EBU/BBC study: 45% of responses from top AI assistants misrepresented news content with at least one significant issue and 31% showed serious sourcing problems
- Research finds AI assistants make errors reporting news — Public trust could be eroded, EBU official says
Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that there was no change to Search ad revenue due to the removal
techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/g... Jacob Parry / @jacob-parry : Google contends that “European news content in Search has no measurable impact on ad revenue for Google,” citing tests of user behaviour. —...
Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights the shift toward a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag : Threads: @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @stuartathompsonnyt , @taylorlorenz , @robbiekirshner , and @taylorlorenz Mastodon: @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social a...
Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights a shift towards a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum
Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism Threads: @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @robbiekirshner , @taylorl...
Sources: Meta strikes a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries in Meta AI chatbot, a first for Meta
- Meta has backed away from news content in its platforms' main feeds amid regulatory scrutiny, but news content may prove harder …
Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; a Microsoft report showed ways it has tried to hack a presidential campaign and more
Microsoft reveals apparent attack ahead of US election SC Media : Iranian influence operations against US elections escalate Juliana Kim / NPR : Microsoft detects fake news sites linked to Iran aimed ...
Study: a year after Meta blocked news content in Canada due to the Online News Act, Canadians' total engagement with news content on social media is down 43%
Canadian news struggling after Meta ban: study — MONTREAL - A new study is painting a grim portrait of how local Canadian news outlets …
Survey: 52% of US and 63% of UK respondents say they would be uneasy with news produced mostly using AI; 59% worry about false news content online, up 3% YoY
This study has been commissioned by the Reuters Institute for the Study … Dr Amy Ross Arguedas / Reuters Institute : Public attitudes towards the use of AI in journalism Reuters Institute : Reuters In...
A survey of 10,287 US adults on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok: most see news content, but fewer say news is why they are on the platforms, except for X
X remains more of a news destination than other sites, but the vast majority of users on all four are seeing news-related content
News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources say the deal could be worth $250M+ over five years
Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …