Marie Lamensch
@marielamensch.bsky.social
Intl' affairs, human rights, global security, digital authoritarianism and emerging technologies expert/consultant. CIGI, Chaire Raoul Dandurand, and founder of upcoming Montreal Institute for Global Security.
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Can Canada Build a Smarter Military? Ukraine’s Innovation Shows the Way
Ukraine’s success with low-cost drone warfare shows how tech and agility can offset scale. Canada must decide if it’s ready to adapt or fall behind.
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My latest article for CIGI on what Canada can learn from the war in #Ukraine as it invests heavily in defence.
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« Accepter de perdre ses enfants » : qui est Fabien Mandon, le chef d’état-major des armées qui a créé la polémique
« Accepter de perdre ses enfants » : qui est Fabien Mandon, le chef d’état-major des armées qui a créé la polémique
La France doit « accepter de perdre [ses] enfants ». Prononcés le 18 novembre lors d’une intervention au congrès des maires de France, ces mots du général français ont suscité une vive émotion.
www.lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
« Accepter de perdre ses enfants » : qui est Fabien Mandon, le chef d’état-major des armées qui a créé la polémique
“A rational response to all of this would be for people to log off.” @cwarzel.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“A rational response to all of this would be for people to log off.” @cwarzel.bsky.social
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« We call that the internationalization of civil war. And that’s a feature of the modern global political and military landscape. »
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One of the Worst Humanitarian Crises in History Is Happening Right Now. Hardly Anyone Is Watching.
And things are only going to get worse as U.S. aid lags.
slate.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
« We call that the internationalization of civil war. And that’s a feature of the modern global political and military landscape. »
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“Yesterday’s meeting was a grim update on the political changes in the two leaders’ respective countries.”
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Trump’s Self-Damning Response to a Legitimate Question
The president scolded a reporter for “embarrassing” Mohammed bin Salman. But MBS seemed less aggrieved than Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Yesterday’s meeting was a grim update on the political changes in the two leaders’ respective countries.”
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“To call for the recognition of a new fundamental right, or even for the enhancement of existing human rights is, at the moment, a countercultural move.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains
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November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“To call for the recognition of a new fundamental right, or even for the enhancement of existing human rights is, at the moment, a countercultural move.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
Guerre en Ukraine : des deepfakes de soldats ukrainiens refusant de combattre inondent les réseaux sociaux
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Guerre en Ukraine : des deepfakes de soldats ukrainiens refusant de combattre inondent les réseaux sociaux
usbeketrica.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Guerre en Ukraine : des deepfakes de soldats ukrainiens refusant de combattre inondent les réseaux sociaux
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By comparing more than 700 government videos, an investigation concludes that the Kremlin has lied hundreds of times about the president's location in recent years.
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Spot The Difference: How A Door Handle Exposed Putin’s Secret Offices
An RFE/RL investigation has discovered that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses three nearly identical offices in different parts of Russia and that the Kremlin has repeatedly misled the public abou...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
By comparing more than 700 government videos, an investigation concludes that the Kremlin has lied hundreds of times about the president's location in recent years.
www.rferl.org/a/putin-secr...
www.rferl.org/a/putin-secr...
tech endangers women example 100000+
AI-generated clips of women being strangled are flooding social media
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AI-generated clips of women being strangled are flooding social media
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
tech endangers women example 100000+
AI-generated clips of women being strangled are flooding social media
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AI-generated clips of women being strangled are flooding social media
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608,082: the number of people – mostly children – who have lost their lives as a result of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio eliminating most of the programs of USAID
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
608,082: the number of people – mostly children – who have lost their lives as a result of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio eliminating most of the programs of USAID
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The conflict-driven famine in Sudan, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is both under-acknowledged and underfunded. Mass violence, mass displacement, and disease. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Millions pushed to ‘brink of survival’ in Sudan
Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential services have driven millions of people in Sudan to the “brink of survival” – with women and...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The conflict-driven famine in Sudan, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is both under-acknowledged and underfunded. Mass violence, mass displacement, and disease. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The woman who alleges she was sexually abused by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has been targeted by private intelligence firms as part of a covert operation said to have taken place on behalf of Qatar.
