August 4, 2023

Al Jazeera: France’s AFP sues Elon Musk’s X over payments for news

Al Jazeera: France’s AFP sues Elon Musk’s X over payments for news. “French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s X, accusing the social media platform of refusing to engage in discussions about payments for the distribution of news. AFP said on Wednesday it had filed the lawsuit in Paris to compel the platform formerly known as Twitter to hand over information that would allow it to calculate fair compensation for the sharing of its content.”

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March 25, 2023

AFP: Kenya police misleadingly use old protest photos in online hunt for March 2023 rally participants

AFP: Kenya police misleadingly use old protest photos in online hunt for March 2023 rally participants. “After violent anti-government protests in Nairobi, Kenyan police took to social media to announce they were looking for suspects who partook in the rallies organised by the opposition on March 20, 2023. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) posted a series of images on Twitter purporting to show individuals suspected of causing mayhem during the demonstrations. But AFP Fact Check found that some of the photos were old and unrelated.”

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January 14, 2023

Fighting disinformation: AFP shares tools in videos (Inside AFP)

Inside AFP: Fighting disinformation: AFP shares tools in videos. “From finding the origin of a video online to using archives to identify old versions of web pages, reading foreign languages with a smartphone or using mapping tools, these videos demonstrate tools used by AFP journalists around the world in their investigations. A dozen videos are already available in English and French on AFP’s YouTube channels and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, sharing key tips for online verification.” Every video I looked at was thoroughly capitioned.

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December 7, 2021

AFP: AFP, Google team up to fact-check French polls

AFP: AFP, Google team up to fact-check French polls. “AFP and Google France announced on Monday a fact-checking project to combat false information ahead of the French presidential and legislative elections next year. With the support of Google, AFP will coordinate an alliance of media and fact-checking organisations to train French newsrooms, the internet giant and the global news agency said in a joint statement.”

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November 20, 2021

BNN Bloomberg: Google Will Pay AFP for Its News in First Deal After French Fine

BNN Bloomberg: Google Will Pay AFP for Its News in First Deal After French Fine. “Google has agreed to pay news wire Agence France-Presse for the use of its content, its first deal following a fine from the French regulator over its approach to negotiating compensation for news organizations. The Alphabet Inc. division and AFP struck the accord after months of negotiations, the companies said in a statement Wednesday. The amount wasn’t disclosed. The news agency reported that the deal would cover content in all European Union countries for five years.”

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