Schools in Israel, the UK and the US are advising parents to delete their children’s social media apps over concerns that Hamas will broadcast or disseminate disturbing videos of hostages who have been seized in recent days.
A Tel Aviv school’s parent’s association said it expects videos of hostages to surface on social media. In a message to parents, shared with CNN by a mother of children at a high school in Tel Aviv, the association asked parents to remove apps such as TikTok from their children’s phones.
“We cannot allow our kids to watch this stuff. It is also difficult, furthermore – impossible – to contain all this content on social media,” according to the parent’s association. “Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.”
Hamas has warned that it will post violent videos of hostages on social media if Israel targets people in Gaza without warning.
There are additional concerns that terrorists will exploit social media algorithms to specifically target such videos to followers of Jewish or Israeli influencers in an effort to wage psychological warfare on Israelis and Jews and their supporters globally.
During the onslaught on Saturday, armed Hamas militants poured over the heavily-fortified border into Israel and took as many as 150 hostages, including Israeli army officers, back to Gaza. The surprise attacks killed at least 1,200 people, according to the Israel Defense Forces, and injured thousands more.
As the war wages on, some Jewish schools in the US are also asking parents not to share related videos or photos that may surface, and to prevent children – and themselves – from watching them. The schools are also advising community members to delete their social media apps during this time.
is google chat fine
No!
Any social platform that you can share video’s you can receive disturbing content. makes no difference if tiktok, facebook, twitter, whatsapp, google chat or the screen of someone eases phone!
They mean apps that have random things sent to you not like apps that are usually private messegas which are fine
The internet is full of inappropriate and violent content. Maybe this is a wake up call.
they shouldnt have it in the first place. wake up, people. we do not want our kids to be tainted.
Not only children, adults are also effected by this.
If you dont want to delete it, ssimply delete the app from you phone but still keep your account.
Personaly as a teenager, i dont have social media. I have not recieved any disturbing pics/vids on whatsapp or whatsapp statuses. I was on a public group where someone posted something, but the admin deleted it.