Graphika’s new report, #Puppetmaster, is out today! In investigating the Chinese influence operation Spamouflage, report author and Graphika identified an entity generating inauthentic Facebook accounts used in a set of Spamouflage activity, primarily using the name Salva Store.

#PuppetMaster

In investigating the Chinese influence operation Spamouflage, we identified an entity generating inauthentic Facebook accounts used in a set of Spamouflage activity, primarily using the name Salva Sto...

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I spent the last few weeks analyzing a network of dating profiles featuring attractive senior women, wealthy singles, and niche romance communities. There’s just one problem. Most of the people in the images don’t exist. 🧵 A thread on our latest @graphika.com report:

Graphika’s new report, Fauxmantic Overtures, is out today. It uncovers synthetic dating profiles on social platforms funneling romance seekers into a Chinese-operated online scam. Social media users are being lured with AI-enhanced or -generated images and videos promoting fake dating candidates.

Fauxmantic Overtures: AI Dating Profiles Driving Romance Scam Networks

Graphika uncovers a network of AI-generated dating profiles funneling social media users to scam dating sites linked to Chinese-operated infrastructure, exposing risks to personal data and finances.

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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!

Graphika's @jeanleroux.bsky.social recently shared his insights on information integrity and elections at South African Human Rights Commission's Summit on Disinformation. Thank you to event organizers for featuring us alongside experts from @ciia-africa.bsky.social and @mediamatterza.bsky.social.

Ho ho ho ho...ld up a second, and wait before you click. 🎄🎅💰 Working with industry partners at Meta, we picked apart a few festive frauds in the hopes of making our online spaces a little bit safer. Report available in the link below:

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Working with industry partners at Meta, Graphika is joining a campaign to raise public awareness about online scams during the holidays. Our new report “Holiday Hoaxes Unwrapped” details scams targeting shoppers and internet users during the holiday season.

A must read from Forbidden Stories, confirming what many African IO researchers could only see the silhouette of: forbiddenstories.org/in-the-centr...

In the Central African Republic, a former propagandist lifts the veil on the inner workings of Russian disinformation

Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike offers evidence revealing, for the first time, the relentless influence exerted in his country by Russia.

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im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.

Here come the fake impersonator accounts. A trust and safety challenge will be dealing with making lists of politicians, figuring out what accounts are harmful impersonators versus satire, etc.

Checked in on how the lawsuit against Minnesota for its law banning certain "deep fake" content around elections was going and the plaintiff's counsel is alleging that an expert witness offered by the state cited an academic article that doesn't exist and that the citation may be an AI hallucination