliff Strong. The Facebook campaign, which drew tens of thousands of clicks during the fighting, highlights the often troubling implications during war time of the relationship between…
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