Russian State Media Website Viewership Plummets Despite Record Funding
Major Russian state media websites, including Komsomolskaya Pravda, Moskovsky Komsomolets, Gazeta.ru, NTV, RIA Novosti, and Lenta.ru, experienced significant audience drops in 2024, despite record government funding for 2025, potentially indicating issues with content effectiveness or audience engag...
Russian State Media Website Viewership Plummets Despite Record Funding
Major Russian state media websites, including Komsomolskaya Pravda, Moskovsky Komsomolets, Gazeta.ru, NTV, RIA Novosti, and Lenta.ru, experienced significant audience drops in 2024, despite record government funding for 2025, potentially indicating issues with content effectiveness or audience engag...
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36% Bias Score
Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Eases Content Restrictions
Meta Platforms is ending its independent fact-checking program and easing content restrictions, replacing it with a community notes system starting in the U.S. over the next few months; this follows the recent U.S. elections and aligns with the incoming Trump administration's policies, potentially i...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Eases Content Restrictions
Meta Platforms is ending its independent fact-checking program and easing content restrictions, replacing it with a community notes system starting in the U.S. over the next few months; this follows the recent U.S. elections and aligns with the incoming Trump administration's policies, potentially i...
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52% Bias Score
Meta's End to Fact-Checking: Ressa Warns of 'Extremely Dangerous Times'
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa criticizes Meta's decision to end fact-checking on its platforms, warning of extremely dangerous times ahead for journalism, democracy, and social media users due to increased misinformation and relaxed content moderation; she rejects Mark Zuckerberg's claim that...
Meta's End to Fact-Checking: Ressa Warns of 'Extremely Dangerous Times'
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa criticizes Meta's decision to end fact-checking on its platforms, warning of extremely dangerous times ahead for journalism, democracy, and social media users due to increased misinformation and relaxed content moderation; she rejects Mark Zuckerberg's claim that...
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64% Bias Score
Meta Eliminates Fact-Checkers, Shifts to User-Based Content Moderation
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the removal of third-party fact-checkers and relaxed content restrictions on its platforms, citing excessive censorship; a user-based moderation system, Community Notes, will replace it, launching in the coming months, starting with US users.
Meta Eliminates Fact-Checkers, Shifts to User-Based Content Moderation
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the removal of third-party fact-checkers and relaxed content restrictions on its platforms, citing excessive censorship; a user-based moderation system, Community Notes, will replace it, launching in the coming months, starting with US users.
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68% Bias Score
Meta Rolls Back Content Moderation, Ending Fact-Checking Partnerships
Meta announced it will significantly reduce content moderation and end partnerships with 10 third-party fact-checking organizations, citing accusations of political bias and censorship; the decision has drawn mixed reactions, with some expressing concerns about increased misinformation.
Meta Rolls Back Content Moderation, Ending Fact-Checking Partnerships
Meta announced it will significantly reduce content moderation and end partnerships with 10 third-party fact-checking organizations, citing accusations of political bias and censorship; the decision has drawn mixed reactions, with some expressing concerns about increased misinformation.
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60% Bias Score
Iran Cracks Down on Hijab Defiance with Harsh Punishments for Celebrities
Iranian authorities are using increasingly harsh methods, including travel bans and mandatory psychological evaluations, against celebrities and other public figures who defy the mandatory hijab law, highlighting a crackdown on dissent following the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests.
Iran Cracks Down on Hijab Defiance with Harsh Punishments for Celebrities
Iranian authorities are using increasingly harsh methods, including travel bans and mandatory psychological evaluations, against celebrities and other public figures who defy the mandatory hijab law, highlighting a crackdown on dissent following the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests.
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48% Bias Score
Meta Reduces Content Moderation, Replacing Fact-Checkers with Community System
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7th that Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will drastically reduce content moderation, replacing third-party fact-checkers with a community-based system similar to X, citing excessive censorship and political bias as reasons for the change.
Meta Reduces Content Moderation, Replacing Fact-Checkers with Community System
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7th that Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will drastically reduce content moderation, replacing third-party fact-checkers with a community-based system similar to X, citing excessive censorship and political bias as reasons for the change.
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56% Bias Score
Meta Ends Fact-Checking in US, Prioritizing Free Speech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7th that the company will end independent fact-checking on its US platforms, citing political bias and prioritizing "free expression." This decision is accompanied by policy changes and a move of content moderation teams to Texas.
Meta Ends Fact-Checking in US, Prioritizing Free Speech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7th that the company will end independent fact-checking on its US platforms, citing political bias and prioritizing "free expression." This decision is accompanied by policy changes and a move of content moderation teams to Texas.
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56% Bias Score
Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Faces Continued Legal Challenges
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of Facebook's third-party fact-checking program and relaxed content restrictions, citing excessive bias and censorship; this decision, praised by President-elect Trump, is unlikely to resolve Meta's ongoing legal battles, including a potential multibillion-...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Faces Continued Legal Challenges
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of Facebook's third-party fact-checking program and relaxed content restrictions, citing excessive bias and censorship; this decision, praised by President-elect Trump, is unlikely to resolve Meta's ongoing legal battles, including a potential multibillion-...
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56% Bias Score
The Seed of the Sacred Fig": A Family's Struggle Under Iranian Censorship
The Seed of the Sacred Fig," a 168-minute film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, portrays a Tehran family's struggle with government censorship, interweaving their personal conflict with real-world protest footage; its release comes as Rasoulof and the Iranian cast are in exile.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig": A Family's Struggle Under Iranian Censorship
The Seed of the Sacred Fig," a 168-minute film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, portrays a Tehran family's struggle with government censorship, interweaving their personal conflict with real-world protest footage; its release comes as Rasoulof and the Iranian cast are in exile.
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24% Bias Score
Washington Post Suppresses Cartoon, Exposing Self-Censorship in the Age of Billionaire Media
Ann Telnaes' cartoon depicting billionaires supporting Donald Trump was rejected by The Washington Post's opinion section due to concerns about potential legal action and self-censorship, highlighting the influence of powerful figures and the fragility of free speech in the digital age.
Washington Post Suppresses Cartoon, Exposing Self-Censorship in the Age of Billionaire Media
Ann Telnaes' cartoon depicting billionaires supporting Donald Trump was rejected by The Washington Post's opinion section due to concerns about potential legal action and self-censorship, highlighting the influence of powerful figures and the fragility of free speech in the digital age.
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56% Bias Score
Syria Visit Sparks Controversy Over Greetings and Alleged Photo Censorship
German and French foreign ministers visited Syria on January 3, 2025, meeting with the new authorities and civil society, but a meeting with HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa caused controversy due to differing greetings and allegations of photo censorship by a pro-HTS Telegram channel, not the Syrian gove...
Syria Visit Sparks Controversy Over Greetings and Alleged Photo Censorship
German and French foreign ministers visited Syria on January 3, 2025, meeting with the new authorities and civil society, but a meeting with HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa caused controversy due to differing greetings and allegations of photo censorship by a pro-HTS Telegram channel, not the Syrian gove...
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64% Bias Score