Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Meet the Austrian businessman harnessing the far-right to cut Europe’s green laws

Over the course of 30 years, the Austrian entrepreneur Paul Rübig has built up a network that reaches deep into the European bureaucracy. In part benefiting from a shift to the right in the political ...

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Commission buries Gaza audits as EU top court faces transparency backlash

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EU prosecutors investigate clean tech investor over suspected fraud

European prosecutors are investigating InnoEnergy, an EU-funded sustainable tech company. The case was brought by an entrepreneur who had received support from the company, but later suspected it was ...

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Undercover bij bewakers Russische schaduwvloot: hoe het Kremlin onze veiligheidsdiensten misleidt

Bewakers van de Russische schaduwvloot zijn in de val getrapt van een internationaal undercoveronderzoek waaraan De Tijd en VRT NWS meewerkten. Tijdens zogezegde sollicitatiegesprekken vertellen ze on...

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Charity closure casts spotlight on biotech billionaire behind the ‘Steroid Olympics’

German entrepreneur Christian Angermayer has bet big on the psychedelics movement, backed the pro-doping Enhanced Games and built a contact book stretching from the Bundestag to the Trump family. Yet ...

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EU lawmakers slam top EU party over costly consultants

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Top EU party spent €100k a month on two consultants – with little to show for it

After Manfred Weber took over as president, the European People’s Party hired two advisors with deep connections to Greece's ruling party, racking up over half a million euros in costs for the EU part...

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Podcast | Stichting Eerlijk Werk: ‘Uitzendbazen worden rijk door onderbetaling personeel. Pervers!’

In 'Follow the Money interviewt' spreken journalisten Annette van Soest en Harm Ede Botje met sleutelfiguren uit verschillende FTM-dossiers. Van toezichthouders en wetenschappers tot politici en juris...

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Slow EU TikTok probe raises fears of foreign meddling ahead of Hungary vote

As Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday, reports about Russia interfering in the elections are gaining urgency – and so does a European Commission probe into whether social media platforms are doing e...

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How a German media mogul took on Big Tech – and lost to Elon Musk

Friends with Elon Musk and on top of one of Europe's most powerful media empires. Meet German billionaire Mathias Döpfner, CEO of publishing giant Axel Springer. He has managed to expand his influence...

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Opinion | Why Europe is Wrong to Think Iran is ‘Not Our War’

Europe will have to take on global threats alone if it doesn’t support America in Iran.

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Kabinet schrapt jarenlang voorbereid plan om mensen die bijstand mislopen actief te benaderen

Extra bezuiniging: Meer dan 150.000 mensen leven onnodig onder het bestaansminimum doordat zij niet de bijstandsuitkering krijgen waar ze recht op hebben. Het kabinet schrapt nu het voornemen om deze ...

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Minister Vijlbrief: uitzendbranche hield zich niet aan de regels

De uitzendbranche hield zich niet aan de uitspraak van een Europese rechter dat uitzendkrachten eenzelfde vergoeding moeten krijgen als vaste krachten, hoewel het ministerie van Sociale Zaken de secto...

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‘Uitzendkrachten kregen in Nederland veertien jaar onderbetaald’

Uitzendkrachten zijn in Nederland veertien jaar lang structureel onderbetaald. Rechterlijke uitspraken impliceren dat Nederland sinds 2011 afweek van Europese regels die dicteren…

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RTL Nieuws - 08:00 uur

Dagelijks het nieuws uit binnen- en buitenland. Altijd op de hoogte zijn van het laatste nieuws? Download dan de mobiele app van RTL Nieuws.

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Kremlin Hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks - VSquare.org

The hotline between Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov provided Russia with strategic information on critical EU issues.

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Migrant workers risk missing out on billions in Dutch wage dispute

A potential mass lawsuit in the Netherlands is seeking back pay for temporary workers who were allegedly underpaid in breach of EU legislation. More than a million people could be eligible, and many o...

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Bedrijven verdienden miljarden over de rug van uitzend­personeel

Tot dit jaar kregen uitzendkrachten structureel minder betaald dan ‘gewone’ werknemers. Uit rechterlijke uitspraken blijkt dat dit indruist tegen Europese regels die Nederland al ruim veertien jaar mo...

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Italian MEP hits back at Huawei bribery allegations in battle over immunity

Fulvio Martusciello, an Italian member of the European Parliament (MEP), denies taking bribes in the Huawei cash-for-influence scandal, insisting that thousands of euros transferred to his account wer...

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Israel launches new wave of attacks on Iran as crisis deepens

Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran a day after President Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian ​natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the U.S.-Israeli war on Ir...

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European funders bet big on tech giant Palantir despite concerns over human rights and democracy

European investors are increasingly snapping up shares of tech giant Palantir, seemingly brushing aside mounting concerns and ongoing controversies surrounding the company.

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