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Google cut an estimated 40 to 45 jobs in its Google News division this week, according to CNBC. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday that content moderation is a "critical focus" for the company right now. The tech giant laid off an estimated 40 to 45 workers at Google News, according to the Alphabet Workers Union, per CNBC. Google and the Alphabet Workers Union did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. We will continue to tackle disinformation, hate speech, graphic content and terrorist content."
Persons: Sundar Pichai, , Benjamin Netanyahu, Shayan, Michael Bennet Organizations: Google, Google News, CNBC, Service, Alphabet Workers Union, Hamas, BBC, Twitter Locations: Israel, Gaza
“History : First video of the Israeli Iron Beam, new laser air defense system, intercepting enemy rockets, from today”, reads the caption of a Facebook post sharing the gameplay footage. The video was also misrepresented on X social media, by an account impersonating Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service. Pavel Krizka, public relations manager at Bohemia Interactive, which developed the Arma 3 game, said in an email that the miscaptioned video online contains footage from Arma 3. Reuters Fact Check has previously reported on Arma 3 gameplay footage being misrepresented as authentic war imagery after violence between Hamas and Israel broke out on Oct 7. The video shows gameplay footage from Arma 3, not Israel’s "Iron Beam" intercepting rockets amidst the Israel-Hamas war in 2023.
Persons: Pavel Krizka, Marek Spanel, Israel, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Bohemia Interactive, Bohemia, Thomson Locations: Israel, Arma
“Getting information from social media is likely to lead to you being severely disinformed,” said Ahmed. Everyone from US foreign adversaries to domestic extremists to internet trolls and “engagement farmers” has been exploiting the war on social media for their own personal or political gain, he added. “Bad actors surrounding us have been manipulating, confusing and trying to create deception on social media platforms,” Dan Brahmy, CEO of the Israeli social media threat intelligence firm Cyabra, said Thursday in a video posted to LinkedIn. The dynamic simultaneously highlights the business models of social media and the role the companies play in carefully calibrating their users’ experiences. ‘Be very cautious about sharing’Despite giving the impression of reality and truthfulness, Brookie said, individual stories and combat footage conveyed through social media often lack the broader perspective and context that journalists, research organizations and even social media moderation teams apply to a situation to help achieve a fuller understanding of it.
Persons: , Gazans, Pepe, Imran Ahmed, Ahmed, , Dan Brahmy, , ’ Graham Brookie, Islamophobic, Elon Musk, it’s, ” Imran Ahmed, ” Brian Fishman, ” Linda Yaccarino, “ We’ve, Andy Stone, Snapchat, TikTok, ” Ahmed, ” Brookie, Brookie Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, , Twitter, European Union, Facebook, YouTube, Center, LinkedIn, Digital Forensic Research, Atlantic Council, European Commission, European, Digital Services Locations: New York, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, London, Egypt, Islamophobic, Washington ,, United Kingdom, United States
A clip of downed helicopters taken from a computer game is circulating with the false claim that it shows authentic footage of Israeli helicopters shot down by Hamas forces. The clip circulated after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza on Oct 7, with Israel responding with air strikes on the Palestinian enclave. The video shows two helicopters flying in a countryside location before being hit with missiles and crashing to the ground. The company listed ways to detect gameplay footage, including low-resolution clips and unnatural particle effects, like smoke or dust. The video shows Arma 3 video game footage.
Persons: , Read Organizations: Hamas, ” Reuters, Bohemia Interactive, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ukraine
Elon Musk's X has struggled to contain false information about the Israel-Gaza conflict. Part of the issue is the spread of unverified videos and content that were first posted on Telegram. The fighting between Israel and Hamas isn't, of course, the first instance of a conflict to be followed via Telegram. Videos and details about an ongoing conflict often make their way to a platform like X from Telegram — and do so without their source being identified or verified. X users will share Telegram videos, often without context, to fit their narrative or suit some other ulterior motive.
