The Israeli parliament has amended the Counter-Terrorism Law to criminalize the "consumption of terrorist publications," which is passive social media use, with a penalty of up to one year's imprisonment.

According to Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, "This is one of the most intrusive and draconian legislative measures ever passed by the Israeli Knesset which invades the realm of personal thoughts and beliefs and significantly amplifies state surveillance of social media use."

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There is also a video going viral, the Israeli police arresting a woman after checking her social media, and saw some posts in her …

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