Anna Malpas
@annamalpas.bsky.social
AFP disinformation in Europe reporter
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🌎 Online posts claim to show a woman who arrived at a New York airport carrying a passport from an non-existent country, then mysteriously vanished. But this is the reworking of an old urban legend, and the images come from a reality TV show.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🌎 Online posts claim to show a woman who arrived at a New York airport carrying a passport from an non-existent country, then mysteriously vanished. But this is the reworking of an old urban legend, and the images come from a reality TV show.
Read more: u.afp.com/Torenza
Read more: u.afp.com/Torenza
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#Ukraine: We are deeply saddened to learn of the killing of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican by a Russian drone today. We pay tribute to the courage of Antoni and all the journalists who continue to cover the war. We demand that the perpetrators of his crime be brought to justice.
Ukraine: French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Donbas
The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) extend their condolences to the family and relatives of French photojournalist Antoni ...
europeanjournalists.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#Ukraine: We are deeply saddened to learn of the killing of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican by a Russian drone today. We pay tribute to the courage of Antoni and all the journalists who continue to cover the war. We demand that the perpetrators of his crime be brought to justice.
www.france24.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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🇦🇱 VIDEO: Albania's new AI-generated minister makes first address to parliament
The world's first AI minister said she was "not here to replace people, but to help them". Prime Minister Edi Rama said 'Diella' would be entrusted with decisions on public tenders, making them "100% corruption-free".
The world's first AI minister said she was "not here to replace people, but to help them". Prime Minister Edi Rama said 'Diella' would be entrusted with decisions on public tenders, making them "100% corruption-free".
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🇦🇱 VIDEO: Albania's new AI-generated minister makes first address to parliament
The world's first AI minister said she was "not here to replace people, but to help them". Prime Minister Edi Rama said 'Diella' would be entrusted with decisions on public tenders, making them "100% corruption-free".
The world's first AI minister said she was "not here to replace people, but to help them". Prime Minister Edi Rama said 'Diella' would be entrusted with decisions on public tenders, making them "100% corruption-free".
Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
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Content creators, often based in South Asia, are churning out AI-generated images of made-up Holocaust victims for money, targeting Westerners' emotional reactions, researchers told AFP uk.news.yahoo.com/holocaust-ai... by @annamalpas.bsky.social
Holocaust AI fakes spark alarm
The Facebook post shows a photo of a pretty curly-haired girl on a tricycle and says she is Hannelore Kaufmann, 13-year-old from Berlin who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp.A girl called Hanni...
uk.news.yahoo.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Content creators, often based in South Asia, are churning out AI-generated images of made-up Holocaust victims for money, targeting Westerners' emotional reactions, researchers told AFP uk.news.yahoo.com/holocaust-ai... by @annamalpas.bsky.social
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New story from @anujchopra.bsky.social on AI-powered 'nudify' apps, with additional reporting by me and Sonia González Fernández.
Deeply concerning that these apps -- which rose to prominence targeting celebrities -- are being increasingly weaponised against children
www.yahoo.com/news/ai-powe...
Deeply concerning that these apps -- which rose to prominence targeting celebrities -- are being increasingly weaponised against children
www.yahoo.com/news/ai-powe...
AI-powered 'nudify' apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail
After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding $3,000 to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him.His parents told US media t...
www.yahoo.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New story from @anujchopra.bsky.social on AI-powered 'nudify' apps, with additional reporting by me and Sonia González Fernández.
Deeply concerning that these apps -- which rose to prominence targeting celebrities -- are being increasingly weaponised against children
www.yahoo.com/news/ai-powe...
Deeply concerning that these apps -- which rose to prominence targeting celebrities -- are being increasingly weaponised against children
www.yahoo.com/news/ai-powe...
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More than 90% of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published, a study says, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool
u.afp.com/SfH4
u.afp.com/SfH4
July 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
More than 90% of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published, a study says, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool
u.afp.com/SfH4
u.afp.com/SfH4
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Anti-migrant narratives are uniting longstanding foes on both sides of the Irish border, while far-right actors from overseas are seizing on the opportunity to spread dissent and polarisation 👇 www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
Emerging cross-border dynamics in Ireland's anti-migrant mobilisation
Anti-migrant sentiments have united former foes on both sides of the Irish border. Northern Irish Loyalists and Irish Republicans have voiced online support for each other and crossed the Irish border...
www.isdglobal.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Anti-migrant narratives are uniting longstanding foes on both sides of the Irish border, while far-right actors from overseas are seizing on the opportunity to spread dissent and polarisation 👇 www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
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My team at AFP can confirm the MAHA report cites studies that do not exist.
With contributions from @billmccarthy.bsky.social, @manonjacob.bsky.social and Gwen Roley www.france24.com/en/live-news...
With contributions from @billmccarthy.bsky.social, @manonjacob.bsky.social and Gwen Roley www.france24.com/en/live-news...
'Make America Healthy Again' report cites nonexistent studies: authors
At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, authors listed in the document told AFP Thursday, casting doubt on the paper outlining Health Sec...
www.france24.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My team at AFP can confirm the MAHA report cites studies that do not exist.
With contributions from @billmccarthy.bsky.social, @manonjacob.bsky.social and Gwen Roley www.france24.com/en/live-news...
With contributions from @billmccarthy.bsky.social, @manonjacob.bsky.social and Gwen Roley www.france24.com/en/live-news...