Tag: social networks
RFI targeted by a false report manufactured by Russian propaganda
This Wednesday, March 27 in the afternoon, a false report impersonating Radio France Internationale appeared online. This video suggests, without any evidence, that a Ukrainian tuberculosis epidemic would threaten France…
The Kenyan government wants to crack down on the Chinese application Tiktok
The TikTok application, very popular among Kenyan youth, is the source of growing criticism of the content shared there. As concerns grow over the use of the application on a…
Elon Musk, the boss of X, defends the Austrian extremist Martin Sellner
Elon Musk, the boss of the social network X and its 177 million subscribers, supports Martin Sellner, leading figure of the identity movement in Austria. Arrested and returned from the…
the Meta group accused of facilitating illicit drug trafficking
In the United States, has Facebook facilitated illicit drug trafficking? The group is in any case the subject of an investigation across the Atlantic. American justice suspects Meta of having…
the House of Representatives adopts a text that threatens TikTok with a ban
Born twelve years ago in Beijing, the Chinese internet giant ByteDance has become one of the most valuable companies in the world, at $225 billion, according to the economic intelligence…
TikTok soon to be banned in the United States? What you need to know about the project that threatens the Chinese platform
The House of Representatives is due to consider this week a bill requiring ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to sell the application, otherwise it would be banned in the…
Viginum is strengthening itself in the face of the increase in foreign digital interference
Increasingly pernicious information manipulation campaigns on social networks, which act as venom on public debate, have been pushing the French authorities for two years to step up the response. This…
Meta group’s social networks accessible again after global outage
Meta’s social networks and messaging services – Facebook, Instagram and Messenger – were affected this Tuesday, March 5, since 3:30 p.m. UT, by a series of outages worldwide. This is…
a fake newspaper cover targets Emmanuel Macron
While traveling in the Czech Republic, Emmanuel Macron returned to his comments on Monday March 4 concerning the possible sending of Western troops to Ukraine. “ We refuse to enter…
A complaint from European consumer associations against Meta’s paid subscription system
Consumer associations from eight European countries filed a complaint on Thursday, February 29, with the personal data protection authorities against the paid subscription system set up by Meta on Facebook…