@AFP Digital Verification Editor covering Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands. Tweets are my own.
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Dene-Hern Chen retweeted
š¦šŗ Facebook pages managed from Vietnam are capitalising on Australian politics to promote AI-generated articles on sites designed for profit.
We tracked over a dozen pages promoting news alongside fabrications, with some posts getting thousands of shares u.afp.com/SEeR
ALT Two screenshots of Facebook posts sharing photos of men and women in formal attire, with red crosses over the captions
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"If you read a book in 2025ājust one bookāyou belong to an endangered species." This made me sad.
(Someone could probably publish a thesis about how a drop in reading has led to a drop in overall empathy.)
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0ā¦
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15 Dec 2025
A Sydney man received death threats after he was misidentified as the gunman responsible for the mass shooting at Bondi Beach. He told @denechen he is "terrified" to leave his home france24.com/en/live-news/20ā¦
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1 Dec 2025
Stellar reporting from @AFP's @Laura_R_Chung on Australia's fight to get kids off social media
yahoo.com/news/articles/him-ā¦
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10 Sep 2025
#BREAKING: Hong Kong has rejected a bill granting limited rights to same-sex couples whose unions are registered abroad.
The 89-member Legislative Council voted down the Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill, which authorities proposed in light of a 2023 top court ruling.
ALT Hong Kong pro-democracy and LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham arrives at the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong on September 10, 2025. Hong Kong lawmakers are expected to vote September 10 on whether to grant limited rights to same-sex couples, as fears grow in the LGBTQ community that even this narrow equality bid could be sunk by conservative pro-Beijing voices. (Peter Parks / AFP)
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9 Sep 2025
Some insane scenes out of Nepal š³šµwhere discontent over the government's barring of social media platforms culminated into widespread protests against corruption.
And now the PM has resigned.
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7 Aug 2025
š¦šŗ We talked to archaeologists and Indigenous art experts in Australia who all said this image does not show a genuine Aboriginal rock painting -- the picture in fact bears signs it was made with AI u.afp.com/NotAboriginalArt
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A great journalist but also just a really great human. Itās been nearly two decades since I saw him and I feel so sad about this
Remembering Tom Robbins, Journalist Who Crusaded for New Yorkers in Need
thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/rememā¦
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30 May 2025
I canāt recall anything specific, only that my encounters w/ Tom at the Voice were always warm. Iām left with a sense of his empathy. He was always kind to us, a tremendous human. Rare to be able to say that about a celebrated journalist, especially one whoās a NYC legend.
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A quote from the obit: āHeās the last of the long line of those kind of hard-hitting muckraking journalistsā¦Several were grumpy old men. As the years went on, he was the opposite of a grumpy old man. He was incredibly kind. He had a sense of humor.ā Yea, thatās what I remember.
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Poetry and popular uprisings have long been intertwined in Myanmar. From anti-colonial roots to today's resistance, poets have always led a unique role. Why does poetry still matter? Join @AungNaingSoeAns & @joefree215 on Thurs April 24 to explore why! fccthai.com/events/495
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30 Mar 2025
Mandalay residents are searching through collapsed buildings for survivors. Myanmar, already in dire straits after years of civil war, is ill-equipped to cope with this disaster.
In this difficult situation, our Yangon team is doing great work:
u.afp.com/SiMB
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Some harrowing pictures of the destruction and struggle for rescuers in Mandalay by @SaiAungMainAFP
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30 Mar 2025
In neighboring Thailand, a 30-storey skyscraper collapsed in the quake and rescuers are struggling to pluck out survivors. Many of the construction workers are actually from Myanmar.
Some amazing shots from the inimitable @TheLilyfish
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AFP's Bangkok office during the quake whose epicentre was in Myanmar. Thankfully our teams in Thailand and Myanmar are safe.
youtube.com/watch?v=bJDhwmJFā¦
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Lovely obit on Hong Kong singer-songwriter, Khalil Fong, who died at 41: nytimes.com/2025/03/02/worldā¦
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Dene-Hern Chen retweeted
26 Jan 2025
After 13 years in Hong Kong as a refugee, "John" received plane tickets that would grant his family new lives in the United Statesāonly for them to be snatched away with a stroke of the pen by President Donald Trump.
@AFP breaks the story: u.afp.com/SktEš§µ1ā£
ALT Photo taken on January 25, 2025 shows Uzma Naveed (R), an outreach coordinator, and social worker Jeffrey Andrews (L) speaking to āJohnā (C) at the Christian Action Centre for Refugees in Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend all refugee admissions and halt the US asylum programme, signed hours after taking office, has left adrift dozens in the Chinese city approved for US resettlement. (Peter Parks / AFP)
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