Press releases

2 Dec 2022

AFP joins five new European hubs to fight disinformation

The European Commission has selected Agence France-Presse (AFP), a global leader in digital investigation, to be part of five new hubs dedicated to the fight against disinformation in 10 European countries.

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17 Nov 2022

The EFCSN Association is presented in Brussels as an advocate and voice for fact-checkers in Europe

The European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) presented its Governance Body and newly-written Code of professional standards at a public event in Brussels on November 16 attended by representatives of EU institutions,digital media platforms and civil society.

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10 Nov 2022

Fabrice Fries re-elected AFP Chairman for five more years

The board of Agence France-Presse on Thursday re-elected with a wide majority AFP Chairman and Chief Executive Fabrice Fries for a second five-year mandate.

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7 Nov 2022

Nearly 200,000 euros raised in second AFP photo auction

Strong interest from collectors for the first three NFTs put up for sale by the agency.

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27 Oct 2022

Twitter and AFP announce collaboration to elevate credible information in Spanish

AFP, one of the world's leading news agencies, and Twitter announced on Thursday a collaboration to identify and highlight credible information in Spanish on the platform, just weeks after announcing a similar agreement for Portuguese content in Brazil.

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