I spoke with Aurélia Abdelbost at France 24 about the economic dimension of disinformation: incendiary content is the predictable outcome of a market system that optimizes for engagement. www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-...

Derrière les fake news aux millions de vues, un marché lucratif

Le débat public est parfois perturbé par des fausses informations diffusées sur les réseaux sociaux et qui prennent une ampleur considérable. Derrière ces contenus sensationnalistes se cachent réguliè...

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💡Everything you wanted to know about social media echo chambers, but were afraid to ask. Echo chambers are socio-technical engagement machines: provocative content ignites reactions, platforms/bots amplify them, and institutions stabilize the narrative for offline publics. doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Echo chamber dynamics on social media - Carlos Diaz Ruiz, 2026

Research on echo chambers has produced mixed support for the “echo chamber hypothesis,” partly because this complex phenomenon cannot be reduced to a single tes...

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🧵🧵Thread ahead 🧵🧵 “We're waging a 21st-century information warfare campaign against the left (…) Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it, and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.” www.foxnews.com/video/636897...

We're waging a 21st century 'information war' against the left: Watters | Fox News Video

‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss how the left is continuing to protest Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts nationwide.

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@theonion.com owns InfoWars, and I look forward to the perfect illustration of my work: disinformation meets online advertising and influencers. I love their quote (in the following post)

'A whole civilization will die tonight.' (Trump) Not even Hitler said that. I, for one, will never forget this one and will remember that Americans voted for this twice.

CNN: Meta & YouTube liable for social media addiction: Jury A new legal fact is that a jury found that these companies are responsible for making children addicted to their platforms. Yes, I know I am linking to the YouTube version. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPb...

Meta & YouTube liable for social media addiction: Jury

YouTube video by CNN

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Oh, @theonion.com . I am so glad you are back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Pz...

Epidemiologists Confirm First Airborne Transmission Of Mar-A-Lago Face

YouTube video by The Onion

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Yep, this adds up.

much like your posting@mlyp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Perfect

Last week, I spoke at a webinar on "Market-Oriented Disinformation and the Threat of Agentic Disinformation." It is about the emerging threat of agentic disinformation, including the risk of embedding current digital advertising (mal)practices in AI environments. www.iseas.edu.sg/media/event-...

The business model of enshitiffication: Offer a good service, make people dependent on it, and then make it shitty. As told with fantastic Norwegian humour www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

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Last week, I spoke at the event «Ignoring Antagonistic Information Threats: Cost and Evidence from Ukraine» at @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social. It focused on the Ukrainian experience in addressing disinformation and influence operations.

This song captures the soul of the version of America I have admired since I was a child. It is still out there, and this one touches its core. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Av...

Streets of Minneapolis

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic

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I will be speaking at a forum on disinformation and influence operations in the creator economy. The event will be hosted by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication at the Stockholm School of Economics. www.hhs.se/en/about-us/...

Attacks by Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Boogaloo Bois are down 100%. Meanwhile, attacks by ICE goons are up 100% Noone will ever know why.

I almost forgot what a good speech looks like. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered an impactful speech at the WEF. "You cannot 'live within the lie' of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination." www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvF...

FULL SPEECH: Canada’s PM Carney Says US-Led World Order Is Breaking at World Economic Forum | AC1G

YouTube video by DRM News

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This is not pathetic if you really think about it. Yes, the grovelling appears, at first, a cringe-worthy effort to become the president of a colonial vassal state, but in reality, she got a bag of MAGA memorabilia. I am sure the red hat is totally worth it. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/a...

Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support | CNN

When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize.

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And me, thinking all this time that conservatives loathe participation trophies. They used to say participation trophies were too woke because they undermine meritocracy and foster an Entitled Mindset. #participation_trophies

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC@mattnegrin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator

Less than 24 hours ago, the Trump administration framed a US citizen, a mother, as a terrorist who deserved to die in the hands of ICE. Today, he announced a land intervention in Mexico, and everyone who will die as a result will be presented as a narco-terrorist. time.com/7344918/trum...

Trump Says U.S. to Start ‘Hitting Land’ in Military Campaign Against Cartels

Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday, the President threatened land strikes, naming Mexico as a potential target, without elaboration.

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Turns out De Gaulle was right.

So, how is the US act of aggression against Venezuela any different from what Russia did in 2022?

Mr Brooks, maybe next time, disclose your links to Epstein before calling it a hoax? Even if Brooks attended only a few events, his failure to disclose his ties to Epstein constitutes a massive conflict of interest. He should not be a columnist at @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.

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There is a reason for Trump's & Co. disdain for Europe, and it is precisely the same that explains Putin and Xi's disdain for Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively. They hold a mirror that says: "We can be successful without you; democracy does not need autocrats." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right

Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’

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I can’t wait for Trump to pardon him. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...

Ex-D.E.A. Agent Charged With Agreeing to Launder Millions for Cartel

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15 Billion. Meta made 15 billion dollars through fraudulent ads and scams, and this is just from "ads for scams and banned goods." To date, no one knows how much money they make from Ad Fraud, which includes bots clicking on ads that humans do not see. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Thanks for preventing brain drain in the Global South, I guess. However, it is fascinating to see the US doing a speed-run to reduce its global dominance. If you were to dismantle the US soft power fast, you could do precisely this (plus ICE and tariffs). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

DeSantis urges Florida universities to stop hiring foreign visa workers

Governor tells universities to end use of H-1B visas, though legal experts say states lack authority over federal program

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I am delighted to find that my paper is the "most read" at the Journal of Marketing Management. "Disinformation and fake news as externalities of digital advertising: a close reading of sociotechnical imaginaries in programmatic advertising" by Carlos Diaz Ruiz. It is Open Access, so go ahead!

Did you know that Google removed its entire ad library of political advertising from 27 countries (7 years), just so that it would not need to comply with the European Union's regulation on transparency of political advertising? www.404media.co/google-ad-tr...

Google Just Removed Seven Years of Political Advertising History from 27 Countries

Ahead of the European Union's Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising, Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU.

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#CallsForPapers Special Issue on "The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict and Polarization." @jmmnews.bsky.social Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver, & James Pamment. #disinformation #fakenews #misinformation #adtech www.jmmnews.com/disinformati...

The Disinformation Economy - Journal of Marketing Management

JMM Special Issue: The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict, and Polarization. Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver & James Pamment

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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Maria Corina Machado "Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence." www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Your ads are funding this. Dear marketers and advertisers, every time you use your budgets to Google, Meta, TikTok, et al., you do not know and cannot know if your ads are funding this horrific content. It is not just TikTok. See below www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’

Despite platform’s limits on adult content, study finds it not only accessible but often suggested

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