This Monday, April 13, the war between Iran and the United States is also being played out on TikTok with videos generated by AI, Viktor Orban is beaten despite a campaign fueled by fake accounts, and Marie-Louise Eta becomes a coach in a major European championship, a historic first.
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The war is also being played out on the networks. Since the start of the conflict with Iran, videos generated by artificial intelligence have flooded TikTok and racked up hundreds of millions of views. Behind this content, sometimes presented as “independent”, lies in reality propaganda without filter or verification, which further blurs the line between information and manipulation. Iranian creator of viral “Lego” videos admits to BBC working for Islamic regime
In Hungary, outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban was defeated despite a campaign marked by networks of fake pro-Russian accounts. His opponent, Peter Magyar, won and embodies a return of a pro-European right. Proof that, even in the era of massive digital campaigns, predictions can be thwarted.
And then, it’s a first in European football. Marie-Louise Eta becomes coach of Union Berlin in the Bundesliga. A strong symbol in a still very masculine environment: women are extremely rare on the benches of men’s teams, and even in women’s football, the majority of coaches remain men. One more step towards standardization which is still far from being achieved.
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