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Hungary PM Viktor Orbán has only just joined Twitter. Why now?

With Hungarians generally preferring Facebook, there is seemingly little domestic motivation for Orban to join the rival platform.

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'It makes us feel our identities are a joke and this is the punchline'

Former Real Madrid footballer surprised fans after posting a tweet coming out as gay on Sunday before quickly deleting it. Widely seen as a joke, the move has angered the LGBT+ community.

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Russia's answer to Wikipedia: Propaganda or common sense encyclopedia?

Called Runiversalis, Russia's answer to Wikipedia was launched by Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.

Australia

Australian politicians and companies targeted by year-long cyberattack

Government officials and companies in the energy and finance sector were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack orchestrated by Beijing-aligned hackers.

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'Inauthentic' anti-Ukraine hashtags are trending in Poland - report

A study has found the hashtag #StopUkrainisationOfPoland does not represent widespread ill-feeling.

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First major covert pro-US propaganda campaign removed by tech giants

According to a report, Twitter and Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram) have removed dozens of accounts used to promote US interests abroad.

Europe News

Watchdog files complaints over UK's GPS-tracking of migrants

Privacy International has filed two complaints with UK regulators claiming that the GPS ankle bracelets used to tag asylum seekers are inhumane and a danger to privacy rights.

World News

Twitter failed to tackle LGBTQ monkeypox hate speech, says study

False claims about the LGBTQ community have skyrocketed online after the virus outbreak in May.

Egypt

Arabic anti-LGBTQ campaign goes viral on Twitter

An Egyptian-owned movement named Fetrah has angered activists and members of the LGBTQ community in the Middle East for creating an anti-LGBTQ campaign promoting traditional norms on sexuality. The campaign’s creators has been accused of fuelling hate speech.

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Racist videos of Africans fuel a million-dollar industry in China

The recent arrest of a Chinese vlogger in Malawi for exploiting schoolchildren for racist social media content sparked global outrage -- but it is not an isolated case.

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Beach body campaign slammed for using images without asking

A Spanish body image campaign which was widely praised has come under fire, after it was revealed that images of one model were used without their permission.

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Controversy over Ukraine presidential couple's Vogue photoshoot

Social media users are divided over the Ukrainian president and first lady's recent Vogue photoshoot as the war enters its sixth month.

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Is public health messaging around Monkeypox homophobic?

Social media debate if public health messaging aimed at the LGBTQAI+ community around Monkeypox is homophobic, after findings that 98 per cent of those contracting the virus are men having sex with men.

Russia

Fake news states Oxford is revoking degrees of those linked to Kremlin

Russian state TV Rossiya 1 broadcast claims from a satirical website that the prestigious University of Oxford is rescinding degrees of graduates with links to Russian government officials.

Travel News

Border dispute erupts between UK and France over Dover travel chaos

Queues of cars and lorries at the port of Dover in the UK over the weekend have led to a dispute between British and French officials over who is to blame.

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Fact check: Ukrainian protesters were not dragged off a road in Italy

A misleading video has falsely claimed that Italian citizens were physically removing Ukrainian refugees from blocked roads, "frustrated" with anti-war protests.

Iran

Iranian feminists targeted by thousands of Instagram bots

More than 30 activists have written to Meta to demand more action.

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Was Sánchez sidelined? Debunking Madrid NATO summit disinformation

As the NATO summit in Spain comes to an end, a lot of misinformation has spread on social media surrounding the event. Euronews fact-checked some of these claims.

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Fact-check: 80,000 people did not protest Belgian support for Ukraine

Russian state TV misleadingly claimed that all protesting on 20 June wanted the Belgian government to stop sending aid to Kyiv.

USA

US lawmakers demand action from Google over 'fake abortion clinics'

A report has found that fake anti-abortion websites appear for Google users in key US states.

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