Deepfakes Exploding on Meta’s Platforms; AI Agents Won’t Replace Good Journalists

Your Tuesday press recap

🧠 AI & Tech Media Evolution

“How to Tell If a Social Media Account Is Monetized”
Source: Indicator Media
🔗 https://indicator.media/p/how-to-tell-if-a-social-media-account-is-monetized-meta-tiktok-youtube-x

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“OpenAI Turns ChatGPT Into a Platform Like Facebook in 2007”
Source: Mon Carnet
🔗 https://moncarnet.com/2025/10/07/openai-transforme-chatgpt-en-plateforme-a-la-maniere-de-facebook-en-2007/

“MrBeast Voices Concerns Over AI’s Impact on Content Creators”
Source: Mon Carnet
🔗 https://moncarnet.com/2025/10/07/le-youtubeur-mrbeast-sinquiete-de-limpact-de-lia-sur-les-createurs-de-contenu/

“OpenAI Tests Its Sora Social Network With Journalist Anabelle Nicoud”
Source: Mon Carnet
🔗 https://moncarnet.com/2025/10/06/premiers-tests-du-reseau-social-sora-dopenai-avec-anabelle-nicoud/

“How Is AI Changing the Journalist’s Job?”
Source: Ouest-France
🔗 https://www.ouest-france.fr/high-tech/intelligence-artificielle/a-caen-quel-impact-a-lintelligence-artificielle-sur-le-metier-de-journaliste-25b2bb88-9ae8-11f0-b811-6c36c51f00fc

“AI Agents Won’t Replace Good Journalists”
Source: En-Contact
🔗 https://en-contact.com/les-agents-ia-ne-vont-pas-remplacer-les-bons-journalistes

“Deepfakes Exploding on Meta’s Platforms”
Source: Le Soleil
🔗 https://www.lesoleil.com/actualites/2025/10/05/les-emdeepfakesem-explosent-sur-les-plateformes-de-meta-V3JYEDG4RVATVMHFBNZQD6GGJE/

“Deepfakes in Russia: Satire Becomes AI’s Business”
Source: 24 Heures
🔗 https://www.24heures.ch/deepfakes-en-russie-la-satire-devient-laffaire-de-lia-540044356940

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📰 Media Industry & Journalism

“CBC Responds After Reporter Blocked From Interviewing Pierre Poilievre”
Source: Now Toronto
🔗 https://nowtoronto.com/culture/cbc-responds-after-travis-dhanraj-says-he-was-blocked-from-interviewing-conservative-leader-pierre-poilievre/

“Crystelle Crépeau Appointed Head of News at Radio-Canada”
Source: Radio-Canada
🔗 https://presse.radio-canada.ca/corporatif/14167/crystelle-crepeau-nommee-directrice-generale-de-l-information-de-radio-canada/

“Former CBC Montreal Newscaster Dennis Trudeau Dies”
Source: Montreal Gazette
🔗 https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/former-cbc-montreal-newscaster-dennis-trudeau-has-died

“French Photojournalist Antoni Lallican Killed in Ukraine”
Source: Le Monde
🔗 https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/10/06/antoni-lallican-photojournaliste-francais-tue-en-ukraine-etait-d-une-curiosite-insatiable-et-d-un-veritable-gout-de-l-autre_6644836_3382.html

“Daniel Lessard Community Hall Inaugurated in Quebec”
Source: EnBeauce.com
🔗 https://www.enbeauce.com/actualites/gens-de-chez-nous/649012/la-salle-communautaire-daniel-lessard-officiellement-inauguree-a-saint-benjamin

“We Must Unite Within the Canadian Media Industry”
Source: Le Nunavoix
🔗 https://lenunavoix.ca/2025/10/06/on-doit-essayer-de-se-solidariser-dans-le-milieu-mediatique-canadien/

“Two-Thirds of Young Journalists Want to Become Content Creators”
Source: Stratégies
🔗 https://www.strategies.fr/actualites/medias/LQ5194438C/pres-des-deux-tiers-des-jeunes-journalistes-veulent-devenir-createurs-de-contenus.html

“Canadians Deserve Verified, Fact-Based Information”
Source: Journal Oie Blanche
🔗 https://journaloieblanche.com/nouvelles/actualites/les-canadiens-meritent-une-information-verifiee-fondee-sur-les-faits-FA5147007

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💰 Media Business & Regulation

“Google’s Ad-Tech Antitrust Remedy Phase Explained”
Source: Digiday
🔗 https://digiday.com/marketing/googles-ad-tech-antitrust-remedy-phase-explained-doj-wants-googles-offerings-and-where-the-judge-might-land/

“Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s The Free Press for $150 Million”
Source: The Wall Street Journal
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-buys-bari-weisss-the-free-press-for-150-million-737a94eb

“MSNBC’s Rebrand Begins: A New Code of Principles”
Source: Poynter
🔗 https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/msbnc-rebrand-starts-today-code-principles/

“The DOJ vs. Google: What Comes Next for Ad Tech”
Source: Digiday
🔗 https://digiday.com/marketing/googles-ad-tech-antitrust-remedy-phase-explained-doj-wants-googles-offerings-and-where-the-judge-might-land/

🌐 Politics, Propaganda & Public Media

“Generative AI and News Report 2025: Public Perceptions of AI’s Role”
Source: Reuters Institute
🔗 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-ai-and-news-report-2025-how-people-think-about-ais-role-journalism-and-society