✎ 404 Media 數位科技媒體《404 Media》｜20250805
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
維基百科編輯針對AI劣質文章採用「快速刪除」政策
“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

✎ The Guardian 英國《衛報》｜20250725
YouTube most popular first TV destination for children, Ofcom finds
英國監管機構Ofcom 發現 YouTube 是兒童最受歡迎的首選電視平台
One in five young viewers go to platform first when they turn on TV, as older people also watch more of its content.

✎ Pew Research Center 美國皮尤研究中心 ｜20250722
Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
搜尋結果中出現 AI 摘要時，Google 使用者點擊連結的機率較低
Last year, Google introduced “AI Overviews,” a feature that displays an artificial intelligence-generated result summary at the top of many Google search pages. This feature is available to millions of U.S. Google users. Online publishers recently have attributed declining web traffic to these summaries replacing traditional search results, claiming that many users are relying on the summaries instead of following links to the publishers’ websites.

✎ The Guardian 英國《衛報》｜20250711
Thousands of BBC jobs at risk as broadcaster considers major outsourcing drive
BBC 考慮大規模外包　數千個職位岌岌可危
The BBC is examining a significant outsourcing drive that could put thousands of jobs at risk as it desperately searches for savings, the Guardian understands.

✎ The Logic 加拿大商業與科技媒體《The Logic》｜20250707
What happens to the news business when people stop clicking?
當讀者不再點閱新聞　新聞業會發生什麼事？
AI has upended how the web works, and search traffic is plummeting. In a world of content scraping bots and ‘Google Zero,’ journalism needs a new plan.

✎ TechCrunch 資訊科技媒體《TechCrunch》｜20250702
ChatGPT referrals to news sites are growing, but not enough to offset search declines
ChatGPT導流至新聞網站的次數正在增加　但不足以彌補搜尋量的下降
Referrals from ChatGPT to news publishers are growing, but not enough to counter the decline in clicks resulting from users increasingly getting their news directly from AI or AI-powered search results, according to a report from digital market intelligence company Similarweb.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20250624
CMA set to force Google to work more fairly with UK publishers
英國CMA將要求Google與英國出版商更公平地合作
New regulation of Google search in UK set to start in October.
編按：CMA（英國競爭與市場管理局，Competition and Markets Authority）

✎ Reuters 路透社｜20250618
Elon Musk’s X sues New York to block social media hate speech law
伊隆馬斯克的X平台對紐約州提告　反對社群平台仇恨言論監管法案
Elon Musk’s X Corp sued New York on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, disinformation, harassment and foreign political interference.

✎ Reuters 路透社｜20250612
Brazil’s top court votes to hold social media platforms accountable for user posts
巴西最高法院投票要求社群媒體平台對使用者貼文負責
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that social media companies must be held accountable for some types of content published by users on their platforms in the country, but details on the decision have yet to be resolved.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20250604
Google ‘handling stolen goods’ with Youtube theft of paywalled news articles
Youtube剽竊付費牆內新聞文章，Google以此「銷贓」
Youtube channels are using AI to steal words and photographs from paywalled news content and reproduce articles wholesale without the consent of publishers.