FT News Briefing

EU takes on fake news ahead of elections

Online fake news and hybrid campaigns increase ahead of European elections, investors are concerned about President Lula’s interventions in the economy, and China’s factory activity has expanded for the first time in six months. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/43DTKDE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Europe battles ‘avalanche of disinformation’ from Russia</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/43BqxJz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva steps up interventions in Brazil’s largest companies</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3PI16jE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China’s factory activity adds to signs of recovery</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Zach St. Louis, Ethan Plotkin, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/28ba5185-70f2-4d2a-b3a2-b2e2e89b8aff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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