Meta removed a deepfake video from Facebook that falsely depicted Catherine Connolly withdrawing from Ireland's presidential election. The video was posted to an account called RTE News AI and viewed almost 30,000 times over 12 hours before the Irish Independent contacted the platform. The fabricated bulletin featured AI-generated versions of RTE newsreader Sharon Ni Bheolain and political correspondent Paul Cunningham announcing that Connolly had ended her campaign and the election scheduled for Friday would be cancelled. Connolly responded in a statement that she remained a candidate and called the video a disgraceful attempt to mislead voters. Meta confirmed the account violated its community standards against impersonating people and organizations. Ireland's media regulator Coimisiun na Mean contacted Meta about the incident and reminded the platform of its obligations under the EU Digital Services Act. An Irish Times poll published last Thursday found Connolly leading the race with 38% support.

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Selon la «lettre rectificative» au budget 2026 de la Sécurité sociale, présentée jeudi en Conseil des ministres, la suspension de la réforme controversée coûtera 100 millions d’euros en 2026 et 1,4 milliard d’euros en 2027.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg called the company's Tumblr acquisition his biggest failure -- but one he hasn't given up on yet. The comments were made at the recent WordCamp Canada 2025 conference, where Mullenweg went live for a Town Hall session to connect with the open source-focused WordPress community. The exec noted that Tumblr was still on a different technical stack than WordPress -- something he had intended to correct by migrating the back end to WordPress infrastructure. However, that massive undertaking was put on hold earlier this year, as the cost to move Tumblr's half-billion blogs would be difficult given that the blogging platform wasn't profitable and continues to be sustained by the profits of other Automattic products. The company has tried to trim costs with layoffs and the reallocation of Tumblr resources to more profitable parts of the business, but those efforts have yet to pay off. Mullenweg acknowledged these concerns at his Town Hall session, saying, "I need to switch [Tumblr] over to WordPress, but it's a big lift. It's over 500 million blogs, actually, and, as a business, it's costing so much more to run than it generates in revenue." As a result, Automattic had to prioritize other projects to make Tumblr sustainable, he said. "It's probably my biggest failure or missed opportunity right now, but we're still working on it," he added.

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Le bureau de l’Unédic va demander au gouvernement «une révision du prélèvement de l’État sur cette année 2026», indique l’organisme, géré paritairement par le patronat et les syndicats.

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«C’est juridiquement un nouveau texte», a expliqué le président de la commission des Affaires sociales de l’Assemblée nationale, Frédéric Valletoux.

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TikTok changed its policies earlier this year on sharing user data with governments as the company negotiated with the Trump Administration to continue operating in the United States. The company added language allowing data sharing with "regulatory authorities, where relevant" beyond law enforcement. Until April 25, 2025, TikTok's website stated the company would notify users before disclosing their data to law enforcement. The policy now says TikTok will inform users only where required by law and changed the timing from before disclosure to if disclosure occurs. The company also softened its language from stating it "rejects data requests from law enforcement authorities" to saying it "may reject" such requests. TikTok declined to answer repeated questions from Forbes about whether it has shared or is sharing private user information with the Department of Homeland Security or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The timing difference prevents users from challenging subpoenas before their data is handed over.

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La tentative du gouvernement de remplacer l’abattement actuel sur les pensions par un forfait unique a suscité un front commun des oppositions.

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La mesure, portée par le député socialiste Philippe Brun, vise à alléger la charge fiscale des parents isolés en rendant non imposables les pensions alimentaires perçues pour les enfants.

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La cheffe de file des députés RN et le leader des Insoumis ont tous deux relayé un message sur X d’un constitutionnaliste pointant l’existence de ce moyen juridique pour garantir la suspension de la réforme.

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«Si l’on regarde les données de manière objective, il nous faut travailler plus longtemps», affirme Nicolas Dufourcq, à contre-courant des débats actuels portant sur la suspension de la réforme des retraites relevant l’âge légal de départ.

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In Reddit's "Family Medicine" subreddit, a moderator noticed earlier this week that the AI-powered "Reddit Answers" was automatically responding to posters, typically with "something related to what was posted." Unfortunately, that moderator says, Reddit Answers "has been spreading grossly dangerous misinformation."And yet Reddit's moderators "cannot disable this feature." Elsewhere a healthcare worker described what happened when they tested Reddit Answers: I made a post in r/familymedicine and a link appeared below it with information on treating chronic pain. The first post it cited urged people to stop their prescribed medications and take high-dose kratom which is an illegal (in some states) and unregulated substance. I absolutely do not endorse this... I also asked about the medical indications for heroin. One answer warned about addiction and linked to crisis and recovery resources. The other connects to a post where someone claims heroin saved their life and controls their chronic pain. The post was encouraging people to stop prescribed medications and use heroin instead. Heroin is a schedule I drug in the US which means there are no acceptable uses. It's incredibly addictive and dangerous. It is responsible for the loss of so many lives... The AI-generated answers could easily be mistaken as information endorsed by the sub it appears in. r/familymedicine absolutely does not endorse using heroin to treat chronic pain. This feature needs to be disabled in medical and mental health subs, or allow moderators of these subreddits to opt out. Better filters are also needed when users ask Reddit Answers health related questions. If this continues there will be adverse outcomes. People will be harmed. This needs to change. Two days ago an official Reddit "Admin" posted that "We've made some changes to where Answers appears based on this feedback," adding that beyond that Reddit "will continue to tweak based on what we're seeing and hearing." But the "Family Medicine" subreddit still has a top-of-page announcement warning every user there... "We do NOT and CANNOT endorse Reddit Answers at this time and urge every user of this sub to disregard anything it says."

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L’ancien patron de la SNCF a cité «le projet d’un système à points, abandonné en 2020 à cause du Covid», mais aussi la piste d’une retraite par «capitalisation» et celle d’«un mélange de plusieurs systèmes».

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Les entreprises devront désormais payer une contribution patronale de 8 % sur ces compléments de salaire très appréciés des employés.

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L’institution avait été saisi par deux syndicats, dubitatifs sur la légalité de la lettre de cadrage demandant aux partenaires sociaux de négocier une nouvelle convention.

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Jugeant le budget de Sébastien Lecornu «catastrophique» et «dangereux», la leader de la CGT estime qu’«il faut absolument le modifier en profondeur», affirmant que «l’heure est à la mobilisation».

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Le premier ministre a par ailleurs dit attendre des propositions «d’ici le printemps» de la conférence sociale sur les retraites et le travail qu’il veut installer.

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Après l’échec du « conclave » lancé par François Bayrou en début d’année, son successeur a émis ce mardi 14 octobre l’idée d’une « conférence sur les retraites et le travail » réunissant les partenaires sociaux.

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L’exécutif n’a pas encore arrêté la voie juridique par laquelle il passera pour concrétiser la promesse de Sébastien Lecornu, annoncée mardi lors de son discours de politique générale.

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Le projet de budget présenté mardi par Sébastien Lecornu prévoit, dans le cadre de «l’année blanche», que les tranches du barème de l’IR ne seront pas revalorisées l’an prochain en fonction de l’inflation.

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Comme attendu, l’exécutif cherche à enrayer l’usage de la rupture conventionnelle dans son projet de loi pour le financement la Sécurité sociale.

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