Meet Europe’s biggest loser in the war on cars – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of…
Musk threatens ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as X ad boycott gathers pace – POLITICO
Elon Musk said on Saturday that he will file a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against non-profit watchdog Media Matters and others, as companies including Disney, Apple and…
Elon Musk hails Rishi Sunak’s ‘essential’ decision to invite China to UK AI summit – POLITICO
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has closed the world’s first AI Safety Summit by getting backing from Elon Musk. In London's Lancaster House,…
5 things we learned from the Musk-Sunak love-in – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Elon Musk sat down with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London's…
UK, US slated to announce AI safety partnership – POLITICO
LONDON — London and Washington are to announce a “close collaboration” on AI safety as early as Wednesday, a U.K and U.S. official confirmed to POLITICO. …
Shifting politics make India a hotbed for Israel-Hamas war misinformation | Israel-Palestine conflict
On October 7, within hours of the armed group Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel, social media platforms were rife with support for Israel…
Europe is investigating Elon Musk’s X about Israel-Hamas misinformation, violence on the app
A European regulator said Thursday that it sent a formal request to X, formerly known as Twitter, to obtain information related to the spread of…
AIandYou plans AI deepfake ads to prepare voters for 2024 misinformation
The deepfakes are planned for early next year. The campaign is planning to start running its own AI-generated ads — to make voters familiar with…
How conspiracy theories infected British politics – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Welcome to Britain, where an elected member of parliament openly rages against…
Voice to Parliament No campaigners accused of asking volunteers to spread ‘fear and misinformation’
The No campaign has been accused of asking volunteers to spread "fear and misinformation" and "flat out lie" in an effort to convince referendum voters of…
Law punishing doctors who spread COVID misinformation may be undone
Tucked into a state Senate bill revising aspects of the Medical Board of California is a brief but unambiguous clause undoing a controversial law that…
Somalia bans TikTok and Telegram over ‘horrific’ content, misinformation | Social Media News
The armed group al-Shabab, which is waging war against the Somali state, uses the platforms to post its activities. Somalia has banned video platform TikTok,…
YouTube launches effort to fight back against medical misinformation
Aug. 15 (UPI) -- YouTube announced Tuesday that it will update its policies to tackle medical misinformation. "We've learned critical lessons about developing Community Guidelines…
RFK Jr. defends himself against complaints of racist and antisemitic online misinformation
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended himself Thursday against accusations that he traffics in racist and hateful online conspiracy theories, testifying at a House hearing…
‘Social media helped me come out, but it’s also helped spread misinformation about my identity’
Groundbreaking research from Just Like Us, the LGBT+ young people’s charity, has recently shown that almost three quarters (74%) of people who believe anti-transgender views…
Meteorologists are the new targets in global social media misinformation
Once trusted faces on the news, meteorologists now brave threats, insults and slander online from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of…
Turkish opposition leader accuses Russia of spreading conspiracies, deep fakes ahead of election – POLITICO
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the Turkish opposition leader hoping to replace Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as president, accused Russia of spreading conspiracies and deep fakes ahead of this…
Twitter’s plan to charge researchers for data access puts it in EU crosshairs – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Elon Musk pledged Twitter would abide by Europe's new content rules — but Yevgeniy…
Does Labor plan to use your super as a ‘piggy bank’ to fund its pet projects?
CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab that draws on the work of its sister organisation, RMIT ABC Fact Check, to recap the latest…
Fact checking the Ohio train derailment disaster
CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab that draws on the work of its sister organisation, RMIT ABC Fact Check, to recap the latest…