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Beijing acts to control AI-generated content

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CHINA

This refers to the use of algorithms, deep learning, virtual reality and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications to generate or alter content such as text, images, audio…

Fake news may survive Facebook changes

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INTERNATIONAL

Implications of Facebook's changes.

EU content moderation law faces enforcement challenges

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EU

X is suspected of breaching obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) to counter illegal content and disinformation. Other concerns include the suspected deceptive…

Canada looks to protect national media content

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CANADA

If passed in their current form, the bills in question would put streaming platforms under the same regulator as broadcasters and require them to pay news publishers for content…

Chinese online controls keep grip on disinformation

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CHINA

In China, by contrast, this problem is of relatively low priority. The Communist Party has long established itself as the sole arbiter of truth, attacking ‘rumours’ and other…

US government bans TikTok use on federal devices

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UNITED STATES

By last month, 14 states had already banned TikTok from government-issued devices, with another five in the process of doing so, citing security concerns recently endorsed by the…

UK plan to curb online harms may prove too broad

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UNITED KINGDOM

The OSB will impose a duty of care on internet companies, particularly social media firms and search engines, to protect their users from a range of online harms, both legal and…

AI 'companions' will become common

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INT

They are represented by realistic-looking human avatars, with whom people can form one-to-one social relationships. Today, the number of people with such AI companions likely…

Canadian debate over streaming services moves venues

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CANADA

C-18, a second, related bill that would require internet companies to compensate Canadian journalistic enterprises for use of their content, is currently before a Senate committee…

Generative AI carries serious online risks

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INTERNATIONAL

These models are fed huge datasets of media content and trained to generate new content following a short thematic prompt. The most hyped -- and feared -- models include OpenAI’s…