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In April 2024, the Biden administration pushed through a bill forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its stake within a year — or face a nationwide ban. What the US government tried to ban a year ago is now being eagerly sought by its strongest ally, Benjamin Netanyahu. And it is not conjecture — Israel’s propaganda machine is pivoting to platforms it once dismissed, chasing the ghosts of influence it has already lost. In a meeting with US influencers at Israel’s Consulate General in New York, Netanyahu could be seen saying: “We have to fight with the weapons that apply to the battlefields in which we’re engaged. And the most important ones are on social media. And the […]
