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Alexandre Alaphilippe

@aa.disinfo.eu

Executive Director EU DisinfoLab www.disinfo.eu / Hummingbird / Searching for James Dubious Crickton /Growing my ethical mussels / Asking PourqOui / Prism in Jeans / 😀🤓🤯🤝

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Anthony Zacharzewski@anthonyzach.be · yesterday

Many EU leaders are collapsing under a moment’s pressure on Ceuta but the hypocrisy of Meloni is particularly sickening. All those demands that Europe help Italy out on Lampedusa, and no-one asked for Italy to be excluded from Schengen. But as soon as a Social Democrat faces problems….

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wild to create an AI tool that will so obviously be used to create disinfo and then to put the responsibility on a user to investigate — using more Google tools of course — whether the content was made with your AI tool!

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google's statement that it includes a watermark that can identify them as AI-generated is completely braindead as to how disinformation works. You think people spending literally three seconds to derail a discussion give a shit about that? This is so easy to abuse www.404media.co/google-earth...

Asked for comment, Google pointed 404 Media to a tweet the company posted on Thursday. “We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections,” it read. This of course ignores the very obvious fact that plenty of people do not bother to verify themselves if an image is real or not. People spreading misinformation also often don’t care about eventually getting caught; they can cause a massive amount of damage to a certain conversation very quickly before anyone calls them out for their bullshit.
Matthieu Guyot@matthieugdsm.bsky.social · 4d ago

À vendre: délit d’initiés. "Pour un abonnement pouvant atteindre 100 000 $ par mois, les traders pourront découvrir en avant-première les annonces de Trump sur son réseau Truth social concernant la politique économique et les affaires internationales. Elles ont souvent un impact sur les marchés"

For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts

The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.

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Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google didn't just add AI to Google Earth—it briefly turned one of the world's most trusted sources of evidence into a generator of plausible fakes. shirin anlen & Sam Gregory from WITNESS on a foreseeable fiasco, and why tech firms must consult civil society experts before launch, not after.

Google Earth AI Fiasco Underscores Why Tech Firms Must Listen to Outside Experts

It's just one more parable in a long line of product releases by AI firms with potentially dangerous consequences, write shirin anlen and Sam Gregory.

techpolicy.press

Michela Wrong@michelawrong.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Continent magazine has published an investigation I carried out alongside Kenyan journo James Okong'o exposing how Rwanda's government manipulates social media - secretly paying influencers - in support of the M23 occupation of DRC. Thank you @pulitzercenter.org for your support.

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Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 6d ago

The most predictable progression in the world... Tip to reporters who don't want to look like absolute tools: don't report on what Musk *says* as if it means anything at all.

May 2025 story in the AP: Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he’ll be spending “a lot less” on political campaigns, a reversal that could be a setback for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections. NPR story: Musk to slow down political spending: 'I think I've done enough'Elon Musk says he ‘got carried away’ in politics, defends DOGEExclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout, Axios has learned. Driving the news: Musk is resuscitating his dormant super PAC, America PAC, which spent more than $260 million to help get President Trump elected in 2024.
Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · last wk.

I enjoyed Nolan's ODYSSEY quite a bit, and found it more moving than expected. I also read Wilson's critique and found that both enjoyable and insightful. It's not even really a bad review -- it's an incisive dissection from the POV of someone whose knives have long been sharpened on the material.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · last wk.

We must normalize being extremely rude to people with surveillance cameras on their faces. It is the moral duty of every citizen to make them feel extremely unwelcome everywhere they go.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · last wk.

Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon

Alexandre Alaphilippe@aa.disinfo.eu · last wk.

« Il fut un temps où une idée n’avait pas besoin d’être démontrée. Il suffisait de la répéter. Elle s’imposait dans les rapports économiques, les universités, les discours politiques et les éditoriaux de presse jusqu’à devenir une évidence sociale. La mondialisation faisait partie de ces idées-là. »

« Ce qui frappe n’est pas seulement l’existence d’erreurs de jugement liées à la mondialisation, c’est la rareté de la remise en question »

TRIBUNE. Où sont passés les prophètes de l’ouverture des frontières, qui promettaient monts et merveilles ? Dans une tribune au « Monde », José Miguel Sanchez, directeur de la chambre de commerce de S...

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Alexandre Alaphilippe@aa.disinfo.eu · 2w ago

Enforcement creates deterrence. Exhibit n°2546 theins.ru/news/295109

75% танкеров «теневого флота» России стали обходить Ла-Манш после задержания SMYRTOS — OSINT-проект Russian Forces Spotter

После задержания британскими военными танкера российского «теневого флота» SMYRTOS (IMO 9389100) 14 июня использование Ла-Манша подсанкционными судами…

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Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 3w ago

Axel Springer, the company that owns Politico, awards its top prize to...Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel. No mention of the $50 million Thiel gave the son of Axel Springer's CEO to start a venture capital fund. But the CEO lauds Thiel's "courage and non-conformity." www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...

In eigener Sache: Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026 - WELT

Unternehmer und Investor Peter Thiel ist der diesjährige Preisträger des Axel Springer Awards. Die Auszeichnung soll auch ein Zeichen für Meinungsfreiheit und offene Debatten sein.

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Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · last mo.

The paperback of “Invisible Rulers: The Ppl Who Turn Lies Into Reality” comes out in 1 mo. It has the story of the machine that went after us in a new epilogue.(Invisiblerulers.com) Media folks, pls cover this loss for AFL. I’m very happy to talk ab it. The public needs to understand these attacks.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · last mo.

Today we beat Stephen Miller’s lawsuit mill in court! For 3 years I’ve been a defendant in a case filed by America First Legal on behalf of Gateway Pundit & a random antivaxxer we’d never heard of until she sued us. The plaintiffs claimed we “censored” them. It was a lie. They just lost.

Case 3:23-cv-00571-TAD-KDM Document 219 5979 Filed 07/01/26 Page 1 of 23 PagelD #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION JILL HINES ET AL VERSUS ALEX STAMOS ET AL CASE NO. 3:23-CV-00571 JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY MEMORANDUM RULING Before the Court is a Renewed Joint Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter and Personal Jurisdiction [Doc. No. 191] filed by Defendants, Alex Stamos, Renée DiResta, the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, the Leland Stanford Junior University, Kate Starbird, Graphika, Camille François, the Atlantic Council, and Graham Brookie (collectively, "Defendants"). Plaintiffs, Jill Hines ("Hines") and Jim Hoft ("Hoft") (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), filed an Opposition [Doc. No. 207]. Defendants then filed a Reply [Doc. No. 209]. For the reasons set forth, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND This case is before the Court on limited remand to determine jurisdiction. Hines v. Stamos, 111 F.4th 551 (5th Cir. 2024); see also [Doc. No. 112]. On May 2,
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

MS NOW put together a supercut of Lutnick, Bessent, and Hassett continually moving the goalposts and always saying that some future quarter will have spectacular economic growth

Association Anticor@anticor.bsky.social · last mo.

#AffaireBardella - Anticor va demander qu’un juge d’instruction enquête sur Jordan Bardella. « Il serait inacceptable que des responsables publics de premier plan aient cherché à tromper la justice pour dissimuler le possible détournement de l’argent des contribuables français. » #AnticorAgit

L’association Anticor soupçonne Bardella de détournement de fonds publics

L’association de lutte contre la corruption Anticor a porté plainte contre Jordan Bardella, président du Rassemblement national. Elle le soupçonne d’avoir occupé un emploi fictif d’assistant parlement...

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Antton Rouget@anttonrouget.bsky.social · last mo.

Alors qu’il travaillait au lancement de sa chaîne « Livre noir » (devenu « Frontières »), l’activiste d’extrême droite Erik Tegner a été payé par un lobby hongrois 🇭🇺 pro-Orban pour influencer le débat public en France. Le contrat (4.200€ par mois) est publié sur @streetpress.bsky.social👇

Le contrat qui prouve qu’Erik Tegnér agissait comme un agent d'influence du pouvoir hongrois

StreetPress a obtenu le contrat d’Erik Tegnér, directeur du média d’extrême droite Frontières, avec le Danube Institute. Pour 4.200 euros par mois, il devait aider à promouvoir les discours d’Orbán en...

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