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RonSupportsYou<p>The parade of journalists leaving the Washington Post now includes its 'Fact-Checker' Glenn Kessler. Donald Trump lies very often, the Post's owner Jeff Bezos is pro-Trump, and this made fact checking of the sort that Kessler did no longer needed by Bezos at the Washington Post: <br><a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/31/the-washington-post-fact-checker-packs-in-the-pinocchios/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailysignal.com/2025/07/31/the</span><span class="invisible">-washington-post-fact-checker-packs-in-the-pinocchios/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a>? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeDontNeedNoFactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeDontNeedNoFactChecking</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2274015/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2274015/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Russian propaganda swamps Moldova ahead of elections <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DISINFORMATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DISINFORMATION</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2213839/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2213839/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Fake Charlie Hebdo cover attacking Moldova Pride circulates online <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CharlieHebdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieHebdo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GayPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayPride</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a></p>
Winbuzzer<p>X Pilots AI-Generated Community Notes, Blending Chatbots with Human Fact-Checkers</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunityNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityNotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/02/x-pilots-ai-generated-community-notes-blending-chatbots-with-human-fact-checkers-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/07/02/x-pil</span><span class="invisible">ots-ai-generated-community-notes-blending-chatbots-with-human-fact-checkers-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2200072/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2200072/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> No, Euronews didn’t release video about Moldova being biggest hub for black market arms <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/euronews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>euronews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romania</span></a></p>
DW Innovation<p>Check out DWA's video series on "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> for media", discussing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a>.</p><p>Topics range from "How Conversational AI is changing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>" to "AI assisted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> in Arabic” – with a range of experts and researchers.</p><p>(Yes, it's on YouTube, because).</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWRGkKg3JC1iQbZab_hXIcKG1QL6tfefv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWR</span><span class="invisible">GkKg3JC1iQbZab_hXIcKG1QL6tfefv</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2164234/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2164234/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> No, Maia Sandu didn’t carry $150,000 handbag to elections <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MaiaSandu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSandu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romania</span></a></p>
Noticias Ind. Chile<p>“El dueño de la FIFA acaba de anunciar que se cancela la celebración del Mundial 2026 en Estados Unidos”: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Falso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Falso</span></a> | vía <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FastCheckCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FastCheckCL</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/06/10/el-dueno-de-la-fifa-acaba-de-anunciar-que-se-cancela-la-celebracion-del-mundial-2026-en-estados-unidos-falso/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcheck.cl/2025/06/10/el-due</span><span class="invisible">no-de-la-fifa-acaba-de-anunciar-que-se-cancela-la-celebracion-del-mundial-2026-en-estados-unidos-falso/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chequeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chequeo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chile</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/clubes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clubes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/desinformaci%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desinformación</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/estadosunidos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>estadosunidos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/falso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falso</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fastcheckcl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fastcheckcl</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fifa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/futbol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>futbol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gianniinfantino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gianniinfantino</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/infantino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infantino</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/messi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mundial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mundial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mundialdeclubes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mundialdeclubes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mundialdefutbol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mundialdefutbol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mundo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mundo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
:mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TK2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TK2025</span></a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desinformatie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desinformatie</span></a> kan de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democratie</span></a> in stilte ondermijnen en het vertrouwen in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verkiezingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verkiezingen</span></a>, instellingen, openbare discussies en medeburgers aantasten.</p><p><a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/nl/article/20250227STO27081/desinformatie-herkennen-zes-tactieken-om-ons-te-misleiden" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">europarl.europa.eu/topics/nl/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/20250227STO27081/desinformatie-herkennen-zes-tactieken-om-ons-te-misleiden</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mediawijsheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediawijsheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nepnieuws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nepnieuws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarisatie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisatie</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Analysis<p>Fact check: How credible is Russian fact-check site GFCN?</p><p>Russia's new "Global Fact-Checking Network" (GFCN) claims to fight fake news — but experts criticise it as propaganda in fact-checking clothes.</p><p>Who's behind GFCN and why does it not meet global fact-checking standards?</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250604-fact-check-how-credible-is-russian-fact-check-site-gfcn?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250604</span><span class="invisible">-fact-check-how-credible-is-russian-fact-check-site-gfcn?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/GFCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GFCN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/IFCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IFCN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/PoynterInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoynterInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EuropeanDigitalMediaObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDigitalMediaObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EDMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDMO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"Make America Great Again is not normal; neither is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reform</span></a> under <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farage</span></a>. They should never be normalised and must instead be scrutinised and exposed at every turn.</p><p>The good news is that four years is a long time in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> and simplistic nonsense need not prevail — but only if <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> do their job properly."</p><p><a href="https://uk.themedialeader.com/time-for-journalists-to-do-their-job-properly-when-it-comes-to-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uk.themedialeader.com/time-for</span><span class="invisible">-journalists-to-do-their-job-properly-when-it-comes-to-reform/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKmedia</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BalancedReporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalancedReporting</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NigelFarage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NigelFarage</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biasreporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biasreporting</span></a></p>
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European Publishers Council stays true – to the tired old trope about “copyright theft”

A few weeks ago Walled Culture explored how the leaders in the generative AI world are trying to influence the future legal norms for this field. In the face of a powerful new form of an old technology – AI itself has been around for over 50 years – those are certainly needed. Governments around the world know this too: they are grappling with the new issues that large language models […]

#adtech #advertising #artificialIntelligence #bbc #bots #contextualAdvertising #eu #euipo #europeanPublishersCouncil #factChecking #genai #generativeAi #guardian #journalism #licensing #llms #searchEngines #slogan #training #uk #usCopyrightOffice

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Finally, he sought a list of additional #unredacted agency records—including all GEC #grants & #contracts, as well as subgrants, which are particularly sensitive due to risks of #retaliation to subgrantees, who often work in local #journalism, #FactChecking, or pro-#democracy orgs under repressive regimes. It also asked for “all documents mentioning” the #ElectionIntegrity Partnership, a #research collaboration between #academics & #tech that has been a target of the #RightWing.

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