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Trump demands Reuters return $9M paid for 'social deception' study

President Donald Trump demanded the return of the $9 million paid by the Department of Defense for a contract on social deception studies.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk criticized the funding of Reuters by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for automated defenses against social engineering attacks.
Steve Rubley, CEO of Thomson Reuters Special Services, defended the entity's operations, asserting they are separate from Reuters News and have provided services to the U.S. Government for decades.
Reuters countered accusations of wrongdoing by expressing their commitment to high ethical standards, stating that their commercial agreements do not influence their editorial coverage.

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The Washington Post

Analysis | Musk accused Reuters of ‘social deception.’ The deception was his.

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The Christian Post

Trump demands Reuters pay back $9M from military contract to study 'large-scale social deception'

President Donald Trump is calling on two prominent media organizations to repay millions of dollars in taxpayer funding.

9 days ago

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ABS-CBN

Thomson Reuters firm counters Musk-Trump attack vs news agency

US president Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk have launched attacks against Reuters over a $9 million US Defense Department contract.

9 days ago·Quezon City, Philippines

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newsaddicts.com

DOGE Uncovers Secret Payment of $9M to the World’s Biggest News Company - News Addicts

Donald Trump is demanding that Elon Musk recover millions the federal government paid to Reuters over the course of four years for a mysterious ‘social engineering defense’ program. The years-old contract was discovered by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and reveals that the Department of Defense awarded Thomson Reuters Special Services, LLC (TRSS) a […] The post DOGE Uncovers Secret Payment of $9M to the World’s Biggest News C…

9 days ago

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CNN

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Fact check: Musk, Trump deceive about a Trump-era Pentagon contract for ‘social deception’ defense

President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk are misleadingly depicting a Pentagon defense contract that was awarded during Trump’s first presidency.

10 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Daily Beast

Reuters Is Trump’s New Target—But There’s a Hilarious Catch

MAGA has raged that the wire service was awarded a $9 million defense contract, but they are ignoring who was running the country when it was awarded.

10 days ago·United States

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