By Luca Bertuzzi ( September 22, 2025, 11:08 GMT | Insight) -- Digital services, particularly AI, pose significant challenges for the news media sector, EU governments believe, pointing to a potential need to expand editorial responsibility to new actors. They urge the European Commission to address AI-generated content, assess copyright rules and advertising practices, according to a draft political statement produced as part of the upcoming European Democracy Shield initiative.EU governments feel that the news media sector faces challenges from digital services in general and AI in particular, including for their advertising revenues, and they have pointed to a potential need to expand editorial responsibility to new actors, according to a draft political statement obtained by MLex....
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