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2 Aug 2023

AFP Takes Legal Action Against Twitter to Enforce News Agencies’ and Publishers’ Neighbouring Rights

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has expressed its concerns over the clear refusal from Twitter (recently rebranded as ‘X’) to enter into discussions regarding the implementation of neighbouring rights for the press. These rights were established to enable news agencies and publishers to be remunerated by digital platforms which retain most of the monetary value generated by the distribution of news content.

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22 Jun 2023

ADMO, a new website to fight disinformation in Croatia and Slovenia, launches with AFP as a partner

Croatian and Slovenian digital media observatory ADMO (Adria Digital Media Observatory), the result of a collaboration between journalists and academics, has launched admohub.eu, a website that will provide access to hundreds of articles, research projects and media literacy modules focused on disinformation.

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25 May 2023

Louis-Cyrille Trebuchet appointed IT Systems Director at AFP

Louis-Cyrille will take up his role on 3 July 2023, succeeding Jérôme Jaroussie, who held the position since 2018.

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9 May 2023

AFP’s Arman Soldin killed in Ukraine

AFP journalist Arman Soldin was killed on Tuesday by rocket fire in eastern Ukraine. ‘‘The whole agency is devastated by the loss of Arman’’ AFP chairman Fabrice Fries said.

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9 May 2023

BROD, a new website to fight disinformation in Bulgaria and Romania, launches with AFP as a partner

The brodhub.eu website is the work of the BROD project, which brings together researchers and journalists active in fact-checking in Bulgaria and Romania. BROD, the Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media, is one of the hubs of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO).

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