Tech Insider : Politics
Footage of Donald Trump is seen inside RT studios in Moscow.
Russian state media outlet RT is trying to garner US support for Trump, a US intelligence official said.
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YouTube will soon be testing a feature that allows users to add notes under videos to correct inaccurate or misleading information, according to an announcement from the video-sharing platform on Monday. And while it sounds strikingly similar to X’s Community Notes program, there are still a lot of questions about how…

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Have you seen clips from a new documentary narrated by Tom Cruise called Olympics Has Fallen, a play on the title of the 2013 movie Olympus Has Fallen? The new film claims to document the corruption in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, France. But it’s fake. Cruise’s narration was created with artificial…

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YouTube introduced a dedicated news-watching experience to help viewers across 40 countries find the latest stories from reputable sources, the company announced on Wednesday. The aim is to make reliable news more readily accessible with two added features including a watch page and a “Shorts Innovation Program.”

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Gizmodo : Politics

Once upon a time, Twitter (now renamed X) routinely tried to label what it deemed “state affiliated” news sites, in an effort to highlight potential government disinformation and propaganda.

Gizmodo : Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the Western World on Tuesday when he declared he will no longer participate in the New SMART nuclear treaty with the U.S. The withdrawal marks the last of the country’s nuclear arms control pact almost a year after it invaded Ukraine.

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EU officials are singling out Twitter today after the company’s report on the role of disinformation on its platform fell short of competitors like Google and Meta. Twitter now has until July to submit an updated report to the EU.