2025-07-08
A group of major European media organisations has launched a chatbot aimed at combating online disinformation. The tool, called ChatEurope, responds to queries with information verified by journalists. It was set up by a consortium of media brands led by Agence France-Presse. Fourteen other news organisations, including France Médias Monde, Deutsche Welle, El País, and Romania’s RFI, have supported the project, which is also backed by the European Commission. The chatbot was designed by DRUID AI, a Romanian enterprise AI platform, and uses a la [...]
2025-09-09
The US government has ended agreements with several European countries aimed at fighting disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran, according to a Financial Times report that cites three European of [...]
2025-01-16
Google has told the EU it will not comply with a forthcoming fact-checking law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios. The company states that it will not be adding fact checks to search r [...]
2025-04-22
As lawmakers, regulators call for social media companies to do more to protect the mental health of their youngest users, teens’ perception of social media also seems to be changing. A growing numbe [...]
2025-08-16
The court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into Media Matters, the media nonprofit that previously published research showing that ads appeared on X alongside neo-Nazi and [...]
2025-06-05
Sony has just unveiled the first wireless fight stick designed by the company itself. It doesn't have an official product name yet, but it's currently codenamed Project Defiant. The arcade-s [...]
2025-06-10
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2025) kicked off yesterday, with the usual glossy keynote from the iPhone maker. As ever, the company outlined the changes it’s made to its operating s [...]
2025-06-23
Media Matters for America has sued the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that the agency is unfairly targeting it in retaliation for past criticisms of the social media platform X in violation of [...]
2025-07-29
Anyone trying to watch porn online in the UK will need to take a selfie first – or share a photo ID. (Yes, both of those might ruin the ‘mood.’) The UK government began checking compliance with [...]
2025-01-13
I think it’s safe to say that most humans on this planet are growing, how can I put this lightly, weary of the current billionaire stewards of our social media ecosystem. X is a hateful mess. Meta i [...]