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Rubio imposter used AI to message high-level officials, reports say
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - An imposter posing as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent AI-generated voice and text messages to high-level officials and foreign ministers, reports said Tuesday, the latest American official to be targeted by impersonators.
AI-generated Pope sermons flood YouTube, TikTok
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» WASHINGTON — AI-generated videos and audios of Pope Leo XIV are populating rapidly online, racking up views as platforms struggle to police them.
US defence chief visits Philippines dogged by scandal at home
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» MANILA — US defence chief Pete Hegseth met Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday, saying the two countries must stand "shoulder to shoulder" in the face of the threat represented by China.
Brad Pitt isn't messaging you, rep warns, after adoring fan scammed
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES - A representative for Brad Pitt has warned fans to be wary of impersonation scams after a French woman lost her life savings to fraudsters posing as the Hollywood star.
Fakery and fraud: Energy scammers cast 'wide net' on Facebook
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: A Filipino consumer fumes as she rips open a portable charger to discover she has been conned -- the batteries are choked with sand, making her yet another victim of scammers on Facebook.
Scars of Papua conflict weigh on Indonesia's vaccine drive
AFP, Published on 26/08/2021
» JAYAPURA (INDONESIA) - "William" is refusing to take a coronavirus vaccine because he fears Indonesia's military will use the country's inoculation programme to poison him and wipe out his fellow Papuans.
Facebook shuts down anti-vaccine influencer campaign
AFP, Published on 11/08/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down a disinformation operation which sought to spread Covid-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social media influencers into backing false claims.
Facebook sparks row by cutting off researchers
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: Facebook has cut off some academic researchers for "scraping" data from the platform, sparking a fresh controversy about the leading social network's transparency to outside experts studying misinformation and abusive content.
Facebook oversight panel will now review takedown requests
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Facebook's independent Oversight Board announced Tuesday it would start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly allowed to remain on the leading social network.
Homeless but not forgotten in UK's Covid jab drive
AFP, Published on 31/03/2021
» WINCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Mac is only 25, normally too young to be eligible for the British government's Covid inoculation campaign at this stage.