Detailed overview of the ISOC-IL Internet Safety Hotline's activity in Israel throughout 2022, including data and insights about the most common types of online…
Read moreDetailed overview of the ISOC-IL Internet Safety Hotline's activity in Israel throughout 2022, including data and insights about the most common types of online abuse reported by callers, the demographic breakdown of callers, and the success rate of resolving issues.
Read more|Data collection period: March 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021| Joint Survey of the Israel Internet Association and the Haredi Institute for Public Affairs reveals the Internet habits and sentiments of the Haredi (Ultra Orthodox) population in Israel. The survey was conducted using telephone interviews to gather data from a sample of 795 respondents from various factions of the ultra…
Read moreIsrael is shifting to an Israeli blue and white internet: The new Hebrew ccTLD on the internet has been born, and as a result, the State of Israel joins additional countries enabling the use of domain names in their own native language on the World Wide Web. Yesterday morning, November 22, the Israel Internet Association (RA) (ISOC-IL) began to grant…
Read moreWith the upcoming elections looming in Israel, ISOC-IL wishes to alert Meta Group/Facebook and its users regarding the company’s inadequate enforcement of its own community standards. Immediate actions need to be taken to address these concerns, as they may have a troubling impact on the upcoming elections. ISOC-IL sent a letter on September 13 to Facebook Israel and to Meta…
Read more|Data collection period: July 10, 2022 -July 14, 2022| This page presents up-to-date data on the use of screens (computer, television, smart devices) by youth and their attitudes to it while comparing these to the views of their parents. It also provides options for examining the review results in focused cross-sections according to a variety of demographics. The data is…
Read more|Data collection period: January 13, 2022 – January 20, 2022| This page presents recent data regarding cyber threats and online crime in Israel: the scope of exposure to threats and the cyber-security mechanisms activated by the Israeli public (anti-virus, VPN, operating system updates), while enabling examination of user patterns in specific focus-groups, according to a variety of demographic characteristics. Data…
Read moreOn March 6, 2022, the Committee for Adapting the Law to the Challenges of Innovation and Technology Acceleration in the Ministry of Justice and the Advisory Committee to Examine Regulation on Digital Content Platforms in the Ministry of Communications, issued an open call for the public. The committees requested the public’s comments on alternative regulatory arrangements designed to block offensive…
Read moreOn January 25, 2022, the Ministry of Communications published a Call for Bids to submit responses on the issue of encouraging the deployment of advanced internet infrastructure in ethnic minority towns and villages. On February 13, 2022, a response to the Call for Bids was submitted on behalf of the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), the National Committee of Heads of…
Read more|Data collection period: December 26, 2021 – January 10, 2022| Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) publishes data on the scope of usage and views of the Israeli public regarding various digital services, with the option of examining usage patterns in focused cross-sections according to a variety of demographics. The data is based on a survey conducted for the Israel Internet Association…
Read moreIn January 2022, the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) and Privacy Israel conducted a comprehensive survey to examine the Israeli public’s feelings and concerns regarding people’s right to privacy and threats presented by public and commercial bodies. The survey was conducted in January 2022 by the Rushinek Institute among 1,025 respondents, constituting a representative sample of the Israeli population aged 18…
Read moreThis publication presents data and insights about internet access and use in Israel, highlighting age, sector, and geography-related digital gaps. Data is based on the social survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics for 2020 (published in the mid 2021). Availability and Use of Personal Computer in Israel 17.5% of Israelis aged 20 and over (1,001,474 people) have no computer…
Read moreFollowing are the findings of a new survey of the Israel Internet Association, conducted by the Geocartography knowledge Group at the end of 2021 among 620 respondents aged 18 and over (496 women and 123 men). How common are online sexual harassments and abuses, and who do they target? About a third of the respondents (32%) reported being subjected…
Read moreDuring January 2022, the Calcalist newspaper published an investigation according to which, for several years, the police have also routinely used offensive cyber tools developed by the NSO Group and allow remote infiltration, without the knowledge of investigated parties. Following this publication Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), together with other civil society organizations, appealed to the Attorney General on January 18,…
Read moreAfter the public participation process and an in-depth discussion about the structure of the new ccTLD “.ישראל”, the Board of Directors of Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) has decided to follow the outline of Flat Structure and Sector-pided Structure. This alternative allows internet users in Israel to register Hebrew domain names directly under the ccTLD “.ישראל”. ISOC-IL opted to exclude public…
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