The IDF and Hamas wage a social media war: here’s what you need to know
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Twitch disabled email signups from Israeli and Palestinian users for an entire year.
Twitch reports it blocked new email-verified accounts in Israel and Palestine in the wake of the October 7th attacks... but forgot to remove the block, and only did so after an inquiry by 404 Media. New accounts verified with a phone number still worked, and Twitch’s apology / explanation for the oversight says it disabled the feature to prevent graphic imagery from appearing on the site.
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