"LatamChequea, a Latin American fact-checking network that includes UOL Confere, today called on Meta not to replace professional fact-checking with Community Notes. The company began testing the system yesterday in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in the region. Brazil, Meta’s largest market in Latin America, was left out, and the company did not explain why. Community Notes […]
"Journalist and writer Fernando Morais has taken legal action against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, over the alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted content. According to CartaCapital magazine, the author of works including 'Olga' and 'Chatô: O Rei do Brasil' argued that the platform is capable of reproducing content from books he wrote. The lawsuit initially […]
"Supreme Court justices Flávio Dino and Alexandre de Moraes called for the court to reconsider its decision to waive the requirement of a journalism degree to practice the profession. During a hearing before the court’s First Panel on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Dino said the absence of such a requirement makes it difficult to determine who […]
“Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned by the Trinidad and Tobago government's suspension of public advertising contracts with news outlets as the country's independent media faces growing financial strain. Since the policy was announced in May 2025, one national daily newspaper has closed, and another has announced layoffs in its newsroom — in a country […]
"The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE, by its acronym in Portuguese) unanimously decided this Thursday, April 23, to open a process to investigate Google for alleged excessive use of news without authorization from journalistic outlets, with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The case originated in CADE itself, which saw the need to […]
"Media owners point to shifting reading habits as the primary reason two legacy newspapers have folded in the Caribbean so far this year: Guyana’s Stabroek News and Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday. Stabroek News printed its final edition on Sunday and halted its online publication. Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday stopped publishing its print and online […]
"The Caribbean media landscape has suffered another blow with the announcement of the closure of a second newspaper in a matter of weeks. Stabroek News, one of Guyana’s daily newspapers founded in the 1960s, has announced it has taken the 'extraordinarily difficult and painful' decision to cease printing from March 15, 2026. The development follows […]
"The cancellation of funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by decision of US President Donald Trump resulted in a loss of approximately US$150 million in annual support for journalism and the information ecosystem worldwide. The figure comes from the report "Crisis in Journalism: The Impact of the US Government Funding Cuts […]
"Google’s rollout of tools like AI Overviews and AI Mode—chatbots that answer users’ search queries—has begun shifting online behavior from browsing links to reading AI-generated responses, drastically reducing traffic to news sites. The resulting drop in organic traffic is forcing many media organizations to rethink their sustainability models in an ecosystem increasingly dominated by tech […]
“Argentina's president, Javier Milei, rejoiced on Saturday [March 1] for having withdrawn state advertising from the country's media, and said that they do not need ‘liar journalists paid with public funds.’ 'We completely eliminated official advertising, which was used by the [political elite] to promote themselves in the media. We don't need to bribe the […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its 2024 Assistance Report. The report highlights how the growing phenomenon of forced exile particularly affects journalists, as risks for information professionals covering conflict zones have increased worldwide. Seventy percent of the NGO’s emergency funds were allocated to relocating persecuted journalists from all corners of the globe." Read original […]
"With a two-page directive, Gustavo Petro's government ordered that at least one third of the media budget plan of each entity be allocated to advertising in community and alternative media. On past occasions, the president told his officials of his interest in allocating more resources like this. The directive does not apply immediately but looks […]