“So what?” Richard Martin, a US-based pan-Africanist, shot back on LinkedIn, dismissing another user who dared to call a trending speech of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, by its real name: a deepfake. It was the kind of fiery anti-imperialist speech delivered by Muammar Gaddafi at the United Nations in 2009. “You ask, … The post The Deepfakes Moving Africa Carry European Fingerprints appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
THREAT INTELLIGENCE REPORTSubject: Coordinated Disinformation Surge Regarding Donald Trump’s Health StatusDate Range: August 27–30, 2025Report Date: August 30, 2025Prepared by: DisinfoTracker …| Krypt3ia
“This story is demented and broken on so many levels (…) An excellent Wikipedia administrator [Linda Mack] has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists.” Jimmy Wales Wikipedia co-founder (July 26 2007) July 26, 2025 — On July 26, 2007, I … Continue reading →| Intel Today
Trump’s Alaska summit was more than diplomatic theater, it exposed how authoritarians weaponize our collective amnesia to reshape narratives and seize control The post The Alaska Spectacle and the War on Memory appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
On July 22nd, Health & Medicine’s Senior Policy Analyst, Mayra Diaz, delivered remarks to Chicago’s City Council at a hearing for the Committee on Health and Human Relations. The hearing […] The post Senior Policy Analyst Mayra Diaz delivers testimony on disinformation and underinvestment in public health appeared first on Health & Medicine Policy Research Group.| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
The conservative right has been on a crusade to purge the teaching of critical race theory and aspects of U.S. history that reflect negatively on the country’s past and, hence, might encourage critical thinking about the present. Most academic historians teaching in the Ivy League and at other institutions of higher education are indeed liberals […] The post As Students Go Back to School, What Pivotal Aspects of U.S. History—Including CIA History—Will Not Be Taught? first appeared on ...| CovertAction Magazine
Discover the 17 most dangerous types of social cyberattacks—like deepfakes, phishing, and AI-generated misinformation—and how we can stop them.| Blue Headline
The terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India, on 22 April 2025 marked a tragic moment in the country’s history. The attack killed 26 people and responsibility was claimed by an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir, The Resistance Front (TRF). As official ground-level investigations unfolded, a parallel conflict was already ensuing online. Messaging and social media platforms, particularly Telegram, WhatsApp, and X, […]| GNET
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The post Laser Talk: Fossil Fuel Industry Funded Climate Disinformation for Decades appeared first on Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada.| Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
“Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy.”CIA Director John Ratcliffe (July 2, 2025) July 6, 2025 — This week, the CIA concluded a critical … Continue reading →| Intel Today
An investigation reveals how the influential Dutch group GAMAAN uses flawed polling methods and collaborates with U.S.-funded organizations pushing regime change—while distorting Western perceptions of Iran. The post GAMAAN: The Polling Op That’s Gaslighting the West About Iran appeared first on MintPress News.| MintPress News
For as long as Meta’s ad review process allows these health products to run ads, false claims will continue to reach Facebook users way faster before fact checkers can spot and debunk them| RAPPLER
"Blocking Russian disinformation channels alone will not significantly shape public opinion, but that is not how we think. Since we are at war with Russia, we are targeting the operations that Russia is spending resources on," the manager of the Ukrainian project Break the Fake told Átlátszó. Source| English
Unprecedented “binary” horse race no longer in place [Ottawa – June 24, 2025] Three months after securing a fourth mandate, the Liberals are still riding high, holding steady at 43.2 points. Meanwh…| EKOS Politics
Analysis of 3,634 automated accounts spreading pro-Russian propaganda on Telegram channels targeting Ukrainian populations in occupied territories.| DFRLab
Written by Sameer Patil. This article discusses how the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict unveiled a new chapter of cyber warfare and cognitive warfare. As the two nations exchanged conventional blo…| Taiwan Insight
Why a prominent speaker at a global conference on artificial intelligence was silenced The post AI, the UN and the performance of virtue appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
