Mediapart president says AI threatens democracy and calls for collective action
Carine Fouteau, president and publishing director of Mediapart, argues in The Guardian that big tech companies and AI pose an existential threat to democracy by undermining journalism and public discourse. She describes AI-generated content as a logical assembly of words that often produces falsehoods and lacks the rigor of human journalism. Fouteau calls for collective action, including legal…
Key points
- Carine Fouteau says AI-generated content is not journalism and often produces falsehoods
- She cites the New York Times spending $20m on litigation against AI companies
- Mediapart is hosting Hacking Big Tech in Paris on 17 October 2026, live-streamed free
AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back
The Guardian AI · 16 October 2026
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