'We are not psychologically prepared for this,' says expert, as New York Times highlights multiple cases in which distraught relatives saw gruesome updates via loved ones' accounts

Platform's CEO describes efforts to handle illegal and fake content on site since Hamas's onslaught Saturday, generate fact checking on posts

Opening fake social media accounts and leveraging existing ones, IDF Spokesperson's Unit sought to foster public positivity toward 2021 Gaza operation; IDF acknowledges 'error'

Rachid M'Barki, a familiar face on BFMTV, let go after external influence probe finds firm had planted reports and journalist failed to follow due editorial process

Company allegedly arranged article tying humanitarian group to terrorism for political ends, adding to growing evidence that private outfits are manipulating public opinion online

Tal Hanan, aka 'Jorge,' revealed to have ability to hack accounts of top officials, plus software for quickly creating networks of 30,000 social media bots; he denies wrongdoing

Critics suggest social media giant was slow to act because it worried internal proposals to deal with misleading info might impact profits

'I heard that Biden was very attentive,' former premier chuckles, as he drops his head and closes his eyes in an apparent imitation of the US president broadcast live on Facebook

Clips widely shared on social media, including by Likud's Galit Distel Atbaryan, were altered to cut out the president's response in order to deliberately mislead, Reuters notes

While the ice cream company founded by two Jewish hippies usually puts up some pretty sweet posts, its accounts have been eerily quiet since last month's Israel-Gaza flare-up