Persons: Elon Musk's X, , Elon, that's, it's, Pavel Durov, Zuckerberg, Durov, Eliot Higgins, Higgins, — Eliot Higgins, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, Elon Musk's, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Here's Locations: Israel, Gaza, Russian, Russia, Ukraine
A Tel Aviv school’s parent’s association said it expects videos of hostages “begging for their lives” to surface on social media. It is also difficult, furthermore – impossible – to contain all this content on social media,” according to the parent’s association. “Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.”Hamas has warned that it will post murders of hostages on social media if Israel targets people in Gaza without warning. The schools are also advising community members to delete their social media apps during this time. Still, misinformation continues to run rampant on social media platforms, including X.
Persons: , , X, “ We’re, , PalestineUnderAttack –, Elon Musk, Zuckerberg Organizations: New, New York CNN — Schools, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Twitter, Hamas, Union, EU, Facebook Locations: New York, Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza, New Jersey, Azerbaijan
False and misleading posts remain on the site, and many don't have Community Notes attached. It comes after Elon Musk cut its trust and safety team from around 230 to 20 full-time employees. "Neither fact-checkers nor Community Notes can keep up with this." "Only 8% had community notes, 26% had unpublished notes, and 66% had neither," he wrote. It added that Community Notes "appear within minutes" of content being shared and are a "critical tool" to help it combat misinformation.
Persons: Elon Musk, , Shayan Sardarizadeh, Sardarizadeh, Ben Goggin, Insider's Kali Hays, Kali Hays, Linda Yaccarino, X, Linda, didn't Organizations: Service, Hamas, Hamas Terrorists, Twitter, Sunday, NBC News, Tech Locations: Israel, Gaza, paragliders, Egypt, Algeria
The rampant spread is "a direct result of Musk's policies," a misinformation expert told Insider. "The fact that people with verified accounts can monetize their content means they have the wrong incentive," he said. "They're incentivized to spread content that's going to get engagement, clicks, and ultimately make them money. Even if you keep saying don't trust verified accounts, it's still difficult for people to navigate that landscape." Van der Linden said although misinformation was also present on Twitter before Musk's time, the platform used to have better resources to tackle it.
Persons: , Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, Musk, Sander van der Linden, Van der Linden, van der Linden, it's, Stanford, Alex Stamos, der Linden, They're Organizations: Service, Hamas, Cambridge Social, University of Cambridge, Twitter Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt
CNN has requested comment from Musk and X on the posts related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Community notes allow users on X to fact-check false posts on the platform. While notes were appended to both of these false posts, they often come after a false post has been viewed thousands – or in some cases millions – of times. “In times of war, social media becomes a propaganda battlefield; there is always an element of disinformation and exaggeration,” said Emerson Brooking, senior resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. He said other platforms that have little or no guardrails including the social media messaging app Telegram are also hotbeds of misinformation, but X is unique given Musk’s behavior.
Persons: Musk, influencer Jackson Hinkle, Hinkle, Benjamin Netanyahu, , Israel, Emerson Brooking, ” Brooking, ” Joe Galvin, ” Galvin, X Organizations: CNN, Elon, White, Washington, Pentagon, Jerusalem Post, Directorate, Defamation League, Atlantic, Forensic Research, , monetization, Twitter Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Gaza, Azerbaijan
A video of fighter jets shows a modified version of the Arma 3 video game, according to the game’s creator, not a Russian SU-57 shooting down NATO F-16 fighters in Ukraine, as claimed in online posts. Comments on the post suggest that some viewers recognize the video from the Arma 3 game, while others respond as though the footage shows real combat, including: “I didn’t know NATO was engaged in a fight . The company’s gameplay footage is often shared online by users as if it shows real altercations. At the end of 2022, Bohemia Interactive published a statement and video outlining how to detect Arma 3 video game footage shared online, including unnatural particle effects and poor resolution quality. The video shows modified video from the Arma 3 game.
