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Social media giant Meta – home of Facebook, Instagram and Threads – is scrapping its independent fact-checking program, instead pivoting to a “community notes” style closer to Elon Musk’s X. This means users on the platform will themselves do the flagging and correcting instead of fact-checking experts and organizations. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the … Read more
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced his resignation. It will come into force on January 20, 2025, the date of the inauguration of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump. According to a release Published on the CFTC’s official site this January 7, Behnam follows in the footsteps of … Read more
France has marked 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper that shocked the country and led to fierce debate about freedom of expression and religion. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Jacob Mchangama, founder of ‘The Future of Free Speech’ think tank and research professor at Vanderbilt University. He says … Read more
Germany is leading efforts within the European Union (EU) to ease sanctions on Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad. financial Times Reported on Tuesday. Berlin is pushing for the move within the bloc, provided it gets progress on social issues. foot Said. The French AFP news agency, citing diplomats, also reported that Germany … Read more
Didier Deschamps, the France coach since 2012, will step down from the job when his contract expires after the 2026 World Cup, the French Football Federation said Tuesday. Source link
On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, FRANCE 24 spoke to cartoonist and chair of the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation Patrick Chappette about the power of cartoons. Source link
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing former far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a convicted Holocaust denier and perennial outcast of French politics. But the party he founded half a century ago ultimately succeeded in pushing many of his extremist ideas into the political mainstream. Source link
Zuckerberg promises less censorship, respecting users’ voices. Meta’s policy change is aligned with Trump’s inauguration. Social media giant Meta announced today that it has decided to end its fact-checking policy for posts circulating on Instagram and Facebook. The information was released by the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, thus committing to freedom of expression, just when … Read more
Washington— US President-elect Donald Trump held an omnibus press conference at his Florida estate on Tuesday, where he outlined his stances on key foreign policy issues as he prepares to take office in two weeks. He strongly called for the release of hostages held in Israel more than a year ago by the terrorist group … Read more
Today, there is no reliable way to trade RLUSD outside of a few centralized exchanges. The DeFi contracts available for the RLUSD token are fraudulent. Ripple announced that it will use Chainlink, the finance standard that connects smart contracts with real-world price data, to enable trading of its new stablecoin (RLUSD) on decentralized exchanges. This … Read more