Topic: Media — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-24 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon unveiled the proposed law on Monday. (AP: Charlotte Graham-McLay)
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[2026-08-24 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Trump Media interim CEO Kevin McGurn on Monday defended his company offering faster access to President Donald Trump's Truth Social posts, and said more customers have signed up for the pricey and controversial service.
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[2026-08-24 21:41 UTC+10:00] [French election 2027] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Journalist Léa Salamé said she will temporarily step down from her role anchoring French public television’s primetime news broadcast, the 20h, while her romantic partner, the MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, runs for the French presidency.
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[2026-08-24 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dara from Bulgaria attends a press conference with the trophy after winning the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, on May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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[2026-08-24 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities have continued to keep Palestinian gynaecologist Dima Amin in detention since last Tuesday, after dozens of Israeli soldiers forcibly entered her home in the al-Tira neighbourhood of Ramallah and took her away over an alleged social media post.
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[2026-08-24 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Palestinian prisoner Basel Al-Asmar was allegedly able to father twins after his sperm was smuggled out of Nafha Prison, according to his wife and Palestinian media reports.
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[2026-08-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Massachusetts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Algorithms are responsible for fever pitch content surrounding trial, including misinformation, experts say
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[2026-08-24 20:50 UTC+10:00] [Social media] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Luke Pollard says government will force platforms to remove content, after latest deadly crash involving a car driving in wrong direction
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[2026-08-24 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Japan does not plan to supply Ukraine with weapons, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara has said. At a press briefing on Monday, he told reporters that Tokyo “is not considering any deliveries” of defensive or offensive weapons “at this time.”
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[2026-08-24 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The campaign began after a social media user posted video of a battered road he frequently uses that caused him to crash.
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[2026-08-24 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dozens of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters from the Jerusalem Faction (Peleg Yerushalmi) plan to block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak on Monday afternoon to protest the arrest of a haredi draft dodger, according to Israeli media.
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[2026-08-24 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: It is not often that a single haircut makes global headlines, but Erling Haaland’s decision to shave off his flowing locks – and document the process on social media – has drawn reactions from around the world.
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[2026-08-24 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arkansas’s new head football coach Ryan Silverfield speaks to reporters during an NCAA college football press conference, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Fayetteville, Ark. (Hank Layton/The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)
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[2026-08-24 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Defence Minister Luke Pollard has called on social media companies to remove posts celebrating dangerous driving, after a viral trend showing people going the wrong way down roads.
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[2026-08-24 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Only two of Sydney’s high-fee private boys’ schools have attained gender equity on their governing boards, prompting concerns that councils dominated by men are ill-equipped to grapple with issues of sexual consent, misogynistic social media content and preparing students for the modern workforce.
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[2026-08-24 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Britain on Monday briefed energy company chiefs on steps to protect their assets after media reports said Iran-linked hackers had shut down a small energy facility, saying there was no threat to the wider electricity system.
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[2026-08-24 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's government introduced legislation on Monday to ban under 16s from using social media, joining a number of countries seeking to keep youngsters off sites such as Instagram and TikTok.
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[2026-08-24 19:00 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Some Japanese clinics have been advertising private “beauty sleep” treatments on social media and prescribing potentially addictive psychotropic drugs and other medications.
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[2026-08-24 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: New Zealand is looking to follow Australia's lead in restricting social media access for minors. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Getty Images)
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[2026-08-24 17:26 UTC+10:00] [Internet Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-24 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has used over 30 years worth of ammunition over the past three years causing heavy burden on the military's personnel, equipment and finances, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv.
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[2026-08-24 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine will host a meeting with its key European allies to discuss air defence and press for greater pressure on Moscow as Russia continues to escalate missile attacks.
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[2026-08-24 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Social media may have been built to connect people, but entertainment and diversion now appear to be its main draws.
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[2026-08-24 16:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's media watchdog said Monday it tracked down and banned access to 64 foreign websites that allow users to create pornographic content and deepfakes using artificial intelligence (AI).
