LONDON (Reuters) – American actress Amber Heard told the London High Court that her ex-husband Johnny Depp had threatened to kill her, testifying on Monday as a witness in the defamation action of the Hollywood star against a British newspaper. Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, publishers of the Sun …
Read More »Deepfake used to attack an activist couple shows a new disinformation frontier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oliver Taylor, a student at the University of Birmingham in England, is in his twenties with brown eyes, a light beard and a slightly stiff smile. A combined photograph showing an image purporting to be of British student and freelance writer Oliver Taylor (L) and a heat …
Read More »Story edit: Hong Kong publishers self-censor under new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In the past two weeks, Hong Kong editor Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft of a book titled “To Freedom,” replacing the word “revolution” with “protests.” modifying a prohibited slogan. and cut passages that advocate for the independence of the Chinese-ruled city. The …
Read More »Polish president accuses German-owned tabloid of electoral interference
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda suggested on Friday that Germany was trying to intrude on the presidential election after a German-owned tabloid newspaper reported a pardon granted to a man who had served his sentence in a case of pedophilia. FILE PHOTO: Andrzej Duda, President of Poland and …
Read More »Twitter removes Trump’s image tweet about NYT copyright complaint
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc withdrew an image tweeted by United States President Donald Trump from his platform after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. FILE PHOTO: President of the United States, Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, January 3, 2020. REUTERS / Tom Brenner Trump’s …
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