Meta closing Facebook News
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Facebook will not pay publishers for news. “People don’t come to Facebook for news and political content”, Facebook owner Meta says in a statement. The company is closing Facebook News,
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Majority says social media good for democracy
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Despite many discussions about negative effects with social media, people generally see it as more of a good than a bad thing for democracy. In 20 0f 27 countries, a
Half of US adult TikTok users never post video themselves
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TikTok is a fast growing social media success story with more than 1.5 billion monthly active users. A new US study shows a minority of avid posters create the vast
How news websites block makers of AI tools
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Close to half – 48% – of the most widely used news websites across ten countries were blocking OpenAI’s crawlers at the start of the year. 24%, were blocking Google’s
More proofs that Russian authorities do not accept freedom of expression
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Just a couple of days prior to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death came another proof that Vladimir Putin’s regime will silence opposition and freedom of expression. Freedom of expression
Israel-Hamas war brings killings of Palestinian journalists
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More than three quarters of the 99 journalists and media workers who died worldwide in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Gaza war. This is the highest number of deaths recorded
Growing number says inaccurate news on social media is a problem
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News avoidance and misinformation are growing problems especially in a big election year like 2024 with citizens in 76 countries, including the US, going to the polls. Social media is
AI to reshape news work and media business
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AI will play a transformative role in reshaping news work, from editorial to the business side. Work processes that traditionally relied on human intuition are increasingly becoming suffused with or
More than half of adults in 26 countries use social media
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Roughly half or more of adults in 26 countries use social media sites. It is most common in Argentina, Brazil and Malaysia, where over eight-in-ten report using social media sites
Meta needs new policy for manipulated media
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Meta needs to reconsider its policy for manipulated media, the company’s Oversight Board says. Easily accessible tools mean manipulated media can be a threat in 2024, which is a big