5 posts and columns on Hamas

News Byte

Should Twitter Ban Hamas?

in Media on November 24, 2012 at 11:40 pm PT

Should Twitter allow named terrorist groups to continue to tweet? Not according to a group of Republican House members, who have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to force the San Francisco-based social communications company to ban accounts of organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. “The FBI and Twitter must recognize sooner rather than later that social media is a tool for the terrorists,” said a letter fro, Rep. Ted Poe of Texas.

Strange Tweets: What Happened to the Ahmed Jabari Assassination Video?

in Social on November 16, 2012 at 8:51 am PT

While Israel and Hamas trade missiles and tweets in rapid-fire succession, strange changes in a high-profile tweet raise questions about the nature of the microblogging service.
idf_tweet_feature

YouTube Blocks Israeli Hamas Assassination Video — And Puts It Back Up Again

in Media on November 15, 2012 at 7:22 am PT

Israel wants the world to see a clip of its military at work. Google’s site took it down, but says that was a mistake. “Sometimes we make the wrong call.”
youtube hamas israel

Social Warfare: Israel Live-Tweets Its Military Campaign Against Hamas

in Social on November 14, 2012 at 1:25 pm PT

In the ongoing feud of the Middle East, the Israeli Defense Forces take to online social channels to broadcast the effects of their military campaign.
IDF_tweet