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The vanishing terrorists: The New York Times' new Gaza reporting strategy - opinion

A new study via Claude Code shows that The New York Times fully adopted Hamas's strategy regarding casualty reporting in Gaza.

 A member of the media walks at the area of Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, October 18, 2023
Lebanese army troops deploy at the entrance of the town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, Lebanon, July 21, 2026

Lebanon's proposed information law raises concern for press freedom, limits Palestinian media jobs

Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 10, 2026.

Trump says Iran has told US no tolls being sought at Strait of Hormuz

Jewish National Hero of Azerbaijan Albert Agarunov

Pro-Iran narratives target Azerbaijan’s Jewish war hero amid Israel-Baku disinformation row


Lessons on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, the Holocaust at Theresienstadt

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS: Officials and Jewish leaders gathered in Prague and Theresienstadt to discuss fake news, conspiracy theories and antisemitism.

 THE ENTRANCE TO Theresienstadt.

Israeli researcher finds method to track deviant Internet user groups

Ben-Gurion University cyber researcher pioneer method to track groups that spread malicious or fake news that could work on any network or platform

A man is silhouetted against a video screen with a Twitter and a Facebook logo

Why the Twitter files revelations are important - analysis

Recent revelations about how social media giant made decisions around the 2020 US election are only the tip of the iceberg.

  Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022

Disputed ‘morality police’ abolishment reveals media’s challenges with Iran - analysis

The Iran “morality police” story is an example of Iranian media wanting to report a story that may be part of a feedback loop.

 DEMONSTRATORS NEAR THE Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, on Wednesday, hold placards during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran.

Netanyahu uses empty voting centers photos from 2019 to encourage voting

The message shared by the Likud leader stated that right-wing voting percentages were down used photos from the 2019 elections to illustrate his point.

 RIGHT: Photo from the September 2019 elections shared by then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. LEFT: The same image is shared again by Netanyahu, only this time he claimed it to be from November 2022.

Want to turn photos into talking, lifelike video? Try this AI platform

AI video platform D-ID converts still images into videos, a huge next step in the future of synthetic media

 Yaniv Levi, VP product marketing at D-ID

Twitter to expand its community fact-checking experiment, Birdwatch

Birdwatch launched in January last year, allowing some Twitter users to debunk misleading tweets by attaching notes to the content in order to provide context or point to accurate sources.

Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.

Teenagers can't discern true from fake online health messages - study

Most existing research on media literacy involves adults. However, adolescents are equally active online and need to have the skills to understand health information. 

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Alex Jones: The American lie machine spreading across the world

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The lie machine that is tearing American society asunder is at play wherever populism thrives, including in Israel.

 ALEX JONES talks to media outside the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, which this week ruled he must pay bereaved parents compensation for falsely claiming the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax

How Israel shot down false reports on Jabaliya explosion in Gaza

As it soon became apparent, the children’s tragic death was not at Israel’s hands. Though many Israel supporters lament Jerusalem’s poor public relations efforts, this time it actually worked.

 Palestinians gather at the scene where senior commander of Islamic Jihad militant group Khaled Mansour was killed in Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 7, 2022.