Persons: , ” Pavel Krizka, Read Organizations: NATO, Fighters, Bohemia Interactive, Reuters Locations: Russian, Ukraine, NATO, Bohemia
MILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Mediobanca (MDBI.MI) will partner with London-based Founders Factory, an early-stage investor in new businesses, to promote fintech start-ups, the two companies said, as the Italian bank works to grow its international and tech footprint. Mediobanca will invest 12 million euros ($13 million) in a joint venture with Founders Factory with a view to building up 35 fintech ventures over the next five years. Founders Factory has invested so far in more than 300 tech companies, including nearly 50 financial technology ventures. "The (Mediobanca-Founders Factory) venture studio will build, finance and launch new fintech ventures that utilise advanced technologies, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, to innovate the financial services market", the companies said. ($1 = 0.9029 euros)Reporting by Elvira Pollina; editing by Valentina Za and Gavin JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Alberto Nagel, Mediobanca, Nagel, Elvira Pollina, Valentina Za, Gavin Jones Organizations: MILAN, Factory, fintech, Founders Factory, Arma Partners, Thomson Locations: London, Acre
CNN —He caused shockwaves around the world when he was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum – and grinning when he realized he was caught on camera. The visitor who this week allegedly scratched “Ivan+Hayley 23” on a brick wall of one of the world’s most precious buildings, has been identified, according to Italy’s culture minister. Police “identified the main suspect through traditional investigations and photographic comparison,” they wrote. In 2020, an Irish tourist was reported to the police for allegedly carving his initials into a wall. Last August, an American couple were caught carving their initials into the Arch of Augustus, a 2,000-year-old monument beside the Colosseum.
Persons: Ivan, Hayley, , Gennaro Sangiuliano, Hayley ”, Sangiuliano, commesso, k2apyx026A — Gennaro Sangiuliano, UK . Police “, , ” Sangiuliano, Augustus, CNN’s Sharon Braithwaite Organizations: CNN, . Culture, Ministry, Culture, Piazza Venezia, Carabinieri, UK . Police, Locations: shockwaves, England, Irish, American
Mediobanca sells bad loan purchase business ahead of new plan
  + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Banca IFIS (IF.MI) agreed to buy Revalea, a unit Mediobanca set up last year by separating purchasing from management of bad debts. It was the second deal announced by Mediobanca in days as it prepares to present a new business plan through 2026 on Wednesday. Revalea, with a staff of 22, holds 6.8 billion euros in unsecured bad loans, which have a net book value (NBV) of 256 million euros. However, by freeing the bank of bad loans, the deal will add around 10 basis points to core capital, it said. The acquisition will allow IFIS to achieve a bad loan purchase target of 30 billion euros in gross terms and 1.8 billion net set out under its 2022-2024 plan.
The acquisition, which Mediobanca expects to boost its fee income by 10%, comes ahead of a new three-year strategy CEO Alberto Nagel will unveil on May 24. In the same year, it advised Germany's Aareal Bank (ARLG.DE) on the sale of a stake in its $1.1 billion software unit Aareon to Advent International. The deal will boost earnings per share, based on last year's figures, Mediobanca said, without elaborating. With 86 staff and some $100 million in yearly revenue, Arma was founded in 2003 by Paul-Noël Guély, a former head of software and services investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Arma has offices also in Munich, a U.S. presence and a network of affiliated advisory firms in Japan, Australia, Israel, Turkey and Brazil.
Mediobanca dips toe into tech M&A shark tank
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Mediobanca (MDBI.MI), the 8.5-billion-euro financial group run by veteran CEO Alberto Nagel, said on Thursday it had agreed to buy London-based Arma Partners, an advisory boutique that specializes in technology deals. With revenue in excess of $100 million, or about 90 million euros, Arma should add more than 10% to Mediobanca’s annual net fees and commission of 850 million euros. The French boutique’s contribution, although a record, stood at 63 million euros in the financial year that ended in June 2022. Buying Arma allows Mediobanca to gain expertise in growing areas like cloud services, software and cybersecurity, which are outside the Italian bank’s core strengths. Star banker Erik Maris left Mediobanca a year after Nagel clinched the purchase of a 66% stake in the boutique.
