Upday logo

Upday

Upday is a news aggregation app crafted through a collaboration between publisher Axel Springer SE and Samsung Electronics. It is integrated into the majority of Samsung Galaxy devices distributed across Europe and is accessible on Android and iOS.

Upday is preinstalled on Samsung Galaxy smartphones (One UI) and can be accessed by swiping to the right. Samsung News app is curated from Upday. Upday operates in North America and Europe.

Spreading Axel Springer Propaganda

According to interviews with employees and different documents, the leadership at Upday instructed employees to downplay Palestinian civilian deaths and to prioritize the Israeli perspective.

We can’t push anything involving Palestinian death tolls or casualties without information about Israel coming higher up in the story.

Referring to the content of push notifications sent to millions of users.

Upday warned its employees not to publish any headlines that could be “misconstrued” as pro-Palestinian, according to the employees interviewed. Comments made by Israeli politicians dehumanizing Palestinians were to be framed in language emphasizing the magnitude and brutality of Hamas’s attacks on Israel and to not quote any Palestinian militant groups in headlines.

Sources: