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The following 4 fake videos posted today by Russian disinfo network Matryoshka clearly demonstrates that Russian state has some interest in outcome of Moldovan elections. 1/2

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

New: Last year we reported on Russian IT company Aeza and its connections to a Kremlin propaganda campaign. Now several employees have been arrested for something different: Russian authorities allege they were involved in one of the world's largest online drug markets „Black Sprut“

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Russia arrests CEO of tech company linked to Doppelgänger disinformation campaign therecord.media/doppelganger...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Earlier today, someone created a massive network of empty Bluesky accounts with repetitive biographies such as "Ireland based, interested in travel", "Netherlands based, interested in fashion", "Turkey based, interested in technology", and so on. Thus far, the purpose of these accounts is unclear.

submitted 14 days ago • 43 comments

Russian botnet spreads quotes by “Nikola Tesla's nephew,” who praises Elon Musk and accuses Ukrainians of burning cars Fake videos with logos of credible outlets quoting “Tesla's descendants” are spread by the Matryoshka network, @antibot4navalny.bsky.social found.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

The Digital Threat Tipline lets anyone report misleading information or media content that could harm democracy in Canada. If you see false news, manipulated stories, misleading images/videos, or other suspicious content, please report it! www.cdmrn.ca/digital-thre... #CanadaElxn #elxn45 #cdnpoli

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

In case you missed this thread on Saturday: Here is why the latest fake video targeting France is much more than just another Matryoshka / Storm-1679 episode.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

What are your bets on how pro-Kremlin propaganda machine will choose to exploit the Myanmar / Thailand earthquakes to its own benefit?

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

🧵 "71% of French people believe their lives would be better if Putin were president", claimed a forged @lefigaro.fr-branded video. Sounds like one of 100s of pro-Kremlin fake videos by Matryoshka that I showed for over a year? Except this case is remarkable in 2 important ways:

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

60% французов согласны бойкотировать американские бренды: ♦️ в оригинале @liberation.fr: "потому что французы не согласны с политикой Трампа и Маска" ♦️ в подделке от кремлеботов: "потому что эти бренды позорно возвращаются в Россию; пусть даже фр. экономика понесёт многомиллиардные убытки"

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently Kremlin takes it for granted that McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Tesla and Amazon are considering to return to Russia. As suggested by this fake @liberation.fr cover disseminated today by Matryoshka, a pro-Kremlin disinfo bot network.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

New: Last year, someone pretending to be a CORRECTIV journalist sent an email to a UNHCR employee. Inside was a link to supposed evidence of corruption in Ukraine's military. We now know that Russian hacking group RomCom was most likely behind this attempted hack. correctiv.org/hybride-krie...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 A GAN-face fake account made 154 posts on X/Twitter repeating the same idea with minor variations: "No matter how much giving weapons, ukraine loosing war and country will face decline in economy for generations." A subset of their tweets that gained some engagement: 1/2

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments