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New update on the Pravda Network 📖

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🚨 New report! In collaboration with @dfrlab.bsky.social , we reveal the global expansion of #Russia’s so-called "Portal Kombat" network—an influence operation laundering pro-Kremlin content across Europe, Africa, and Asia. First exposed by @viginum.bsky.social a year ago.

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We've made some changes to our political ad trends platform to make it easier to find data for forthcoming elections. Tracking over 100k Meta and Google advertisers with it. trends.whotargets.me

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We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Community Notes Dashboard – a state-of-the-art, interactive platform that delivers deep insights into the evolution and distribution of Community Notes on #X

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Community Notes Dashboard – a state-of-the-art, interactive platform that delivers deep insights into the evolution and distribution of Community Notes on #X

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

The February edition of our newsletter is out. It features #SDALeak, our latest investigation in collaboration with Reset Tech and @aiforensics.org. Find out more here:

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

1/3 NORDIS Digital Information Literacy Forum 2025 was a huge success 🎉 👉More than hundred people from dozens of countries on site and online discussing Generative AI, media and information literacy and ethics and navigating authenticity in learning. See all presentations here: bit.ly/42LEaqZ

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 1/ La disinformazione russa non si ferma. L’operazione Döppelganger si evolve su nuove piattaforme, sfruttando bot AI e siti fake per diffondere propaganda pro-Cremlino. Anche Bluesky è stato preso di mira. 📲⚠️

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

ISD’s Joseph Bodnar speaks to AFP about “Doppelganger," a pro-Russian influence operation on social media. The article explores how tech platforms are profiting from these campaigns. Read the article here. ow.ly/uRjB50USMnU

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Our new #OSINT open-source tool, #Wikipedia External Links Scanner, is now live on #GitHub! This project helps you search multiple Wikipedia language editions for external links to specific domains, pinpoint who introduced each link, and gather detailed user information

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Our new #OSINT open-source tool, #Wikipedia External Links Scanner, is now live on #GitHub! This project helps you search multiple Wikipedia language editions for external links to specific domains, pinpoint who introduced each link, and gather detailed user information

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The call for proposals for #Disinfo2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15–16 October, is now open! Share your ideas, research, or insights on disinformation with a diverse community of experts – submit your proposal now to be part of our 2025 annual conference! 👇 www.disinfo.eu/conference

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Comment Facebook (Meta) a laissé passer 8.000 campagnes de propagande russe

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

På trods af at være underlagt EU-sanktioner har et russisk firma delt flere end 8.000 annoncer med russisk propaganda på Facebook. "Stærkt kritisabelt," lyder det fra Europa-Parlamentets næstformand #dkpol #smdk #eupol #eudk

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Between August 2023 and October 2024, #Meta is estimated to have made around $338,000 from ads associated with the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency (SDA), despite ongoing sanctions. Read this @nytimes.com article about our latest report: ✍🏽 @stevenleemyers.bsky.social & @satariano.bsky.social

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NORDIS presents Digital #InformationLiteracy (DIL) Forum Generative AI, #medialiteracy and ethics – Navigating authenticity in learning Join us on Thursday January 23rd 13-16 CET ONLINE 👇 youtube.com/live/HonrMFO... #AIliteracy by @faktabaari.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Together with @aiforensics.org & Reset Tech, we announce the release of our report: "Influence by Design: Doppelgänger, Sanctions, Meta, and the Social Design Agency (SDA)". This study reveals a sophisticated influence operation orchestrated by the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency (SDA). #SDALeak

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Check First looks at how Meta has failed to detect and ran politically-themed ads from the Social Design Agency, a Russian disinformation group sanctioned by US authorities checkfirst.network/influence-by...

submitted 39 days ago • 6 comments

Our latest research from @paulbouchaud.com in collab with @checkfirst.network and Reset highlights once again why moderating and regulating Meta and other platforms is necessary

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Despite international sanctions, #Meta is accepting payments from Russian propagandists. Our latest report with @aiforensics.org & Reset underscore how Meta has failed to moderate over 8,000 political ads from the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency (SDA). #SDALeak

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Blatant double standards on Meta's moderation of sexually explicit content. Read our latest research lead by @paulbouchaud.com, covered today in the Washington Post: aiforensics.org/work/meta-po...

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Kudos to @safety.bsky.app for moderating Operation Overload posts even before they can be shared. The latest email targeting fact-checkers associated with #Overload contained only Bluesky links, none of which linked to content at the time the email was received. Different story on X…

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Dear Community, We wish to draw your attention to a concerning development in the tactics employed by #OperationOverload. Our ongoing monitoring has uncovered a new technique involving the use of voice-generative AI.

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

How can #OSINT be used to combat #identity-based #disinformation❓ A new toolkit, authored by our researchers and published by the EEAS, explores the intersection of #FIMI with #IBD and provides guidelines for #OSINT investigations. More about the toolkit here 👇 www.disinfo.eu/publications...

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Excellent opinion piece by @marietjeschaake.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com about the role of platforms in election manipulation. She captures the hopes and fears surrounding the #DSA 's enforcement amid what may be its most significant raison d'être yet. #Romania www.ft.com/content/2855...

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Hei !

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Meta allowed a network of Facebook pages to run a coordinated disinformation campaign in Romania, according to research from @reset.tech and @checkfirst.network. Since August, ads placed by the pages received a staggering 199M views, in a country of just 19M. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

If you're short on time to read @checkfirst.network 's research note on Meta's failures to moderate political ads during the Romanian Presidential campaign, here's an excellent wrap-up by @dzuidijk.bsky.social on @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Romanian elections: not only a story about TikTok accounts, but also about ad campaigns on Facebook violating Meta's own ad policies. By @checkfirst.network #elections #advertising #commsky checkfirst.network/research-not...

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Romanian presidential election: It's not all about TikTok. We've uncovered over 4k political ads on Meta's platforms. They were run from 25 facebook pages tied to a network of websites pushing unverified claims in favour of the far-right. Read more: checkfirst.network/research-not...

submitted 79 days ago • 4 comments

It's so cool how quickly this filled up. Update your follows and click follow all! Women VS Disinfo! A huge selection of expert researchers, fact checkers, journalists, debunkers, science communicators, academics, vloggers, etc. of all things Disinfo / Conspiracy go.bsky.app/FFCjgks

submitted 85 days ago • 49 comments

Impressive work from @disinfo.eu 👏👏👏

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Disinformation networks register domain names that are confusingly similar to legitimate media outlets and post fake articles that look like they belong to that news outlet. How can media outlets defend themselves against #doppelganger domain name abuse❓ Read more ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/publications...

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments