The recent legal victory secured by Bernhard Buchner’s firm, Lausen Rechtsanwälte, marks a watershed moment in the era of artificial intelligence. By successfully arguing that online providers cannot simply hide behind the veil of AI-generated content to escape liability, the Munich court has effectively signaled that technology companies are ultimately accountable for the information their systems distribute. This ruling challenges the prevailing “black box” defense—where providers claim they cannot fully control or predict AI output—and instead insists on a standard of responsibility that aligns with traditional publishing ethics. It is a necessary shift that shifts the burden of safety from…

Following the recent parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 7, a sophisticated Russian disinformation campaign dubbed “Matryoshka” has unleashed a storm of fabricated content designed to destabilize public perception. Researchers from the Antibot4Navalny project, who have been monitoring this network’s activity, identified a coordinated effort to frame the election results as illegitimate and to cast France—a key Western ally—as a malicious actor. By hijacking the brands of reputable global news organizations and exploiting a genuine, albeit limited, cybersecurity breach of the French government’s Tchap messaging app, these bad actors are attempting to weave a dangerous narrative that threatens Armenia’s geopolitical…