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2025-07-08

Media giants launch EU-backed chatbot to fight disinformation


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 [...]

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2025-09-09

The State Department is withdrawing from anti-disinformation pacts with European partners

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 [...]

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2025-01-16

Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law

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 [...]

Match Score: 39.91

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2025-04-22

Teens are becoming more worried about the effects of social media

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 [...]

Match Score: 38.75

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2025-08-16

Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X

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 [...]

Match Score: 33.62

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2025-06-05

Project Defiant is Sony's first wireless fight stick for PS5 and PC

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 [...]

Match Score: 33.39

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2025-06-10

The Morning After: Everything Apple announced at WWDC 2025

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 [...]

Match Score: 33.14

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2025-06-23

Media Matters is suing the FTC to block investigation into X advertiser boycott

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 [...]

Match Score: 32.55

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2025-07-29

The Morning After: You need to take an age verification selfie to watch adult content online in the UK

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 [...]

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2025-01-13

Celebs and tech luminaries including Mark Ruffalo want to create a fully open social media ecosystem

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 [...]

Match Score: 31.45