Manipulation
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Trump administration sues Amazon: "Charged advertisers $20 billion through manipulation"
The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of systematically overcharging advertisers. The regulator claims that auction manipulation generated $20 billion in illicit gains.

Security secret revealed: The manipulation that brought down artificial intelligence
An American investigative journalist managed to bypass the safety mechanisms of artificial intelligence and extract highly classified information, without using hacking code but through simple psychological manipulation that left experts stunned.

Netanyahu's aides fed the PM information about hostages 'so it would look like he cares', and sowed discord between the Defense Minister and the Chief of Staff
Correspondence between Urich, Feldstein, and Topaz Luk reveals how, as early as the morning of October 7, the PM's circle was managing his public image: 'No suit, combat mode.' Later, they discussed how to prepare him for meetings with hostage families to appear 'interested,' attempted to sow discord between Yoav Gallant and Herzi Halevi to force the Chief of Staff's resignation, and dictated...
Yinon Magal tried to take a jab — Adi Zarifi hit back big time: "It won't work"
Yinon Magal posted a clipped video of Adi Zarifi and claimed: "Dangerous." The Channel 12 news anchor responded with the full clip and attacked: "What you often do to facts and the truth."

Are social networks endangering your money? How to identify manipulations
The algorithms of TikTok and Telegram create an illusion of broad trading trends, but experts warn against the use of bots, hidden collaborations, and dangerous manipulations of small-cap stocks.

Cutting, distorting and being shocked: how public discourse became a polarization machine
Public discourse is flooded with half-sentences taken out of context to turn political rivals into extremists, liars, or people without restraint. The culture of outrage may generate headlines and traffic, but its price is the deepening of the rift, the pushing aside of serious discussion, and damage to the ability to cooperate and reach compromises.

Elections Committee CEO: "The goal of manipulation is to create anarchy by undermining trust in elections"
In an interview with Galei Tzahal, the acting Director General of the Central Elections Committee, Adv. Dean Livne, rejected claims against the committee and its leadership. He warned that questioning the reliability of the election process is a tactic designed to incite public distrust and destabilize democratic institutions.