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tagesschau.de 2h

The Federal Court of Justice is hearing the case of Green politician Renate Künast against Facebook's parent company Meta, which demands that the company not only remove false quotes but also proactively identify and delete all similar memes. #Künast #Facebook #FakeNews (translated)

www.tagesschau.de
Muss Facebook rechtswidrige Memes aufspüren?
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G-William Goldnadel 10h

The author accused his interlocutor of lying and claimed that Le Monde had retracted what he described as false. He accused the party of being anti-Semitic, supporting Hamas terrorists, and having blood on their hands, then said he hoped that MLP would condemn his interlocutor. (translated)

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Frontières 12h

Frontières wrote that Marine Le Pen had, in turn, denounced information from Le Monde, which the media described as "huge fake news." https://t.co/Nrll7eRKM8 #MarineLePen #FakeNews #Politique (translated)

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Frontières 14h

Frontières accused L’Humanité of having taken erroneous information from Le Monde by headlining the presence of RN leaflets in the vehicle of Kevin T., involved in the Trappes shooting. The media claimed that no RN leaflet was found in the car and that the article had still not been modified. https://t.co/NoNyUCF5LI #FakeNews #Trappes #Journalisme (translated)

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Destination Télé 15h

Destination Télé stated that Le Monde initially indicated at 12:15 PM that RN leaflets had been found in the suspect's car in Trappes, before changing its headline and content at 3 PM. According to the account, these were not actually RN leaflets and they were not really in the car. Destination Télé believed that social media now complicated the attempts at manipulation by the newspaper. https://t.co/btJa5xSLHx #LeMonde #FakeNews #Trappes (translated)

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Fonsi Loaiza 15h

The author stated that Almeida and Florentino Pérez had obtained a great real estate benefit in Madrid through the urban reclassification of the city of Real Madrid. He argued that this was supported by a false report that, as he wrote, miscalculated and misleadingly exaggerated municipal benefits, and he described the case as "pure mafia." https://t.co/Lawo4PHu6O #Madrid #Urbanismo #Corrupción #ES (translated)

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Fonsi Loaiza 16h

The author stated that Almeida, from the PP, had facilitated a highly beneficial real estate operation alongside Florentino Pérez and had approved the urban rezoning of the city of Real Madrid. He also claimed that a false report was used that incorrectly calculated municipal benefits, increasing the figure from 1.46 million euros to 98.6 million. https://t.co/y8Pcab5evQ #Inmobiliaria #Corrupción #Madrid #ES #PT (translated)

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Frankfurter Allgemeine 17h

Fake polls from two companies, which were mistakenly considered reliable, are causing confusion just before the U.S. Congressional elections and playing into Donald Trump's hands, while renowned media unknowingly spread the clever manipulations. #Wahlbetrug #FakeNews #Trump (translated)

www.faz.net
Betrug flog auf: Gefälschte Wahlumfragen spielen Trump in die Karten
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der Standard 17h

Jerusalem expert Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler warns that the upcoming election in Israel on October 27 could be endangered by the use of artificial intelligence and deep fake news, making the country a test lab for global influence through AI. #Wahlen2023 #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Desinformation (translated)

www.derstandard.at
Israels Wahl in Zeiten von KI: "Wir sind ein riesiges Labor"
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ANSA.it 19h

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, expressed concern about the manipulation of information through fake news and the need for effective regulation of artificial intelligence to protect fundamental rights and democracy during the Opening Ceremony of the Festival of Regions and Autonomous Provinces 2026. #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Informazione #Sanità (translated)

www.ansa.it
Mattarella: 'Le fake news manipolano già oggi l'informazione'
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Il Messaggero 20h

An influencer created by artificial intelligence, Julia Berlii Cortez, with over half a million followers, has influenced the elections in Brazil, fueling suspicions of manipulation through fake profiles promoting political and pornographic content. #IntelligenzaArtificiale #ElezioniBrasile #InfluencerFake (translated)

www.ilmessaggero.it
Brasile, così è stato manipolato il voto: influencer da mezzo milione di follower creati dall'intelligenza artificiale
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Felipe Pepe 1d

People abroad don't understand the level of interference Meta & bots had in these elections. 5 days before the election a far-right politician posted a fake news video that got 157 MILLION views on Instagram in 24hs. For reference, GTA 6's reveal trailer got 90 million views on YouTube in 24hs.

