It’s harrowing as hell, but a damn good article. It’s clear to see why it’s still amongst 972’s most read articles despite being quite a few months old now.
A side note to anyone else who reads this comment, but 972 are great for coverage of the genocide — they’re based within Israel and have both Israeli and Palestinian writers. It leads to some of the best coverage that I’ve read on the conflict, because they have insight into Israeli politics that few others have. Many of their articles have both English and Hebrew versions, which shows that part of their goal is to challenge the apartheid and genocide from within Israel (a difficult thing to do, given how restrictive Israeli media is)
this is how Israel chooses bombing targets in Gaza right now by spying on their Whatsapp metadata
The system is called Lavendar.
This is a must-read article about it
https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
It’s harrowing as hell, but a damn good article. It’s clear to see why it’s still amongst 972’s most read articles despite being quite a few months old now.
A side note to anyone else who reads this comment, but 972 are great for coverage of the genocide — they’re based within Israel and have both Israeli and Palestinian writers. It leads to some of the best coverage that I’ve read on the conflict, because they have insight into Israeli politics that few others have. Many of their articles have both English and Hebrew versions, which shows that part of their goal is to challenge the apartheid and genocide from within Israel (a difficult thing to do, given how restrictive Israeli media is)
‘We Kill People Based on Metadata’ - Michael Hayden (ex NSA Director)
with the help of Palintir.
And Microsoft