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Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel

A pro-Palestinian app created to help consumers boycott Israeli products has gained traction on TikTok amid calls in Hebrew-language media for Google to ban it.

The free app, called “No Thanks,” was launched by Palestinian graduate student Ahmed Bashbash last November. Downloaded by 100,000 users within a month, the app enables consumers to scan product barcodes to determine if the item has connections to Israel.

By the start of April, “No Thanks” reported one million people had downloaded the app. Millions of users had viewed tikTok influencer videos promoting “No Thanks,” contributing to the app’s growth of 900,000 downloads in four months.

gravitas_deficiency , (edited )

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Please ignore me. It’s the age rating. 🙃

Was launched by Palestinian graduate student Ahmed Bashbash last November
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Edit:

To clarify: the point I’m making is that I did an absolutely trivial, cursory accuracy check on one of the central points of the timeline of the article, and it was immediately and obviously discernible as false.

But seriously, don’t take my word for it. Check it yourself.

And yeah, the Israeli government these days is comically hypersensitive to stuff like this, i agree. I just have made a habit of checking easily verifiable facts like this, and trying to point out where I observe discrepancies. Sometimes it’s nothing; sometimes it’s something, but not really a related issue. Sometimes it’s highly pertinent. Regardless, I think it’s a good thing to point out, simply in the interest of showing others how easy it is to increase your media literacy and detect hinky propaganda-leaning ”journalism” that seems to be getting a lot more common these days across the political spectrum. (Addendum) And sometimes I am not as careful as I should be and I point out something entirely unrelated :D

ModernRisk ,
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The text is from the TimesOfIsrael website, so blame them for being wrong.

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What matters is that the app exists and helps to boycot and from what I understood is that Israel wants to see it banned.

Phanatik ,

The Age rating is who can use the App, not how long it's been up.

Spiralvortexisalie ,

Thats an age rating (like for content like Movies with Violence), the version history shows v1.0 came out 3 months ago

gravitas_deficiency ,

Yes, you’re right; edited to reflect that. My mistake.

Linkerbaan OP ,
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    gravitas_deficiency ,

    Nah I just looked at the wrong thing because I rarely download new apps and am apparently unfamiliar with the AppStore interface lol

    Today ,

    I tried at and found it a little misleading. If you click Barbie, the proof is a Variety article about Hollywood condemning Oct. 7. That was in the first 2 minutes of scrolling the list. Uninstalled. Gonna try BoycottX

    Linkerbaan OP ,
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    I checked it, Paramount Studios publicly proclaimed as one of the very first that they stand with israel. So the boycott claim is completely valid.

    They also donated 1 million dollars to israel and I cannot find anything about them donating to Palestine

    Today ,

    The articles about supporting Israel and donating are from October 12th. That's not anti-palestinian, that's anti-hamas.

    Linkerbaan OP ,
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    It is pro israel and they are not showing any type of support for Palestinians. Their statement amounts to manufacturing consent for Genocide only.

    This app shows products with ties to israel. Paramount studios clearly falls under that. If you don't want to boycott israel that's up to you.

    Jackthelad ,

    Imagine being sad enough to do this with everything you buy, as if you're actually going to make a difference to anything.

    NoneOfUrBusiness ,

    Uh... There's a reason Israel hates BDS's guts and that's not because it doesn't work.

    ModernRisk , (edited )
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    I think you haven’t watched the news about the boycotts on for example; Starbucks and Mcdonalds. Also about Samsung leaving Israel.

    1. Samsung Next Withdraws From Israel
    2. McDonald's to buy back Israeli restaurants after boycotts
    3. Starbucks loses $12B market cap amid sales concerns, boycotts over Israel

    You have to start somewhere and slowly build up the boycott.

    SharkAttak ,
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    Imagine being sad and cynical enough to do this kind of comment. And if it's not "actually going to make a difference", why Israel want it banned?

    muse ,
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    ok

    reddwarf ,
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    I can just about guarantee that most of your day to day life is influenced by what people did in the past in regards to protests. Could be as huge as in civil war or smaller local protest to combat small issues. Your rights and comforts have been written in the blood of those who preceded you. Sometimes metaphorically, sometimes very real blood.

    Protesting helps and did help.

    fawanen ,

    Boycotts work.

    IcePee ,

    Not always and not all the time. One only has to look at the many rightwing outrage, astroturf boycotts.

    capital ,

    Gab users will be users of this app.

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