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US-Paris anti-fake news contest snubs France

The US Department of State's US-Paris Tech Challenge is as much about finding new tech to counter disinformation as it is about reasserting its leadership amid an ongoing rift with France. [...]

Published on 28/09/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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