Computer game footage of a downed helicopter has been falsely captioned on social media as showing authentic footage from the frontlines in Ukraine. Users shared the clip via social media falsely claiming that it showed downed NATO helicopters inside Ukraine. Examples of the clip erroneously shared online can be viewed (here) and (here). A side-by-side comparison between the YouTube video (L) (timestamp: 39s) and the clip circulating online (R) (timestamp: 25s) can be viewed (ibb.co/rm4F4Gg). Reuters has previously addressed miscaptioned clips shared online purporting to show footage from the war in Ukraine (here), (here).
The clip circulating online shows rounds being fired from an aircraft, with bullets then seen aiming toward the aircraft. Examples of the miscaptioned clip shared by social media users online can be viewed (here), (here), (here). The clip is inauthentic, however, and shows footage from Arma 3 gameplays, as confirmed to Reuters by a spokesperson for Bohemia Interactive, the developer of the game. A side-by-side comparison between the clip circulating online (L) and the above YouTube link (R) can be seen (ibb.co/T1jmb16). Reuters has repeatedly addressed clips from Arma 3 gameplays shared online with claims that the footage shows authentic scenes from the Ukraine war (here), (here).
The yacht of pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk is being sold by Ukraine. Medvedchuk was said to be Vladimir Putin's top choice for a puppet leader in Ukraine. He was also believed to be Vladimir Putin's top choice for a puppet leader to replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the event Russia successfully overthrew the Ukrainian government. While Croatia seized the yacht in March, police only searched it on November 19 after a search warrant from the US justice department was approved, according to the Croatian Jutarnji list. It added that it's also searching for a $540 million yacht, which is owned by an unnamed Russian oligarch.
A clip circulating online purporting to show Ukrainian military striking Russian Army tanks is not legitimate footage from the war but a part of a video game Arma 3. Other examples of the footage shared online can be found (here), (here). A search through Arma 3 gameplays uploaded to YouTube reveals a clip uploaded in July 2022 by the account MILMAN (bit.ly/3eG8MU8). Reuters has previously addressed video game footage shared erroneously by users online as showing authentic footage from the war in Ukraine (here), (here). The clip shows footage taken from the videogame Arma 3, not authentic footage from the war in Ukraine.
Ea a fost transportată în Florida pentru tratament, unde se află într-o stare stabilă. Nu este încă clar cine a planificat atacul sau care a fost cauza lui. Adevărul a ieșit la iveală abia când s-a făcut zi, când președintele a fost găsit mort. Corpul președintelui a avut 12 răni de glonț, a declarat magistratul Carl Henry Destin pentru ziarul Le Nouvelliste. Biroul și dormitorul lui au fost jefuite, iar el a fost găsit întins pe spate, acoperit de sânge, a spus magistratul.
Persons: haitian, Moise, Léon Charles, Moise . Ea, Claude Joseph, Ariel Henry, Henry, ONU, Carl Henry Destin Organizations: BBC Locations: Haiti, ţării, Port, Florida
Sursa foto: ProfimediaNoi informații despre asasinarea președintelui din Haiti; A fost un comando de 28 de atacatori, Moise avea 12 răni de glonțGrupul de comando responsabil de asasinarea preşedintelui haitian Jovenel Moise era format din 26 de columbieni şi doi americani originari din Haiti, a declarat poliţia haitiană. Jovenel Moise avea 12 răni de glonț când a fost găsit. Nu este încă clar cine a planificat atacul sau care a fost cauza lui. Minciuna a fost credibilă, având în vedere ce probleme sunt în țară cu traficanții de droguri. Adevărul a ieșit la iveală abia când s-a făcut zi, când președintele a fost găsit mort.
