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Unchecked AI progress may pose catastrophic risks, UN panel warns

2 websites linked to digital news portal The Online Citizen required to comply with POFMA sanctions

The notices are aimed at alerting viewers that the sites have “a record of communicating falsehoods”, said the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.

Britain considers forcing social media firms to prioritise trusted news

The UK government said it may require platforms such as Facebook, Youtube and TikTok to make content from trusted news providers easier to find in users’ feeds and searches.

London mayor rages against social media machine, re-imagines an internet of ‘positivity’

London Mayor Sadiq Khan delivering his acceptance speech after receiving the 2026 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize at the Capitol Theatre on June 15.

Rise of AI slop and ‘pink slime’ journalism poses risk to Australian politics: Experts

In May 2026, the first known instance of a content-producer publishing entire news sites in Australia made up of AI-generated fake journalism emerged.

Thai PM Anutin says clip of him vowing to reopen border with Cambodia ‘obviously AI’

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has promised to keep closed border crossings with Cambodia in his election campaign.

The hantavirus outbreak is reviving Covid-era conspiracy theories

Persons wearing protective suits walk toward the cruise ship MV Hondius docked in the port of Granadilla de Abona in Spain, on May 11.

‘Seeds of instability’: Fake news target Philippine leader Marcos’ health

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was hospitalised for a colon inflammation in January.

Trump frames Iran war as all but over in optimistic social media flurry

Iranian officials did not confirm most of President Donald Trump’s claims about the war and disputed several of them.

‘Industrial’ clickbait disinformation targets Australian politics

Facebook's parent company Meta removed 13 pages spreading fake news in March.

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