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Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation

‘Trump will win and deport people’: Migrants rush to cross US border as online rumours fan fears

Misinformation peddled by smugglers and organised crime groups has made it hard to migrants to decipher fact from fiction.

Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
&
Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Mar 03, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Extreme weather disrupts outdoor concerts and parties, poses existential threat for events industry

From heatwaves to lightning strikes, climate change is becoming growing problem for all public activities held outdoors.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jan 31, 2024 · 10:00 pm
As AI imitations crop up, a push for ‘right to own one’s voice’

Voice actors and rights advocates hope platforms will pay named voices instead of startups that sell AI copies fed by data scraped off the web.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
,
Adam Smith, Thomson Reuters Foundation
&
Kim Harrisberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Dec 30, 2023 · 10:00 pm

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation

‘Trump will win and deport people’: Migrants rush to cross US border as online rumours fan fears

Misinformation peddled by smugglers and organised crime groups has made it hard to migrants to decipher fact from fiction.

Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
&
Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Mar 03, 2024 · 07:30 pm

Extreme weather disrupts outdoor concerts and parties, poses existential threat for events industry

From heatwaves to lightning strikes, climate change is becoming growing problem for all public activities held outdoors.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jan 31, 2024 · 10:00 pm

As AI imitations crop up, a push for ‘right to own one’s voice’

Voice actors and rights advocates hope platforms will pay named voices instead of startups that sell AI copies fed by data scraped off the web.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
,
Adam Smith, Thomson Reuters Foundation
&
Kim Harrisberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Dec 30, 2023 · 10:00 pm

‘Tampon tax’: Which countries still tax menstruation essentials?

VAT is an important source of revenue for governments – and the reason why many countries still have a tampon tax.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Sep 10, 2023 · 10:00 pm

Loan apps rope in young Mexicans desperate for jobs to intimidate and threaten defaulters

Workers said they were told to mine data from a client’s contacts and harass clients.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Sep 12, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation

‘Trump will win and deport people’: Migrants rush to cross US border as online rumours fan fears

Misinformation peddled by smugglers and organised crime groups has made it hard to migrants to decipher fact from fiction.

Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation News & Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation · Mar 03, 2024 · 07:30 pm

Extreme weather disrupts outdoor concerts and parties, poses existential threat for events industry

From heatwaves to lightning strikes, climate change is becoming growing problem for all public activities held outdoors.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation · Jan 31, 2024 · 10:00 pm

As AI imitations crop up, a push for ‘right to own one’s voice’

Voice actors and rights advocates hope platforms will pay named voices instead of startups that sell AI copies fed by data scraped off the web.

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Adam Smith, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Kim Harrisberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation · Dec 30, 2023 · 10:00 pm

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· Mar 03, 2024 · 07:30 pm

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· Jan 31, 2024 · 10:00 pm

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
,
Adam Smith, Thomson Reuters Foundation
&
Kim Harrisberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Dec 30, 2023 · 10:00 pm

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· Sep 10, 2023 · 10:00 pm

Diana Baptista, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Sep 12, 2022 · 11:30 pm