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[2026-08-24 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)
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[2026-08-24 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and Belarus are close to signing a visa-waiver agreement for ordinary citizens, Belarus' state media has reported.
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[2026-08-24 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
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[2026-08-24 15:43 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Sydney – New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday his party will introduce a bill in Parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing fines of up to 10% of a platform’s global revenue for noncompliance.
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[2026-08-24 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's media watchdog said Monday it tracked down and banned access to 64 foreign websites that allow users to create pornographic content and deepfakes using artificial intelligence (AI).
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[2026-08-24 15:22 UTC+10:00] [Social media] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children
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[2026-08-24 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wellington is proposing fines of up to 10 per cent of global turnover for tech firms, but a coalition partner has vowed to block the measure
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[2026-08-24 15:14 UTC+10:00] [Christopher Luxon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wellington is proposing fines of up to 10 per cent of global turnover for tech firms, but a coalition partner has vowed to block the measure
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[2026-08-24 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former CIA officer John Kiriakou and journalist Tucker Carlson sharply discuss the power of the Israel lobby in Washington, including Aipac's controversial rise, Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty in 1967, and Israel’s involvement in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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[2026-08-24 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1936 -- The daily Dong-A Ilbo publishes a picture of Korean Olympic marathon gold medal winner Sohn Kee-chung with the Japanese flag on his chest erased. Sohn participated in the Berlin Olympics representing Japan, as Korea was a colony of the archipelago nation at the time. The Japanese regime shut the newspaper down but later allowed it to publish again after it fired the journalist responsible and ran an apology.
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[2026-08-24 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Two public schools in Calubian, Leyte have tightened security measures following reports of shooting threats circulating on social media, prompting school officials to coordinate with the Philippine National Police (PNP).
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[2026-08-24 14:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Juyeon of The Boyz has signed with the agency Ace Factory and will pursue an acting career in earnest, according to a local media report Monday.
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[2026-08-24 14:22 UTC+10:00] [Sydney Swans] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon faces media for first time since players stood down, saying ‘the way we treat women says a lot about who we are’
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[2026-08-24 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Susan Oong is an ABC News journalist and digital producer in Hobart.
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[2026-08-24 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIV Golf Indianapolis Par Scores By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Sunday At The Club at Chatham HillsWestfield, Ind.
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[2026-08-24 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has met with Israeli intelligence officials in Jordan, according to Syrian state media, as the two sides work to de-escalate tensions following an Israeli attack on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border.
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[2026-08-24 12:49 UTC+10:00] [Mark Ruffalo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Actor says highlighting role of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in media company’s merger with Warner Bros Discovery has been ‘dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel’
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[2026-08-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andrew Dillon, AFL chief executive, will speak at a press conference. (Getty Images: AFL Photos/James Wiltshire)
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[2026-08-24 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson has deleted a social media post containing her immigration targets from just five months ago, plunging One Nation into a deeper state of confusion as its MPs contradict themselves and each other over the party’s signature policy platform.
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[2026-08-24 11:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Jennie of Blackpink uploaded teaser photographs for her upcoming solo EP, titled “Fallen Angel,” via social media on Monday.
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[2026-08-24 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Miyu Yamashita, of Japan, chips onto the 14th green with her third shot during the final round at the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open golf tournament in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A bullying case brought against Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun by his council’s unionised staff has been discontinued, with both parties accepting an end to the case after Mannoun read out a statement affirming his commitment to his council’s media policies.
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[2026-08-24 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson (22) drives to the basket as Toronto Tempo’s Temi Fagbenle, left, and Toronto Tempo’s Teonni Key, right, defend during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Jacob Mallari/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-24 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New Zealand’s Stephen Alker tees off during the PGA Tour Champions golf event in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-24 09:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Greece has moved a Patriot air defense battery to Crete following threats by senior Iranian officials against US bases in Europe, Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-24 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El francés Arthur Fils devuelve una pelota al español Rafael Jodar durante su partido de cuartos de final en el Abierto de Montreal, el martes 11 dea gosto de 2026, en Montreal. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, Archivo)
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