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Georg Pazderski 2d

The author questioned Söder's planned approach against false information in WhatsApp groups. According to the article, Söder referred to this as something that "poisons the country." The author asked whether it was about preventing the truth or protecting the lies of those in power, and described the approach as censorship. https://t.co/O6R02CFyOI #Zensur #FakeNews #Meinungsfreiheit #DE (translated)

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Il Fatto Quotidiano 2d

48 hours before the elections, Netanyahu warns that his defeat could lead to a second Holocaust and shares a fake image of a nuclear attack on Tel Aviv, sparking controversy among the opposition. #Netanyahu #ElezioniIsraele #Iran (translated)

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Israele, Netanyahu a 48 ore dal voto: “Se non vinco si rischia la seconda Shoah”. E posta una foto fake dell’atomica su Tel Aviv
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Markus Haintz 2d

Markus Haintz wrote that the SPD member Dario Schramm had spread a fake email with false claims about Haintz's client. The message originated from the illegal hacker attack on AfD emails. Schramm deleted the post and has since issued a cease and desist declaration. Haintz described it as the second declaration of this kind following a case involving Dara. #AfD #FakeNews #Unterlassungserklärung (translated)

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Actu Foot 2d

Actu Foot stated that about five people in the world knew the result of the Ballon d'Or and that, starting in 2024, players would no longer be notified in advance. They would discover it at the same time as the public, while the leaked rankings circulating would be false, according to the account. Actu Foot also relayed the comments of Pascal Ferré, former head of the Ballon d'Or, who explained that he had left false rankings in the offices of France Football to feed social media. The account added that fake WhatsApp screenshots attributed to Vincent Garcia were circulating, with Kylian Mbappé or Harry Kane at the top, and mentioned RMC Sport. #BallonDor #Football #RMCsport (translated)

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NRC 2d

The Kremlin is trying to create chaos in Europe by obscuring truths and spreading fake news, which threatens political stability and helps extremist parties gain power. #Disinformatie #Rusland #EuropesePolitiek (translated)

www.nrc.nl
Het Kremlin is uit op anarchie in Europa
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Kaotik747 2d

Kaotik747 contested the information regarding the presence of far-right groups in Nice the day before. He claimed to have filmed among the protesters, near the law enforcement and the "anti-riot" movement, and announced that his video would be published within the hour. He accused Nice-Matin, BFM Côte d’Azur, and other media of misrepresenting the group, asserting that it comprised black, white, and Maghreb origin individuals. He also stated that some protesters were very violent and seeking confrontation. Kaotik747 added that he had been hit in the head with a stone and that his scooter helmet had protected him. #Nice #Manifestation #FakeNews (translated)

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Santi C. 2d

Santi C. questioned who the source of Gustavo Beron was and stated that he had first said the project was dead and then spread changes without knowing the topic. He added that if it were approved, that source would probably claim that the approval had never been in doubt. According to Santi C., both the news and its denial were fabricated, something he described as not being journalism. #Periodismo #FakeNews #Transparencia (translated)

