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Fake French coup videos go viral, traced to Burkinabé student

France

Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral – not even Macron could immediately get it removed

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France

Will France be next to introduce an Australian-style social media ban for children?

Explainer
France

Australia’s under-16 ban sets a tough challenge for social media platforms

Australia's social media ban for under-16s takes effect in world first

Asia / Pacific

Meta begins removing under-16s in Australia ahead of youth social media ban

Asia / Pacific
Tech 24

AI pioneer Yann Le Cun reportedly quits Meta over the future of intelligence

Business

EU accuses Meta, TikTok of breaching rules under landmark digital content law

Europe

Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying

Americas
Tech 24

EU orders AI companies to clean up their act, stop using pirated data

Business

EU orders AI companies to clean up their act, stop using pirated data

Europe

200 French media publications sue Meta, alleging unlawful business practices

France

Meta CEO Zuckerberg takes the witness stand at landmark US antitrust trial

Americas

Meta to train its AI models on public data of European users

Europe

Ex-Facebook employee accuses Meta of 'betraying US values' and collaborating with China

Business

French authors and publishers take on Meta for using their books to train AI

France

‘Sheep for hire’: Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg’s dangerous plan for Europe

Long read
Europe
Scoop

Zuckerberg's Meta to end US fact-checking: Why and what next?

Americas

Social media platforms are in 'race to the bottom', campaigner says as Meta ends fact-checking

Americas
Truth or Fake

Meta scraps fact-checking: What are 'community notes' and what could this mean?

Business

Vietnam to enforce strict social media regulations in 'draconian' new decree

Asia / Pacific
Tech 24

Mark Zuckerberg releases filthy song to celebrate anniversary

Business

Social media ban will hamper development of necessary skills to deal with online risk, expert says

Entre Nous

Social media and kids: What to be aware of

Business
Perspective

Big Tech's outsize role in fuelling division, extremism: What can be done?

Business

Meta bans Russian state media outlets for social media 'interference' campaigns

Americas

Elon Musk's X breaches social media rules with 'verified' blue checkmark accounts, EU says

Europe

Kenya govt partners with Meta to create revenue through digital content

Africa

EU probes Facebook, Instagram over fears of addictive behaviour in children

Europe
Business

Meta beats expectations on revenue, profits but AI spending spooks investors

Business
Tech 24

Seek deals or seek damages: Publishers divided over AI copyright debate

Business

Seek deals or seek damages: Publishers divided over AI copyright debate

US Senate grills tech CEOs over failure to stop child exploitation online

Business
Focus

Facebook accused of inciting ethnic violence in Ethiopia

Africa

Facebook shuts thousands of fake Chinese accounts masquerading as Americans

Americas
Focus

Pro-Palestinian users call out 'shadowbanning' on social media platforms

Middle East

Dozens of US states sue Meta over harm to children

Business

US states sue social media giant Meta, accusing it of harming mental health in youth

Technology

Is cryptocurrency helping Hamas fund terrorism?

Financing 2.0
Middle East

EU questions Meta, TikTok over halting disinformation on Israel-Hamas war

Europe
Tech 24

EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war

Business
Business

Meta jumps on AI bandwagon with new chatbots for Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook

Business

EU hits Apple, Meta and other tech ‘gatekeepers’ with new regulations

Europe

EU crackdown on Big Tech comes into effect with changes for users

Europe

Trump & allies, supporters 'undermining' criminal justice system & 'our ability to govern ourselves'

'Incredibly detailed and granular' indictment illustrates Trump 'conspiracy' to overturn election

Twitter’s Elon Musk reports ‘negative cash flow, due to 50% drop in advertising revenue’

Technology

Content is king: Twitter has Threads on a string with wider 'variety of content' & more diverse demo

Meta launches Twitter rival Threads but faces delays in Europe over privacy concerns

Business

Meta claims 10 million sign-ups in seven hours for Twitter rival Threads

Business
Tech 24

Google pulls local news in Canada in protest against new media law

Business

Meta to block news access for Facebook users in Canada after media bill passes

Americas
Tech 24

Apple set for risky VR headset launch, as metaverse enthusiasm dies out

Business

Meta hit with record €1.2 billion fine for violating EU rules on transferring data

Europe

US Justice Dept report trumps Durham conclusions: 'Just a rehash of the inspector general's report'

Donald Trump an 'absolute master at taking bad news and turning it into good politics'

Sudan: In absence of humanitarian aid, citizen initiatives attempt to help victims of violence

Business

US regulator proposes new sanctions on Meta over children's privacy concerns

Business

Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK advance new rules

Europe

Sly as a FOX: 'Carlson hasn't been a journalist for a very long time', will continue 'to entertain'

Dominion's case against FOX NEWS was 'uncommonly strong'

Did Vladimir Putin really defy his arrest order to travel to South Africa? In short, nope

Trump indictment could mark beginning of 'long line of legal travails for former president'

US heading into unchartered territory: Stormy weather ahead as Trump becomes 'more & more unhinged'

Trump rhetoric 'extremely dangerous, one can't overstate risk of violence society is subjected to'

'Trump would be well-advised' to tone down rhetoric but 'lawyers have difficulty controlling him'

Donald Trump sees indictment 'as a great way to raise money and to speak to the base'

'This is historic, it's the first time that a former US president has been indicted for anything'

Indictment of Donald J. Trump: 'Court & prosecutors will try to treat this like a normal case'

'Tech regulation is long overdue,' AI poses 'unseen dangers to society'

French woman faces trial, €12,000 fine for 'insulting' Macron on Facebook

Europe

Trump 2024: Indictment would be a 'major disturbance for the campaign' and quest for the presidency