Pro-Israel groups are pushing AI companies and social media to block criticism of Israel, which is bad news for free speech online.

• Groups like the ADL say they have regular direct contact with AI companies and have already gotten OpenAI's Sora to refuse certain content.
• Israel's UN ambassador floated making a "list" of podcast hosts who interview critics of Israel, so they can be punished.
• An Israeli outlet says the IDF trains soldiers to run influence campaigns aimed at shaping public opinion in the US and abroad.
• The worry: this goes beyond normal lobbying into censorship and indoctrination, with one claim that Facebook removed flagged posts 94% of the time.
• Critics warn labeling all this as fighting anti-semitism wrongly lumps in regular, fair criticism of the Israeli government.

Outlook: Expect more pressure on AI and tech companies to filter content, and louder fights over where criticism ends and censorship begins.