Several thousand people have shared a fabricated video in which the well-known doctor Ludmila Vīksna allegedly makes alarming claims about Covid vaccines. The video was created using artificial intelligence to attract buyers for an unregistered dietary supplement or miracle cure.| en.rebaltica.lv
Ryan's testimony at International Grand Chamber: RTB data breach enables disinformation. Enforcers can be sued.| Dr Johnny Ryan FRHistS
Join Center for an Informed Public co-founder Kate Starbird for a discussion about her work understanding online rumors, misinformation and disinformation.| Center for an Informed Public
Fabricated claims about the United States operating biolabs in Armenia were spread through a coordinated campaign across Telegram, fringe sites, and social media.| DFRLab
Editor’s Note ur second issue of the year arrives at a difficult time for our school and nation. With over 3000 Americans dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic, a country recovering from the invasion of its capitol, and Stanford students once again prohibited from coming to campus, it is easy to despair on the [...] The post Stanford Politics Magazine: January 2021 appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
Is the Kremlin’s contested influence in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia a sign of its waning relevance? The post Resisting the Authoritarian Playbook in the South Caucasus appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
Trusted organizations and resources offering accurate information, tools for preparedness, and community defense strategies. The post Los Angeles Immigration Resources and Calls to Action appeared first on The Revolutionary Love Project.| The Revolutionary Love Project
Several thousand people have shared a fabricated video in which the well-known doctor Ludmila Vīksna allegedly makes alarming claims about Covid vaccines. The video was created using artificial intelligence to attract buyers for an unregistered dietary supplement or miracle cure.| en.rebaltica.lv
The potential for harm entrenched in mis- and disinformation content, regardless of intentionality, opens space for a new analytical agenda to investigate the weaponization of identity-based features like gender, race, and ethnicity through the lens of violence. Therefore, we lay out the triangle of violence to support new studies aiming to investigate multimedia content, victims,| Misinformation Review
Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a transformative leap in artificial intelligence, capable of generating human-like text, synthesizing complex information, and engaging in contextual reasoning. These models are trained on vast datasets comprising books, articles, websites, and multimedia, enabling applications ranging from healthcare diagnostics to educational tools and customer service automation. However, their reliance on data-driven […] The post Data poisoning in LLMs is the invis...| Media Scope Group
The post THE INTERNET AS A PUBLIC PLACE: FRAMING THE DEBATE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA appeared first on АНАЛИ.| ANALI
[Ottawa – June 10, 2025] In our latest poll, we examine a the post-election rebound in national confidence, unity, and trust, as well as the lasting impacts of polarization and disinformation.| EKOS Politics
The original version of fake news was called propaganda — originally a means of disseminating the Catholic religion, then from about 1914, a news item meant to promote a political point of view. Pr…| Dowsing for Divinity
An analysis of over 100,000 posts on X reveals Grok's inaccurate and conflicting verifications in responses regarding the Israel-Iran war The post Grok struggles with fact-checking amid Israel-Iran war appeared first on DFRLab.| DFRLab
Even after removal and debunking, the video’s claims gained traction via high-profile accounts. The post Deepfake video of Canadian Prime Minister reaches millions on TikTok, X appeared first on DFRLab.| DFRLab
US-designated terrorist organization ELN oversees a vast digital operation that promotes pro-Kremlin and anti-US content The post Kremlin-affiliated outlets find digital ally in Colombia’s oldest guerrilla group appeared first on DFRLab.| DFRLab
It’s amazing how creative these editors get when they need to publicly exonerate Israel and its western allies of their crimes. Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin's Newsletter The New York Times has just published one of| Consortium News
L’idée d’une éducation aux médias « by design », c’est-à-dire dès leur conception De l’aveu de Maja Cappello, coordinatrice d’IRIS et responsable du département Informations juridiques de l’Observatoire européen de l’audiovisuel, « même pour les experts en médias, il devient de plus en plus facile de se noyer dans une mer de contenus et d’informations, […] L’article L’éducation aux médias et l’autonomisation des utilisateurs est apparu en premier sur La...| La revue européenne des médias et du numérique
In this powerful episode, Rod Berger engages with historian Julien Reitzenstein to unpack the modern resurgence of fascism worldwide.| Fair Observer
By Vincent DiFonzo ’25, Managing Editor Russia Today is an English-language Russian state-owned media outlet widely known for its biased reporting and spread of misinformation in order to def…| Ike's Anvil
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” is something I would say at the risk of alienating the younger readership of this blog, but given that most of us are old here, it should be fine. I have been busy working on Russian Neo-Nazis, so I almost forgot that back […]| The Duck of Minerva
Platform enforcement gaps, AI-generated spam, and foreign interference concerns converged during high-stakes political contest.| DFRLab
The person Obama appointed to censure so-called "disinformation" had a record of spreading disinformation of his own. The post The Leftist Who Wants to Government to Propagandize Spread His Own Anti-Constitution Propaganda first appeared on Independence Institute. The post The Leftist Who Wants to Government to Propagandize Spread His Own Anti-Constitution Propaganda appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
The Pravda Dashboard reveals how Russia's global network circumvents sanctions on prohibited content.| DFRLab
A sustained, coordinated social media harassment and doxxing campaign – which we codenamed JUICYJAM – targeting the pro-democracy movement in Thailand has run uninterrupted, and unchallenged, since at least August 2020. Through our analysis of public social media posts we determined that the campaign was not only inauthentic, but the information revealed could not have been reasonably sourced from a private individual.| The Citizen Lab
How do you create an empowering, collaborative therapist-patient relationship? Gender therapist Dara Hoffman-Fox offers tips for both sides.| genderqueer.me
When considering hormones, there can be high variability in terms of individual goals, bodies, needs, risks, and reactions. I get a lot of questions from readers that I can't always answer, so I reached out to Dr Kevin Hatfield for insight.| genderqueer.me
Charlie takes the stage at Stanford MedX conference on Sunday Sept 17th at 12pm PST to talk about trans health research. Watch the live stream online.| genderqueer.me
If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted, it is how digital misinformation can severely impact public discourse and decision-making. It| European Science-Media Hub
The Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (CITIC) at the University of A Coruña will host the event from April 21 to 25, aiming to provide participants with an expert, realistic, and comprehensive understanding of the competency needs in the field of hybrid technologies research.| HYBRIDS
In an opinion piece in the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Noura Aljizawi, senior researcher at The Citizen Lab, sheds light on the growing threat of| The Citizen Lab
The Assault on Science – Responding to Disinformation.| Muskoka Watershed Council
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an organization of evangelical Christians who are degreed scientists and who gather to discuss how their science and their faith interact. The 2024 annual meeting of the ASA was held in late July on … Continue reading →| Letters to Creationists
As part of MSCA’s policy feedback series, this event fosters a dialogue between researchers, EU policymakers, practitioners, and civil society organizations to address emerging challenges and opportunities in the realm of digital democracy and disinformation. HYBRIDS was identified as a good practice project of high relevance for the event, particularly for its contributions to tackling disinformation and supporting democratic participation through interdisciplinary research. | HYBRIDS
Our soundbites are our digital drugs. The post Facts, Soundbites, Disinfo: Who Decides What’s Real? appeared first on Tessa Fights Robots.| Tessa Fights Robots
There is no doubt science is currently suffering from a credibility crisis. This thought-provoking book argues that, ironically, science’s credibility is being undermined by tools created by scientists themselves. Scientific disinformation and damaging conspiracy theories are rife because of the internet that science created, the scientific demand for empirical evidence and statistical significance leads to data torturing and confirmation bias, Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
Science fascinates us as children and challenges us as adults, a 33-year study by University of Michigan researchers reveals.| University of Michigan News
Advancements in AI technology, and the changing “information environment” undoubtedly influenced how voters made decisions.| Colorado Newsline
A movement originating in Ukraine has been spreading globally to systematically deliver climate disinformation under the guise of climate change awareness. Although its main premise — the world ending in 2036 — may seem fringe, its proponents recently secured an audience with Pope Francis and engaged a registered lobbyist to work on their behalf in the US.| Context.ro
The event will be divided into two main thematic blocks: “Threats to Democracy and Analysis of Public Discourse” (October 22-23), and “Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation” (October 24-25). | HYBRIDS
With early voting ongoing, local officials say they are fighting a losing battle against fast-moving social media rumors.| Source New Mexico
Officials said they’ve put in place multiple new procedures specifically to deal with claims of election malfeasance and fraud from local voters.| CyberScoop
The judge called Tina Peters “a charlatan” after she gave a rambling defense of her actions.| CyberScoop
U.S. officials said they expect Russia, Iran and China to increase the cadence of influence operations targeting voters over the final two months of this election cycle.| CyberScoop
The U.S. government announced indictments, seizures and sanctions against individuals they say were associated with a propaganda campaign targeting the 2024 election.| CyberScoop
The increased use of deepfakes has raised questions around the responsibilities of social media platforms in identifying this content.| Interhacktives
As Biden cracks down on Russian interference in our elections, a look at what the Pentagon has been doing overseas.| Truthdig
Zuckerberg’s letter is a reminder that there is no infallible authority protecting people from believing potentially dangerous falsehoods. It affirms that on social media, truth is in the eye of the beholder.| The Baylor Lariat - The official student news source
Starmer said ‘violent disorder was clearly whipped up online’ after days of riots over the killing of three children.| POLITICO
By Raluca Tomoni, CiTIUS-USC Last week, Pablo Gamallo, the HYBRIDS project’s coordinator, had the honor of presenting the initiative to Spain’s Minister for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service, José Luis Escrivá. The presentation took place during the minister’s visit to CiTIUS (Centro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Intelixentes) at the University of Santiago de […]| HYBRIDS
By María Fernanda Romain, Newtral After one week of intense workshops, lectures, and exchanges among doctoral candidates, the HYBRIDS network concluded successfully the Second Joint Research Seminar in Evora, Portugal. “It was very productive and very interesting being here altogether,” expressed Erik Bran Marino, a doctoral candidate from the network. During these days, the students […]| HYBRIDS
By Irene Larraz, Newtral The event will take place from April 9th to 11th, and will explore the new methodologies in hybrid intelligence fundamentals to combat disinformation. Next week the Universidade de Évora will host the Hybrid Intelligence Foundations, an event that will delve into research methods, technologies, and approaches related to the foundations of […]| HYBRIDS
By Irene Larraz, Newtral Scheduled from April 8th to 11th, this event will delve into the methods, techniques, and research approaches related to Hybrid Intelligence Foundations, including presenting the doctoral consortium’s preliminary deliverables and thesis proposals. The HYBRIDS Project opens the registration for the Second Joint Research Seminar (JRS II). This event aims to provide […]| HYBRIDS
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By Irene Larraz, Newtral The University of Santiago de Compostela will be the venue for the initial gatherings between supervisors and doctoral candidates who will conduct research in the field of hybrid artificial intelligence The HYBRIDS project, which aims to equip researchers with the knowledge and tools necessary to tackle the challenges of hybrid artificial […]| HYBRIDS
By Maria Campins, Newtral Rubén Míguez is the Chief Technology Officer at Newtral Media Audiovisual (Spain) and member of HYBRIDS. He has been working at Newtral since 2018, and he is the leader of a team that has developed solutions based on artificial intelligence for the automation of fact-checking and fighting disinformation. Within this field, […]| HYBRIDS
As Biden cracks down on Russian interference in our elections, a look at what the Pentagon has been doing overseas| Responsible Statecraft
HUNDREDS of secret reports show how @DHSgov’s @CISAgov, The GEC (@StateDept), @Stanford and others worked together to censor AMERICANS before the 2020 election, including true information, jokes, and opinions. The post Rep. Jim Jordan Report: THE WEAPONIZATION OF “DISINFORMATION” appeared first on Broken Truth.| Broken Truth
