Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Social media empowers disinfo operations. What can the EU do about it? Brussels has started to recognise that social media platforms are not just digital town squares, but the profit-driven allies of the enemies of democracy. It is high time to act accordingly, Domonkos D Kovacs writes. 19/03/2024
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Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk urges people in developed countries to have more children Musk urged Italians and the people of other industrialised countries to have more children "or the culture of Italy, Japan and France will disappear." 16/12/2023
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Now playing Next world news Europe confronts an increasingly transnational far-right threat Movements that could once be tackled one government at a time are more and more able to connect with each other across borders – and Elon Musk's Twitter has given them a gift. 01/12/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Musk uses expletive to blast advertisers who left X over hate speech In a deepening crisis for X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk used a swear word in front of an audience when talking about advertisers fleeing the site. 30/11/2023
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Now playing Next Tech News Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo says she's leaving Musk's 'global sewer' X "I refuse to endorse this evil scheme," Hidalgo said of the social media platform X. She is currently helping Paris gear up for the 2024 Olympics. 27/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk in Israel visit to meet leaders as X antisemitism row grows Billionaire Elon Musk is visiting Israel on Monday to meet with the country's leaders as accusations mount of antisemitism on X (formerly Twitter). 27/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk's X sues media watchdog group over hate speech row Media Matters has called the lawsuit "frivolous". 21/11/2023