Tag: social networks
closure of the agency to combat disinformation abroad
The US Department of Foreign Affairs has announced that its office specializing in combating disinformation abroad is officially closed. The Republican majority Congress has in fact decided not to grant…
authorities lift ban on access to social network WhatsApp
The Iranian authorities have decided to authorize the social network WhatsApp and Google Play, in a first move to lift censorship on social networks, as moderate President Massoud Pezeshkian had…
What we know about the Russian cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea
The news made the rounds on social networks this Tuesday, December 24. Russia has just lost a major part of its logistics fleet. The Russian Foreign Ministry assures that the…
95 arrests in the dismantling of a major international child pornography network
In France, a major international child crime network has been dismantled. 95 people arrested who distributed child pornography images depicting minors on the Signal messaging service. 1 minute The large-scale…
Russian disinformation actors in Europe and Africa under European sanctions
The Council of the European Union is taking action against Russia’s hybrid threats in Europe and Africa. Last October, Europe condemned sabotage actions combined with information attacks organized by Russian…
EU announces investigation against TikTok
The European Commission announced this Tuesday, December 17, the opening of an investigation against the social network TikTok. Brussels suspects him of having failed in his obligations and opened the…
Australia wants to force Gafam to pay the media for the publication of journalistic content
This is one of the consequences of the explosion of digital technology and social networks: advertising revenues from traditional media have collapsed since the 2000s. Revenues monopolized mainly by the…
rejected on appeal, Tiktok wants to go to the Supreme Court to prevent its forced sale
This is one step closer to banning TikTok in the United States. American justice rejected the social network’s last appeal. TikTok is challenging a Congressional law that forces the social…
the ban on the use of social networks for under 16s receives broad support
Australia passed a law last night aimed at banning the use of social networks for people under the age of 16. A measure which makes the country one of the…
pay attention to these images filmed in Lebanon
While Russia continues its strikes in Ukraine, some claim on the networks that the Russian army dropped leaflets to warn the inhabitants of kyiv of imminent strikes on the capital.…