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Adding an AI tool to Google Earth shook our trust in maps that has been centuries in the making

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe’s cartographers traded on their reputation for accuracy and detail at a time of huge societal change. But as demand grew for increasingly detailed maps of the world to support industrialisation at home and colonisation overseas, they didn’t always get it right.

The Conversation

How Did Iran Hit 20 US Bases and Destroy Dozens of Jets? Inside the Billion-Dollar Losses

Iranian strikes on US bases in the Middle East have caused billions in damage, with satellite analysis revealing extensive destruction across multiple countries

International Business Times UK

US Bases Across Eight Countries Hit, Hundreds of Millions in Damage as America Moved to Block Satellite Images

Satellite imagery reveals Iran struck 20 US military facilities across eight Middle East countries, causing significant damage. This raises questions about US military transparency during the conflict.

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Experts Say Public Tracking of U.S. Spy Flights Near Cuba Is a Deliberate Message to Havana

Several experts consulted by The New York Times, however, stressed the activity does not necessarily indicate imminent military action

Latin Times

Iranian Footage Of IRGC Boarding Ships In Strait Of Hormuz Appears To Be Staged, Says BBC Verify

Iranian footage of IRGC boarding ships in the Strait of Hormuz is under scrutiny, with experts suggesting some scenes were staged after the ships were seized

International Business Times UK

Bombing of girls’ school in Iran that killed more than 150 was probably US air strike, military investigators believe

Satellite images and eyewitness accounts appear to show evidence of precision strikes as analysts review whether AI and human errors played a role

The Independent UK

Pictures of hundreds of people killed in Iran’s violent crackdown on protests leaked

Many of the victims were reportedly so disfigured, they could not be identified

The Independent UK

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Fake AI-generated videos shared by Musk about Venezuela received millions of views

Within hours of Donald Trump’s announcement that Venezuela’s president had been captured, social media was flooded with AI-generated media. Bryony Gooch reports

The Independent UK

10 Examples of Absurd Fallout From the U.K.'s Online Safety Act

The measure is putting up roadblocks for people who want to read about world news, listen to music on Spotify, chat on Discord, play video games, find information about quitting smoking, or join antimasturbation groups.

Reason

BBC Verify largely factchecks international stories – what about UK politics?

In a world of fake news and disinformation, factchecking claims and the veracity of images has become an important part of impartial journalism. People invest their trust in information sources they believe are accurate.

The Conversation

Trump’s attack on the BBC is part of an endless campaign to undermine public trust in information

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, recently gave a press briefing about Palestinians killed close to an aid distribution centre in Gaza on June 1. A key question, she suggested, was whether the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were really to blame, as had been reported.

The Conversation

BBC drawn into spat with White House over Gaza coverage

Trump’s press secretary said: ‘unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas with total truth’

The Independent UK

Misinformation floods Indian and Pakistani social media in absence of official updates

Mislabelled videos, recycled images and fake advisories are leaving millions of anxious observers uncertain over what to believe

The Independent UK

Tories say Labour is weakening national security with plan to decommission drones, warships and helicopters – as it happened

Defence secretary John Healey announced moves including decommissioning two Navy flagships as part of plans to save up to £500m

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'Short-sighted': Experts weigh in on BBC's swingeing Newsnight cuts

THE BBC has shown a “failure to understand what's really important” with a planned restructure of its news output, media experts have said…

The Conversation

Israel-Gaza conflict: when social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vital

As news of Palestinian militant group Hamas launching a deadly attack on Israel and Israel’s threat of retaliation began to filter across news networks and social media platforms, a wave of misinformation and fake videos rose alongside.

The Independent UK

BBC News effort tries to popularize new reporting methods, boost transparency

The BBC is more aggressively bringing “open source” reporting and efforts to expose disinformation to its day-to-day reporting, a move that signals a potential shift in journalism’s embrace of new technology

The Independent UK

Mordaunt suggests MPs heard first cuckoo of spring listening to Bridgen

Her remarks came after Mr Bridgen criticised the BBC’s coverage of Covid vaccines in light of the corporation establishing its new BBC Verify service.

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BBC launches new team to 'counter disinformation' and tackle conspiracy theories

THE BBC has launched a new investigative journalism team tasked with “countering disinformation” and fact checking.

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