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Jaunius Varnas 3d

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Okey, this is NEW to me. NEW that I'm trying a fresh European social network, which I hope will succeed and NEW to me that I'm trying to write english analysis. I'm a geopolitics writer from Lithuania who has a dedicated reader base on facebook and growing my base on youtube. So this is just me trying to reach a bigger European audience. Hope you like it. Now with my post: Have you noticed that we've gone right back to early 2025? And how quickly regimes change their propaganda narratives whenever the situation shifts or they see an opportunity? We've just had two weeks that really felt like a repeat of early 2025. Suddenly, there's pressure to end the war AGAIN. Suddenly, concessions to Russia and excuses for its actions AGAIN. Pressure on Ukraine AGAIN. The same fake negotiators travelling to meet the fake tsar and sucking up to him AGAIN. Military aid to Ukraine being blocked AGAIN. New/same proposals to end the war AGAIN. And suddenly, kremlin propaganda is treating the americans as friends AGAIN. AND NOTHING... Nothing will change, because it always hits the same wall. russia demands territories that never belonged to it, that it does not control and that it cannot conquer. The Americans want Ukraine to accept this condition because trump simply wants the war to end, no matter the terms. Well... Ukraine refuses to be blackmailed. Once again. Okay, there is one small difference. In early 2025, trump was trying to show that he was delivering on his promises AFTER the election. In late 2026, he's trying to convince the next wave of voters that he's still relevant BEFORE the election. The really interesting part is that Ukraine is in a much better position today than it was in early 2025. Back then, Trump told Zelensky that he had no cards. Now he's asking Zelensky not to play the entire hand of cards he actually holds. YES, there was a bit of panic among all of us. It's certainly not pleasant when the USA starts throwing obstacles in Ukraine's way. The good thing is that these episodes have always been temporary. Because the whole world quickly finds out what the americans have done, and eventually they run out of room to manoeuvre. First, because it becomes embarrassing. Second, because they often end up creating problems for themselves. Every restriction on intelligence sharing, every starlink restriction and every suspension of weapons deliveries is seen around the world for what it is: blackmail. And after every trump-style act of blackmail, America suddenly starts losing economic partners and arms customers, while Europe accelerates the development of its own systems and works to free itself from dependence on the United States. And this latest attempt by trump to portray putin as the saviour of the US economy and Zelensky as the man to blame for high diesel prices? I'd say it has backfired spectacularly. Trump's approval rating has fallen to 31%. Meanwhile, Zelensky's approval rating has surged AGAIN, reaching 57% in polls towards the end of October. Well... as I've said before. Every time trump attacks Zelensky, and especially every time he starts shouting that Zelensky should be removed from office, Zelensky refuses to back down and stands up for Ukraine. And the Ukrainian people rally behind him. So, after all this déjà vu nonsense, trump himself revealed two days ago that musk had restricted starlink operations in Ukraine and had supposedly been asked to restore the connection. (The fact is, both of them had a hand in this.) And the news media quickly started reporting that everything was back to normal. BUT... no. Nothing has actually been fixed. Yesterday, trump once again started saying that if the restrictions are still in place, he will most definitely sort everything out. In other words, we're seeing the same stalling tactics as with the restrictions on intelligence sharing. In short, musk got angry because Ukraine is striking russian data centres. And trump is probably just as angry for exactly the same reason. Because these attacks undermine his election propaganda campaign. Speaking of data centres, today the Ukrainians struck a particularly SIGNIFICANT one. The target was a data centre belonging to russia's federal xax service. Why does this matter? It stores and processes tax records and other government information. If the damage is extensive, this could cause the russian authorities far more trouble than a disruption to online payments. Unfortunately, all we know so far is that the building's exterior was damaged. Whether the interior was affected remains unclear. Now, back to those boomerangs coming back to hit America after its blackmail tactics. European telecommunications companies are ALREADY discussing how to join forces and strengthen a common European mobile communications network. To make this possible, the European Commission decided earlier this year that, once certain agreements with foreign partners expire, some frequencies used by European satellites would be allocated to European companies rather than foreign ones. Well... put simply, spaceX and its starlink service could lose access to certain frequency bands in Europe. And the Americans are furious about it. Meanwhile, following all this starlink nonsense, the Ukrainians are joining forces with Finland's NOKIA and ICEYE to develop their own domestic satellite communications system. And this brings us to the main point: trump's blackmail tactics are coming back to hurt him and his best friend, the fake tsar, in a big way. russia will NOT get territories that never belonged to it and should never belong to it. Instead, it will ultimately destroy itself in this senseless war. By trying to pressure Ukraine, trump has effectively thrown a spanner in the republicans' works just before the elections. Europe has started calling trump what he is: a traitor. And Ukraine, together with Europe, is moving even further away from America's hostile administration while gaining greater independence. It will be a very strange period if, as we hope, America really does experience a Blue Wave in the elections. The Democrats, with a majority in Congress, will try to rebuild relations with Europe and help Ukraine, while a politically isolated president will probably obstruct their efforts out of spite over his election defeat. Either way, we still have a long way to go before the elections. And as the rift between Europe and America continues to widen, we're also seeing growing US pressure on Europe and attempts to interfere in our internal affairs. Returning to starlink, trump and musk are already publicly ranting that Europe will face consequences if it tries to restrict the activities of American companies on our continent. And this interference in European affairs is also clearly visible in Trump's comments about the protests taking place across Europe. I'll be publishing several detailed articles about that over the weekend. Meanwhile, several significant decisions concerning Ukraine were made in Europe this week: 1) Ukraine has been allowed to purchase weapons through NATO's procurement agency. In other words, procurement should become faster and more cost-effective. 2) EU leaders have expressed support for Ukraine's steps towards EU membership. More and more negotiating clusters are being opened. 3) The EU has also unanimously rejected the idea of territorial concessions. 4) There is also increasingly serious discussion about a new, additional €70 billion aid package for Ukraine for 2027. Once again, there are cautious references to those frozen russian assets. It's probably an unlikely option, but it would certainly be nice to see it happen. I won't try to come up with some magical conclusion. The point is simply that we shouldn't worry too much that some Trump might suddenly force Ukraine into capitulation or somehow make it accept concessions. And we shouldn't expect the war to end just yet, either. Not because we don't desperately want this nightmare of terror to end, but because russia simply isn't ready to stop fighting. All those Kremlin statements about being willing to negotiate are nothing more than an attempt to extract concessions in advance. So, once again, this is a good time to support Ukrainian soldiers' fundraising campaigns. Still, I can at least wish you all a good weekend. --------- P.S. I use capital letters for those that I respect, and small letters to those that I have no respect. You get it. Follow me for more in-depth articles about Europe, Ukraine, USA, war with russia, war with Iran, Middle East, China and all kinds of interesting geopolitics topics. The following ones will be about the ongoing protests/riots in Europe.

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