Persons: Moise, haitian, Léon Charles, Moise . Ea, Claude Joseph, Ariel Henry, Henry, ONU Organizations: BBC Locations: Haiti, ţării, Port, Florida
Sursa foto: Captură videoVIDEO: Dodon neagă că a împușcat în mistreți; Voronin: „Pentru mine e o întrebare retorică”Este o provocare și un fake-news pus la cale de oponenți în ultimele zile de campanie. Chiar dacă apare în imagini și vocea este a sa, Dodon neagă că așa ceva s-a produs în realitate. Solicitat să comenteze imaginile în care colegul său de bloc apare împușcând mistreți izolați într-un țarc, Vladimir Voronin a declarat că pentru el rămâne a fi „o întrebare retorică”. Amintim că liderul PSRM, Igor Dodon, a fost surprins în timp ce ucide mistreți care sunt închiși într-un țarc. În perioada mandatului său prezidențial, Igor Dodon a organizat mai multe chefuri la vila prezidenţială de la Condriţa.
Persons: Dodon, Voronin, Igor Dodon, Vladimir Voronin, Igor Nicolaevici, Ștefan Vodă, Rusia . Recent, Renato Usatâi, Dorin Chirtoacă Organizations: PL Locations: Rusia
Sursa foto: Captură videoVIDEO: Dodon neagă că a tras în mistreții aflați în captivitate; Voronin: „Pentru mine e o întrebare retorică”Este o provocare și un fake-news pus la cale de oponenți în ultimele zile de campanie. Chiar dacă apare în imagini și vocea este a sa, Dodon neagă că așa ceva s-a produs în realitate. Solicitat să comenteze imaginile în care colegul său de bloc apare împușcând mistreți izolați într-un țarc, Vladimir Voronin a declarat că pentru el rămâne a fi „o întrebare retorică”. Amintim că liderul PSRM, Igor Dodon, a fost surprins în timp ce ucide mistreți care sunt închiși într-un țarc. În perioada mandatului său prezidențial, Igor Dodon a organizat mai multe chefuri la vila prezidenţială de la Condriţa.
Persons: Dodon, Voronin, Igor Dodon, Vladimir Voronin, Igor Nicolaevici, Ștefan Vodă, Rusia . Recent, Renato Usatâi, Dorin Chirtoacă Organizations: PL Locations: Rusia
Sursa foto: APHaiti în haos, după asasinarea președintelui: Patru atacatori uciși, doi capturați, dar restul ar fi părăsit țara // VIDEOȘeful poliției din Haiti susține că forțele de securitate s-au luptat mai multe ore cu atacatorii reședinței prezidențiale, în noaptea de marți spre miercuri. Reuters notează că străzile capitalei Port-au-Prince, de obicei pline de viață, erau miercuri pustii, aeroportul a fost închis, iar sporadic se auzeau focuri de armă. De altfel, chiar autospeciala care transporta cadavrul președintelui la morgă a trebuit să schimbe ruta de câteva ori, din cauza focurilor de armă și a blocajelor rutiere, scrie Biziday. Guvernul a decretat stare de urgență pe o perioadă de două săptămâni, iar prim-ministrul a preluat interimar funcția de președinte. Misiunea de menținere a păcii a ONU în Haiti s-a retras în 2019, deși țara încă era departe de stabilitate.
Persons: Aceștia, Moise, Leon Charles, Reuters, Prince Organizations: Securitate al ONU, ONU Locations: Haiti, SUA, Port -, Miami, Florida, american, Statele Unite, Mexic
deLiderul socialiștilor, Igor Dodon, apare într-un filmuleț postat pe rețelele sociale în timp ce împușcă câțiva mistreți care erau ținuți într-un țarc. În imagini se vede cum socialistul Igor Dodon trage cu o armă cu lunetă și împușcă câțiva mistreți. E dovada că dreapta recurge la campanie murdară din lipsa de soluții reale și profesioniste pentru cetățeni”, a declarat pentru ZdG Carmena Sterpu. Instituțiile de presă care preiau articole sau imagini pentru emisiuni TV sau radio, vor cita sursa, iar edițiile tipărite vor indica sursa și autorul informației. Preluarea integrală a materialelor ZdG se poate realiza doar în condițiile unui acord prealabil cu redacția.
Persons: Igor Dodon, . Organizations: Partidului Socialiștilor, YouTube, Facebook Locations: Moldova, Republica Moldova
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