January 2025
February 2025
China Accelerates Unified National Market Initiative to Boost Growth and Attract Investment
China is building a unified national market to improve resource allocation, promote fair competition, and attract global investment, with the NDRC unveiling trial guidelines and emphasizing a globally oriented, fully open approach.
China Accelerates Unified National Market Initiative to Boost Growth and Attract Investment
China is building a unified national market to improve resource allocation, promote fair competition, and attract global investment, with the NDRC unveiling trial guidelines and emphasizing a globally oriented, fully open approach.
Progress
12% Bias Score
Meta Eases Hate Speech Rules, Allowing Accusations of Mental Illness Against LGBTQ Individuals
Meta altered its content moderation policies, allowing accusations of mental illness toward LGBTQ individuals based on their identity, alongside replacing its fact-checking program with a community-driven system and removing several hate speech protections.
Meta Eases Hate Speech Rules, Allowing Accusations of Mental Illness Against LGBTQ Individuals
Meta altered its content moderation policies, allowing accusations of mental illness toward LGBTQ individuals based on their identity, alongside replacing its fact-checking program with a community-driven system and removing several hate speech protections.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Catalan Tax Agency Proposal Contradicts EU Guidelines and Spanish Constitution
A proposed agreement in Catalonia would create a regional tax agency, contradicting EU guidelines and Spain's constitution, potentially increasing costs, hindering anti-fraud efforts, and impacting tax collection efficiency, according to a FEDEA report by tax expert Alberto García Valera.
Catalan Tax Agency Proposal Contradicts EU Guidelines and Spanish Constitution
A proposed agreement in Catalonia would create a regional tax agency, contradicting EU guidelines and Spain's constitution, potentially increasing costs, hindering anti-fraud efforts, and impacting tax collection efficiency, according to a FEDEA report by tax expert Alberto García Valera.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Meta's AI Chatbots: Policy Violations and Moderation Concerns
Meta's AI chatbot feature, launched last year, has been plagued by user-generated content violating its policies, despite pre-release reviews, prompting the removal of some accounts and highlighting concerns about reduced moderation efforts.
Meta's AI Chatbots: Policy Violations and Moderation Concerns
Meta's AI chatbot feature, launched last year, has been plagued by user-generated content violating its policies, despite pre-release reviews, prompting the removal of some accounts and highlighting concerns about reduced moderation efforts.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Sparks Employee Backlash
Meta ended its third-party fact-checking program two weeks before President-elect Trump's inauguration, sparking internal criticism from employees concerned about the potential spread of misinformation and the impact on sensitive topics. The decision followed other actions seemingly aimed at appeasi...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Sparks Employee Backlash
Meta ended its third-party fact-checking program two weeks before President-elect Trump's inauguration, sparking internal criticism from employees concerned about the potential spread of misinformation and the impact on sensitive topics. The decision followed other actions seemingly aimed at appeasi...
Progress
60% Bias Score
Port Chicago 50 Exonerated 80 Years After WWII Mutiny Conviction
In July 1944, an ammunition explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine killed 320 and injured 390, primarily Black sailors, who had repeatedly warned of unsafe conditions; 50 who refused to return to work were convicted of mutiny but recently exonerated.
Port Chicago 50 Exonerated 80 Years After WWII Mutiny Conviction
In July 1944, an ammunition explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine killed 320 and injured 390, primarily Black sailors, who had repeatedly warned of unsafe conditions; 50 who refused to return to work were convicted of mutiny but recently exonerated.
Progress
32% Bias Score
China's Marine Economy Drives Energy Security and Global Leadership
China's marine economy, driven by record offshore oil and gas production (exceeding 60 percent of new crude oil output in 2024) and over 50 percent of global offshore wind capacity, has become a cornerstone of its energy security and global economic leadership, exceeding global averages in key secto...
China's Marine Economy Drives Energy Security and Global Leadership
China's marine economy, driven by record offshore oil and gas production (exceeding 60 percent of new crude oil output in 2024) and over 50 percent of global offshore wind capacity, has become a cornerstone of its energy security and global economic leadership, exceeding global averages in key secto...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Heavy Snow Warning Issued for Japan
Japan's Meteorological Agency warned of heavy snow and potential traffic disruptions from Wednesday to Friday across northern and western Japan, with strong winds and blizzards possible depending on air temperature.
Heavy Snow Warning Issued for Japan
Japan's Meteorological Agency warned of heavy snow and potential traffic disruptions from Wednesday to Friday across northern and western Japan, with strong winds and blizzards possible depending on air temperature.
Progress
0% Bias Score
Nvidia Confident Samsung Will Soon Supply HBM Chips
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang voiced confidence at CES 2025 that Samsung Electronics will soon provide its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, despite current quality challenges, highlighting Samsung's crucial role in HBM's history and future.
Nvidia Confident Samsung Will Soon Supply HBM Chips
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang voiced confidence at CES 2025 that Samsung Electronics will soon provide its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, despite current quality challenges, highlighting Samsung's crucial role in HBM's history and future.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Trump Renews Push for Greenland, Panama Canal Control
President-elect Donald Trump's renewed push to acquire Greenland and regain control of the Panama Canal, coupled with his son's visit to Greenland, signals a potential for increased geopolitical tensions, defying previous rejections and raising concerns about the use of pressure tactics.
Trump Renews Push for Greenland, Panama Canal Control
President-elect Donald Trump's renewed push to acquire Greenland and regain control of the Panama Canal, coupled with his son's visit to Greenland, signals a potential for increased geopolitical tensions, defying previous rejections and raising concerns about the use of pressure tactics.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Son-in-Law of Venezuelan Opposition Leader Kidnapped in Caracas
In Caracas, Venezuela, Rafael Tudares, son-in-law of self-exiled opposition leader Edmundo González, was kidnapped on Tuesday, prompting international concern and accusations of politically motivated abduction amid heightened security and disputed election results.
Son-in-Law of Venezuelan Opposition Leader Kidnapped in Caracas
In Caracas, Venezuela, Rafael Tudares, son-in-law of self-exiled opposition leader Edmundo González, was kidnapped on Tuesday, prompting international concern and accusations of politically motivated abduction amid heightened security and disputed election results.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Viking Graves Unearth Treasures, Revealing Trade and Raiding Practices
Metal detectorists in Fitjar, Norway, uncovered two Viking women's graves (800-850 A.D.) containing jewelry, coins, tools, and a repurposed book clasp possibly looted from a British monastery, revealing insights into Viking trade, raiding, and social structures.
Viking Graves Unearth Treasures, Revealing Trade and Raiding Practices
Metal detectorists in Fitjar, Norway, uncovered two Viking women's graves (800-850 A.D.) containing jewelry, coins, tools, and a repurposed book clasp possibly looted from a British monastery, revealing insights into Viking trade, raiding, and social structures.
Progress
32% Bias Score