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Analysis of online discourse around 2026 FIFA World Cup boycott calls across major social media platforms, examining key narratives, amplification patterns, and geopolitical context.

graphika.com

Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal

We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.

washingtonpost.com

Cheap Tricks

AI tools have accelerated the speed and scale of influence operations, but their content remains low-quality and has limited organic impact.

graphika.com

Graphika In The News: Talking Romance Scams With Cyber From The Frontlines

Graphika Senior Investigator Léa Ronzaud discussed romance scams and online fraud with the Cyber from the Frontlines podcast, including highlights from Graphika's report Looking For Love On All The Wr...

graphika.com

False alarm, real scam: how scammers are stealing older adults’ life savings

Reports to the FTC show a growing wave of scams aimed squarely at retirees’ life savings. These scammers pretend to be from known and trusted government agencies and businesses.

ftc.gov

Imposter scams cost older adults $700 million in 2024, FTC finds: Some victims are ‘clearing out' their 401(k)s

Americans age 60 and older are increasingly reporting being victims of imposter scams, sometimes losing their life savings.

cnbc.com

‘This is coming for everyone’: A new kind of AI bot takes over the web

As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI chatbots.

washingtonpost.com

Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle

The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.

occrp.org

FBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network '764' that preys on teens, top official says

The FBI has more than 250 investigations underway into the network of violent predators known as "764," FBI Assistant Director David Scott says in an exclusive interview.

abcnews.go.com

How we identified a North Korean hacker who tried to get a job at Kraken

Cybersecurity isn’t just a priority for Kraken, it’s part of our origin story and embedded into our DNA.

blog.kraken.com

Leaders of 764 Arrested and Charged for Operating Global Child Exploitation Enterprise

Leonidas Varagiannis, also known as “War,” 21, a citizen of the United States residing in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Prasan Nepal, also known as “Trippy,” 20, of North Carolina, were arrested and charg...

justice.gov

Chart a course with PwC’s Cyber Threats 2024: A Year in Retrospect

Dive into PwC’s Cyber Threats 2024: A Year in Retrospect for knowledge to help you navigate the shifting tides of cyber threats in 2025 and beyond.

pwc.com

When Hoaxes Make the Headlines: The Spread of ‘National Rape Day’ on TikTok

In April 2024, TikTok's failure to address the spread of the debunked ‘National Rape Day’ hoax highlighted gaps in its content moderation.

isdglobal.org

Detecting and Countering Malicious Uses of Claude

Detecting and Countering Malicious Uses of Claude

anthropic.com

Via porn, gore and ultra-violence, extremist groups are sinking hooks online into the very young

Counterterrorism agencies are grappling with a new generation of young people who are consuming ultraviolent content produced by extremist groups and their supporters.

apnews.com

Risks to children playing Roblox ‘deeply disturbing’, say researchers

Exclusive: Gaming platform accused of ‘troubling disconnect between child-friendly appearance and reality’

theguardian.com

BBC Verify: Earthquake video proven fake gets millions of views

BBC Verify: Earthquake video proven fake gets millions of views

bbc.co.uk

The "think" tool: Enabling Claude to stop and think

A blog post for developers, describing a new method for complex tool-use situations

anthropic.com

3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats

The 3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats maps out the digital infrastructure deployed by foreign actors, mainly by Russia, but also by China, to manipula...

eeas.europa.eu

Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections

With case studies also by: Laura Zommer and Kian Vesteinsson Introduction AI avatars delivered independent news about Venezuela’s contested election, allowing journalists to protect their identity and...

cdt.org

CPJ leads joint letter to Egyptian president urging release of writer Alaa Abdelfattah - Committee to Protect Journalists

In a joint letter led by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 50 prominent human rights leaders, Nobel Prize laureates, writers, and public figures have called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-S...

cpj.org

How to consume information in times of conflict

Unverified information can exacerbate conflicts. Recognizing and scrutinizing it should become reflexive for all of us

dfrlab.org