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In the age of generative AI, doubt creeps into everything we see, believe, and share. The result? Competing narratives, a fractured reality, a common language coming apart — and a new reflex we all need to learn: assuming that any image is false until proven otherwise. We’re no longer just in the post-truth era, where feelings outweigh facts. Welcome to Post-Reality!

According to the Digital News Report 2025 from the Reuters Institute, 58% of people worldwide doubt their ability to tell truth from falsehood online when it comes to news — a figure that has been steadily rising since 2022. In the face of this content explosion, does reality still stand a chance?

Since January 12, 2025, children aged 7 to 11 have had a new weekly news program to look forward to: Mission Info. The goal? To provide a safe and enriching alternative to help young audiences better understand current events.

Following the publication of its trend book, Méta-Media presents the first episode of Méta-Talk devoted to journalism and influence.

Nearly half of the under-30s use TikTok for information, HugoDécrypte now has 14 million subscribers (more than Le Monde) and 54% of French people think we should be suspicious of the way the traditional media treat major current affairs - 3 points more than in 2023.

In addition to fashion influencers, more and more news influencers are appearing on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, and they are challenging the very definition of journalism. Do you need a press card to report the news? How can you be an 'independent' journalist on these platforms? Where are the female news influencers? 

At a time when disinformation campaigns are on the rise and the French are increasingly distrustful of television (54% according to the latest Kantar Public one-point survey for La Croix), France Télévisions is stepping up its transparency campaign and opening up the news production process in an unprecedented way. Our goal: to keep the French informed!

Just over a year ago, global tech giants, led by Mark Zuckerberg before quietly backtracking in March of this year, promised us a new future that would allow everyone the leisure of venturing into alternate worlds, adopting desired identities, and connecting to the world like never before through the Metaverse. Since November last year, a completely different innovation has been shaking up the world of tech and beyond, as this technology is much more democratizable (and already democratized) than the Metaverse. As you may have easily guessed, we are referring to generative AI!

Finding the truth in the false, or the false in the truth, is a situation we can all be confronted with. At a time where information is consumed on social networks and platforms, it is sometimes difficult to determine what is right. Fact-checking appears to be an activity that should be developed through a new shared tool.

From 29 September to 1 October, the 14th edition of the International Journalism Conference in Tours will take place on the theme of "Climate emergency and journalistic responsibilities". These themes are at the core of France Télévisions' innovation strategy. Visitors were able to discover them on our corner. Here is a overview of what our teams presented on site and public’s feedback.

Fake news is flooding the web and swarming in our private messaging and e-mail inboxes. As a consequence of the public’s growing distrust of the mass media, it is on average, 35% more viral, massively disseminated and relayed. More than a trend it is a real groundswell that is spreading far and wide. This information disorder spares no subject, no medium and no form of communication. Les Révélateurs of FranceTV, France Télévisions’ new image and video fact-checking unit, aims to fight against a particularly pernicious form of this disinformation.