🕒 Wed 16.30 - 18:00 w/ @libe.europarl.europa.eu & @afco.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️Democracy & Elections in the 🧠AI era, w/ - Sofia Calabrese @epd.eu - @ineswnarciso.bsky.social - Juliane Müller @internationalidea.bsky.social 📄Docs: link.europa.eu/tkV3pC 🔴Streaming: link.europa.eu/D3YptF 2/2

🔎 Hearing @ 16.30 w/ @libe.europarl.europa.eu & @euds.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️Democracy and Elections in the 🧠AI era 📝Manolis Kefalogiannis @eppgroup.bsky.social - Sofia Calabrese @epd.eu - @ineswnarciso.bsky.social l - Juliane Müller @internationalidea.bsky.social 3/4

At #Disinfo2025 learning that the Kremlin isn’t deconflicting its influence ops—so now it’s just Telegram bots arguing with each other in circles 🤣. Would love to see their OpenAI bill 👀 Great investigation by @jeanleroux.bsky.social and @learonzaud.bsky.social with some great #osint techniques!

In Ljiubliana for another #disinfo2025. Every year the conference becomes this beacon of hope that reunites the community for another year 🥰. I will be presenting today on #io investigations in messaging platforms, so come and say hi!

#Disinfo2025 is officially here! 🎉 We're kicking things off with an incredible lineup of panels and presentations you won't want to miss. 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐! 🙌✨

#Disinfo2025 is officially open! Thrilled to gather together with 600+ wonderful colleagues in this amazing space. Catch me on the "FIMI Defenders In Action" panel, Track 2, 16:15-17:00!

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Thought AI was taking over the world… Then Google Photos shows me pics of my ex from 2019. I have a new man, Google. Try to keep up.

Populists didn’t hack democracy; they exploited its blind spots. If we, as defenders of democracy want to assure its survival, we need to ask how those blind spots got so big. Hint: It’s not just the algorithms. Loving your book @dsquareddigest.bsky.social‬ press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Unaccountability Machine

Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes.   Passengers get bump...

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Deepfakes are crazy good these days. I just saw a video of Zuckerberg claiming: - he's "getting rid of fact-checkers" because they "censor" debate - he's "restoring free speech" on Facebook/Instagram - that "Europe is institutionalising censorship" Oh, wait...

542K views · 7K comments | It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on... | By Mark Zuckerbe...

It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on...

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Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️

#InfluenceOperations are going mainstream, and Hollywood is once again ahead in deploying intelligence TTPs (think Weinstein, Black Cube). #FIMI researchers can be 🔑 helping victims and journalists gathering forensics to map out the extent of orchestrating. Influence 4️⃣ hire is here.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint laying out an alleged campaign to tarnish her reputation after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.” A New York Times investigation shows how the fallout unfolded. nyti.ms/41G3a2u

📣 #Researchers, please use/share this opportunity: Join our training session with two #LinkedIn representatives who will share the platform's #DataAccess tools to support independent research under the #DSA! 📨 Apply by 9/1/2025 👉 Find out more about this session and our series: loom.ly/8uP1AMk

🇷🇴 & 🇪🇺 Blaming #TikTok exclusively for #disinformation is tempting but dangerous. Brussels should not oversimplify a systemic problem. Platforms are permeable by design—TikTok, Meta, X, and others are all vulnerable. A singular focus delays real, evidence-based action.

Just gave a #Ted on ‘Can ISIS teach us how to win the Disinformation War?’ Spoiler: It is not a war. Treating social issues like wars – think the War on Drugs / War on Terrorism – is not what worked. We need empathy, not battles. #TEDTalk #Disinformation #Digitaltolerance

Last chance to register for our free online training on Identity-based disinformation

EU DisinfoLab@disinfo.eu · 2y ago

🚨🚨 It's not too late!! 🚨🚨 Join us tomorrow to learn about #FIMI, #IBD and #OSINT at 14:30 CET!

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...

Research Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirst

Check First, with the help of Reset.tech, EU DisinfoLab and independent journalists Luiza Vasiliu and Victor Ilie publish the flash research note “Ads, Influence, and Democracy: Meta’s Role in Romania...

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Yes but a fanatic, obsessed person with an intention to harm will be stopped at the fact they have to use @archive.org 😂 or LinkedIn, or a Boolean Google search.

Joey Alison Sayers@joeyalison.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sucks that healthcare companies are removing webpages about their executives. If only there was some sort of online "machine" that could go "wayback" in time and see those pages.

Sucks that healthcare companies are removing webpages about their executives. If only there was some sort of online "machine" that could go "wayback" in time and see those pages.

Describe your life in 16 words (or less)

Cathleen Crudden@cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 2y ago

I saw this somewhere in Montreal... love it.

Morning thought: AI is set to supercharge hack & leak ops. Nothing to hide? 10k emails hacked at lunch, 50k docs analyzed by 2pm: your CEO ignored environmental laws in 2007, expensed family vacations in 2009. #FIMI and influence ops are getting faster, sharper—and far more dangerous.

Now that is something I did not see coming, AI: accurate weather forecasts 🌦️

Joana G Sa@joanagsa.bsky.social · 2y ago

E sai um Nobel da Física para a mesa Google? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I think LLM responses are missing a side bar with non genAI sources. Do you have a question on mental health? Here are some resources on mental health. Elections? This is the website of the local election authority.

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y ago

I honestly believe all LLM results should come with a disclaimer reminding people that the thing doesn’t (and absolutely cannot) know any facts or do any reasoning; it is simply designed to *sound* like it knows facts and frequently sweeps some up accidentally in the process.

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

This festive season I’m sharing a video every day for the next 24 days showing useful OSINT tools & techniques. Creating this OSINT Advent Series has been a lot of fun and I hope it’s helpful for the ever-growing OSINT community! 🎄👇

I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation Link here: science.org/doi/10.1126/... Summary in🧵🔽 1/

Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise. Welcome back boss ☀️

António Costa@antoniolscosta.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lisbon is my city. Portugal is my country. And Europe is our common home. Europe’s unity in diversity is remarkable. Rooted in the strength of our common, steadfast will. I will make it my daily mission to build this unity and cherish our natural diversity. #readytogether #euco

How do we respond to evolving disinformation threats and #FIMI campaigns? Our new response-impact framework goes beyond individual #countermeasures and assess the broader #impact of #responses 💡 How could this framework be applied to an IO such as #Doppelganger? ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/publications...

Beyond Disinformation Countermeasures: Building a Response-Impact Framework - EU DisinfoLab

How to effectively respond to disinformation threats and FIMI campaigns? The emphasis has been on exposure and raising awareness, but the focus is now shifting towards exploring better response strate...

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Very useful and timely guide to digital security for investigative journalists gijn.org/resource/int...

Introduction to Investigative Journalism: Digital Security

Digital security may seem a little daunting at first, but increased security will help investigative journalists build trust with — and protect — current and future sources.

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