Meta terminated its contract with the Bulgarian subsidiary of the Canadian-based company Telus International for moderation of Facebook content in Bulgarian, Turkish and Russian, the investigative website BIRD.bg wrote in the social networks. As of July, this activity will be shifted to Germany, the Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data wrote. Until then, moderation is limited to paedophilia, terrorist content, calls for murder and suicide.
In recent months, the controversy over the moderation of Facebook content in Bulgarian intensified due to the silencing of journalists and public figures who are critical of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, Mediapool reports. Last year, several weeks after the beginning of Russia's invasion in Ukraine, a petition against biased content moderation in the Bulgarian segment of Facebook was also sent to the European Parliament.
In a declaration, MPs from the We Continue the Change–Democratic Bulgaria (PP–DB) coalition called for Toshko Yordanov, the chair of the Culture Committee and an MP from There Is Such a People, to resign. This followed his controversial comments about..
The Ministry of Tourism has carried out nearly 200 checks in Bulgarian Black Sea resorts over the past month, Minister Miroslav Borshosh reported. An inspection is currently underway in Sunny Beach. “We want to put a stop to all types of illegal..
Twenty-two Bulgarian students who spent the last school year at high schools across the United States, from Texas to Vermont, have returned home . The exchange was organised by the YES Bulgaria programme. Over the past few months, the teenagers not..
The Sultanate of Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, will visit Bulgaria from 2 to 4 July 2025 at the invitation of his..
The European Commission has announced that the EU will invest nearly €37.5 million in the construction and modernisation of six parking areas with a..
The plenary debate on the third motion of no confidence against Rosen Zhelyazkov's government, proposed by the Revival party, has concluded . According to..
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