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Brazil court suspends Telegram app in neo-Nazi probe

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered the countrywide suspension of messaging app Telegram after…

Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’ tags for media accounts

San Francisco, United States | AFP | Friday 4/21/2023 Twitter has dropped "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels from media accounts, according…

Fox faces stain of ‘disinformation engine’ despite settlement

by Anuj CHOPRA Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Fox News averted a potentially humiliating defamation trial after a…

Fox News settles defamation case for $787.5 mn

Wilmington, United States | AFP | Tuesday 4/18/2023 by Susannah WALDEN with Peter HUTCHISON in New York Fox News reached…

New Zealand public radio threatens to quit Twitter

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP | Monday 4/17/2023 Radio New Zealand became the latest broadcaster to threaten to leave Twitter…

US airman arrested over Pentagon documents leak

by W.G. Dunlop Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- FBI agents on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old national guardsman suspected…

News presenter generated with AI appears in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) -- A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence, with…

After backlash, Twitter now calls NPR — and BBC — ‘government-funded’

Washington, United States | AFP | Sunday 4/10/2023 Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labeling the US radio network…

BBC urges staff to ditch TikTok over data fears

  The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed…

Three Ecuador TV stations receive letter bombs, one explodes

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Letter bombs addressed to journalists were sent to three TV stations in violence-plagued Ecuador Monday, one…

US Supreme Court treads carefully on landmark tech law

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a landmark case that could transform the internet by scrapping decades-old…

Disney lays off 7,000 as streaming subscribers decline

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Entertainment giant Disney said Wednesday it was laying off 7,000 employees, in CEO Bob…

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