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jagolinzer.bsky.social
Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, University of Cambridge Research in: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
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Authoritarian governments are fundamentally transnational organized crime syndicates, or what @moisesnaim.bsky.social calls “Mafia States.” youtu.be/iftBTs8FrA0?...

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

"The problem with ad hominem is that it never goes beyond pathos: moral judgements are used to elicit audience anger, outrage or disdain for the opponent. Logos is completely foregone and the speaker’s ethos is founded on a logical fallacy only." ethoscrs.com.au/ethos-the-ne...

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Authoritarian governments are fundamentally transnational organized crime syndicates, or what @moisesnaim.bsky.social calls “Mafia States.” youtu.be/iftBTs8FrA0?...

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

“This essay describes the history of such forces in the U.S., shares the risk factors for election violence globally and how they are trending in the U.S., and concludes with some potential paths to mitigate the problem.” www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

@emmalbriant.bsky.social discusses the current threat environment to academic researchers. "What we are talking about here are coordinated multi-vector attacks from often well funded political actors or governments." From the Cambridge Disinformation Summit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWep...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

At best, this split-screen is evidence of misinformation. Quite plausibly, one of these two is exploiting the tragic event for political propaganda.

submitted 17 hours ago • 26 comments

Multiple orgs that did rapid response analysis of content and rumors during chaos in 2020 don’t exist anymore -ie, Jim Jordan et al killed SIO. Some pretty handy tools -like Crowdtangle- no longer exist. The Twitter/X API costs $$$ now, so OSINT tools died. And we need these things more than ever.

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

Another X screenshot of how misinformation, and plausibly political propaganda, manifests right after a deliberate act of violence.

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submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

At best, this split-screen is evidence of misinformation. Quite plausibly, one of these two is exploiting the tragic event for political propaganda.

submitted 17 hours ago • 26 comments

Business and financial executives need to politically advocate against government policies that introduce systemic business risks. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGh...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Business and financial executives need to politically advocate against government policies that introduce systemic business risks. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGh...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

How to spot a fake @bsky.app account (from one of my new "follower" accounts). cc: @safety.bsky.app

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@emmalbriant.bsky.social discusses the current threat environment to academic researchers. "What we are talking about here are coordinated multi-vector attacks from often well funded political actors or governments." From the Cambridge Disinformation Summit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWep...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I note, in my recent talk to UK and U.S. lawmakers, that there are fundamentally four global meta crises: --transnational organized crime --monopolized media & tech --weaponized grievance --cowardice www.linkedin.com/pulse/addres...

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I have also noted that I sense we are in the most acute information and accountability crisis of our lifetimes. I even quote Steve Bannon to help illustrate the fallout. www.linkedin.com/posts/jagoli...

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I discussed the systemic business risks months ago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGh...

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I discussed the systemic business risks months ago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGh...

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Please read @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social’s book Strongmen to move faster through cognitive dissonance and normalcy bias. The less surprised people are about what is happening, the sooner they can start supporting interventions. wwnorton.com/books/strong...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

AI chatbots are spreading fake news: internet users are turning to AI bots for verification, only to be given unreliable and inaccurate results. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

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Moments like this are when you should be educating yourself, so I've put together this playlist of podcasts about the various philosophical ideas that I've based my work defining Verification, Deliberation and Accountability as pillars of healthy democracies around open.spotify.com/playlist/3NJ...

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

Re: mafia states, see @moisesnaim.bsky.social (2012): carnegieendowment.org/posts/2012/0...

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I have also noted that I sense we are in the most acute information and accountability crisis of our lifetimes. I even quote Steve Bannon to help illustrate the fallout. www.linkedin.com/posts/jagoli...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I note, in my recent talk to UK and U.S. lawmakers, that there are fundamentally four global meta crises: --transnational organized crime --monopolized media & tech --weaponized grievance --cowardice www.linkedin.com/pulse/addres...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

“Imagine a chatbot that learns what makes you anxious or what your particular grievances are. …That can find ways of winning your attention that would not have been possible for a recommender algorithm. It’s already happening.” unherd.com/2025/06/will...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Here is a link to the full webinar on Journalism & Democratic Backsliding, featuring @jayrosen.bsky.social, NYU professor @sambrook.bsky.social, Cardiff professor and former BBC @panievsky.bsky.social, City Uni Pres Fellow From the Cambridge Disinformation Summit www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAn...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Please read @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social’s book Strongmen to move faster through cognitive dissonance and normalcy bias. The less surprised people are about what is happening, the sooner they can start supporting interventions. wwnorton.com/books/strong...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Four meta problems that feed the global disinformation problem: —Transnational organized crime syndicates —Monopolized tech and media —Weaponized grievance —Cowardice Full discussion from my talk to UK MPs and U.S. members of Congress: www.linkedin.com/posts/jagoli...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Brazilian Congressman Silva: "It is not possible [safe] for a bunch of companies from the Silicon Valley to control social and economic dynamics in the entire world. They are harming sovereignty and creating very weird cultures." www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pg...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Poll inferences need to look to the popularity within the population of aggrieved-and-more-easily-radicalized. High popularity in that subgroup is a force multiplier because the latent threat of violence seems to increase political cowardice. www.linkedin.com/pulse/addres...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Poll inferences need to look to the popularity within the population of aggrieved-and-more-easily-radicalized. High popularity in that subgroup is a force multiplier because the latent threat of violence seems to increase political cowardice. www.linkedin.com/pulse/addres...

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments