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PARIS — Le parquet de Paris ouvre formellement une enquête sur l’algorithme de la plateforme X. La procureure de la République Laure Beccuau a annoncé ce vendredi 11 juillet dans un communiqué que la gendarmerie nationale avait été saisie d’une enquête sur le fonctionnement de la plateforme du milliardaire américain Elon Musk. L’ouverture de cette enquête fait suite à des signalements sur “l’utilisation supposée de l’algorithme de X (ex-Twitter) à des fins d’ingérence étrangère”, précise le parquet. Les investigations porteront notamment sur les infractions d’”altération du fonctionnement d’un système de traitement automatisé de données en bande organisée”, et d’”extraction frauduleuse…
Government funding for humanitarian aid could contract between 34% and 45% by the end of the year compared to 2023, according to research by the Activity Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP).In early 2025, United States President Donald Trump cut 80% of contracts administered by the US Agency for International Development, in line with his America-first approach, which is hostile to overseas spending. On their end, faced with the rising military threat of Russia, European nations have been diverting aid to defence and rearmament budgets. Despite 2025 marking a turning point, ALNAP reports that record cuts to aid began in…
Published on 11/07/2025 – 15:30 GMT+2Greece’s parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving by sea from Libya on Friday, despite strong criticism from the United Nations refugee agency and Europe’s top human rights official.The measure suspends asylum application processing for those arriving by sea from North Africa, following a dramatic surge in Mediterranean crossings that has overwhelmed reception centres on the island of Crete.Authorities on Crete are struggling to provide basic services, using temporary facilities to house migrants, primarily from Somalia, Sudan, Egypt and Morocco, according to island officials.The suspension passed by a vote of 177-74 despite…
‘Plagiarism hunter’ While the parliament was set to vote on three judges today, it was the dispute over SPD nominee Brosius-Gersdorf that deeply divided the coalition. Abortion in Germany is technically illegal, but is tolerated within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy on the condition that women seek counseling. Brosius-Gersdorf had developed a legal framework for decriminalizing abortion, leading some conservatives to oppose her nomination. Still, conservatives speaking publicly suggested the true reason is the plagiarism accusation. “The election of a judge to the federal constitutional court should not be the subject of a heated political debate,” Steffen Bilger, a…
Published on 11/07/2025 – 15:36 GMT+2The Senegalese navy intercepted 201 West African migrants, authorities said on Wednesday, as the Atlantic Ocean crossing continues to be the most popular and deadliest migration route from Africa to Europe.The operation was carried out by Senegalese marines based in Foundiougne, in the Fatick region of western Senegal, the army said in a statement.Sixty-nine people were stopped on land, the statement said, while 132 others were intercepted aboard a small wooden boat in the Saloum delta on Tuesday evening.While migration to Europe has been steadily falling, the Atlantic Ocean crossing from West Africa to Spain’s…
By Euronews Published on 11/07/2025 – 14:56 GMT+2The United Kingdom is bolstering its tech workforce to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools for government. And Meta is footing the $1 million (€854,000) bill.Through the new “Open-Source AI Fellowship,” 10 fellows will work with the UK government for one year to build AI tools for “high-security use cases” in the public sector, such as language translation for national security or using construction data to speed up approval processes to build more homes.The fellows could also work on “Humphrey,” a suite of AI-powered tools for civil servants to help them effectively deliver on minister…
Now, even before the Act has been fully implemented, the committee is reopening a debate on legislating against “harmful but legal” content. Earlier drafts of the Online Safety Act imposed a duty on platforms to tackle material deemed “legal but harmful” to adults, but these provisions were stripped out of the bill under the previous Conservative government amid concerns about freedom of speech, to the dismay of online safety campaigners. Committee chair and Labour MP Chi Onwurah insisted that the report’s call for the government to essentially return to the drawing board doesn’t mean reopening the same can of worms…
Lennart Monterlos, an 18-year-old Franco-German dual national who was cycling from Europe to Japan, has been detained in Iran, Tehran authorities confirmed on Thursday.In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the young man had been “detained for committing an offence,” without disclosing further details.He added that the country’s French embassy had been officially notified of the detention of the French citizen, who is from the eastern French city of Besançon.Pressed on the issue, the French Foreign Ministry stated that it was in contact with Iranian authorities regarding its citizen’s condition, as well…
Published on 11/07/2025 – 13:27 GMT+2The great American filmmaker Michael Mann will be honoured with the Lumière Award at the 17th edition of the Lumière Festival in Lyon this fall. The Institut Lumière praised Mann’s 40-year career marked by classics such as Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider and Collateral, as well as his direction of “screen legends” including Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Daniel Day-Lewis. The Lumière Award honours a figure for their entire body of work and their connection to the history of cinema. Previous Lumière honorees include some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Martin…
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