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBrL-mdowY| Underground Tradecraft
So now we have Eurocrats intervening in the US presidential elections… more blatantly than any dictators previously did… The European Union puffs and lies: “there are no conspiracies, just disinfor…| Patrice Ayme's Thoughts
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of Defense ran a secret psychological operation on multiple social media platforms, aimed at undermining Chinese-manufactured vaccines against COVID-19. The controversi…| intelNews.org
By Rylie Oswald John Kenneth White, author of Grand Old Unraveling, talks about combating political conspiracy theories during election season in a Author John Kenneth White talks about combatting conspiracy theories in a digital age.| University Press of Kansas
Do you check the reliability of your sources?| Insight
What has happened, who is behind the violence and how the U.K. government has responded.| POLITICO
Sen. Mark Warner said influence operations are easy and cheap, and their social media audience is more willing to believe them.| CyberScoop
On June 21, 2024, Frank Graves was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Carleton University in recognition of a distinguished career in public opinion and policy research and o…| EKOS Politics
In an era where global elections are under increasing scrutiny, safeguarding the integrity of our electoral processes has never been more vital. Election interference, a pressing issue in recent years, threatens the very foundations of democracy. By understanding and preparing for these threats, we can ensure fair and transparent elections. This post explores the impact […] The post Fortifying Elections: Understanding and Preparing for Interference appeared first on Conducttr Blog.| Conducttr Blog
“In 2016, the CIA memorial wall had 111 stars, each representing an agent’s death. By the end of Trump’s term, there were 135 stars on the wall, a huge 22% increase. 24 dead agent…| Intel Today
For some time now, I’ve been following the work of Nathan J. Robinson, the founder and editor of Current Affairs, a journal that provides some of the most solid and thorough discussion of cur…| The Propaganda Professor
There’s no question that disinformation, propaganda, and manipulation threaten the election process. The increased transition of societies to online interactions induces those vulnerabilities. Technical developments like generative AI content and the ability to reach wide audiences only help in the creation of digital propaganda. Fortunately, we are not exactly| Security, Privacy & Tech Inquiries
The New York Times reported on the emergence of several fake news sites with Russian ties, such as D.C. Weekly and the Miami Chronicle, aimed at disseminating Kremlin propaganda within the U.S. The…| Krypt3ia
Over the years we have established contacts with some other web sites and their owners who are friendly to our work and goals. In specific, during the past two years, we have developed a mutually supporting relationship with the owner of the montalk.net site. When we began researching the issue of Organic Portals, the owner was […]| Cassiopaea
Written by You-Hao Lai. Taiwan’s civil society played a critical role in countering disinformation during the 2024 election. This article details civil groups’ ongoing efforts in protec…| Taiwan Insight
During last week’s National Press Club Debate, Defence Minister Peter Dutton was determined to keep afloat false claims that Labor had done a back-door deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Citing Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s now defunct WeChat account as evidence of foreign interference, Dutton declared there was “no question at all” that the […] The post Ratcheting up a red line: How China is being used in the Australian election campaign appeared first on First Draft.| First Draft
A network of at least 123 websites operated from within the People’s Republic of China while posing as local news outlets in 30 countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, disseminates pro-Beijing disinformation and ad hominem attacks within much larger volumes of commercial press releases. We name this campaign PAPERWALL. We attribute the PAPERWALL campaign to Shenzhen Haimaiyunxiang Media Co., Ltd., aka Haimai, a PR firm in China based on digital infrastructure linkages between the ...| The Citizen Lab
Foreign Disinformation and COVID-19| The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foundation
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Visit iPredator to download 40 free Cyberstealth and online deception themed images by Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D.| iPredator - Cyberbullying, Cyberstalking, Cybercriminal Minds