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Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The woman who alleges she was sexually abused by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has been targeted by private intelligence firms as part of a covert operation said to have taken place on behalf of Qatar.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
“At stake is more than just Saudi Arabia’s ability to transform its economy from that of a petrol state. Prince Mohammed wants to use A.I. to wield the same influence that his kingdom has enjoyed from oil.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Saudi Arabia’s New Power Play Is Exporting A.I. to the World
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November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
“At stake is more than just Saudi Arabia’s ability to transform its economy from that of a petrol state. Prince Mohammed wants to use A.I. to wield the same influence that his kingdom has enjoyed from oil.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
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Keeping Taiwan’s Internet Free: Inside the Open Culture Foundation’s Fight for Transparency and Rights
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Keeping Taiwan’s Internet Free: Inside the Open Culture Foundation’s Fight for Transparency and Rights | New Bloom Magazine
Taiwan’s democracy is increasingly defined by what happens online. As cyberattacks, surveillance, and opaque data practices test the boundaries of digital freedom, the Open Culture Foundation (OCF)…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Keeping Taiwan’s Internet Free: Inside the Open Culture Foundation’s Fight for Transparency and Rights
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Shein est vraiment le pire de la surconsommation et du capitalisme à l’extrême
Après l’apparition de poupées à caractère pédopornographique sur le site de Shein, la haut-commissaire à l’enfance veut convoquer les géants de l’e-commerce
Après l’apparition de poupées à caractère pédopornographique sur le site de Shein, la haut-commissaire à l’enfance veut convoquer les géants de l’e-commerce
Alors que la plateforme de vente en ligne a assuré avoir retiré de la vente ces objets, Sarah El-Haïry souhaite remonter jusqu’aux fournisseurs et identifier les acheteurs de ces poupées en France.
www.lemonde.fr
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Shein est vraiment le pire de la surconsommation et du capitalisme à l’extrême
The genocide very very few people are talking about
Sudan’s RSF militia took over the last major government-held city in Darfur this week in a battle that humanitarian groups said involved widespread killing of civilians
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
Sudan’s RSF militia took over the last major government-held city in Darfur this week in a battle that humanitarian groups said involved widespread killing of civilians
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
A Dramatic Shift in Sudan’s Brutal Civil War
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October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The genocide very very few people are talking about
Sudan’s RSF militia took over the last major government-held city in Darfur this week in a battle that humanitarian groups said involved widespread killing of civilians
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
Sudan’s RSF militia took over the last major government-held city in Darfur this week in a battle that humanitarian groups said involved widespread killing of civilians
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
“To call this a negotiation is to use the wrong word. This is top-down economic policy handed to allies via ultimatums.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Where is Canada’s leverage in trade talks with Trump?
Rising costs to American citizens and producers may eventually force Trump to relent on his tariffs
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“To call this a negotiation is to use the wrong word. This is top-down economic policy handed to allies via ultimatums.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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In today's email from Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign they link to multiple fake videos about the International Fund for Public Interest Media's October 29th - 30th conference, which has got them upset for some reason informationdemocracy.org/2025/09/16/h...
High-level International Conference on Information Integrity and Independent Media Announced to Convene Global Leaders at the 2025 Paris Peace Forum - Forum Information & Democracy
16 September, Paris: Announced last week, a high-level international conference organised by the International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM) and the Forum for Information and Democracy (FID),...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In today's email from Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign they link to multiple fake videos about the International Fund for Public Interest Media's October 29th - 30th conference, which has got them upset for some reason informationdemocracy.org/2025/09/16/h...
« American culture is no longer synonymous with the aspiration to freedom, but with transactionalism and secrecy: the algorithms that mysteriously determine what you see, the money collected by anonymous billionaires (…) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
« American culture is no longer synonymous with the aspiration to freedom, but with transactionalism and secrecy: the algorithms that mysteriously determine what you see, the money collected by anonymous billionaires (…) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
German police will be allowed to shoot down drones under new legislation aimed at increasing safety after a spate of sightings across Europe.
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Germany draws up law to allow police to shoot down drones
Cabinet agrees draft legislation after spate of sightings, including over Munich airport
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
German police will be allowed to shoot down drones under new legislation aimed at increasing safety after a spate of sightings across Europe.
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Russian hackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence and adopting new tactics in cyberattacks against Ukraine as Kyiv’s defenses grow stronger
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Russian hackers turn to AI as old tactics fail, Ukrainian CERT says
Russian hackers are now using AI not only to write phishing messages but also to generate malicious code itself.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Russian hackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence and adopting new tactics in cyberattacks against Ukraine as Kyiv’s defenses grow stronger
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China’s censors are moving to punish bloggers and influencers whose weary posts are resonating widely in a country where optimism is fraying. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
China Punishes ‘Excessively Pessimistic’ Social Media Users
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October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
China’s censors are moving to punish bloggers and influencers whose weary posts are resonating widely in a country where optimism is fraying. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
Russia is behind a campaign of cyberattacks, sabotage and provocation across Europe, according to the president of the European Commission.
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Russia is at ‘hybrid war’ with Europe, warns EU chief, calling for members ‘to take it very seriously’
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen urged the EU to “urgently equip itself with a strategic capacity to respond” to Russian hybrid warfare.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Russia is behind a campaign of cyberattacks, sabotage and provocation across Europe, according to the president of the European Commission.
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I'm finally looking forward to Russia's disinformation campaign no longer emailing us endless fake news videos about Moldova and Maia Sandu. Guess they won't be getting their bonuses
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Pro-EU party in Moldova set to win vote mired in claims of Russian interference
The election was seen as critical for Moldova's EU path, and President Maia Sandu warned the country's future was in danger.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I'm finally looking forward to Russia's disinformation campaign no longer emailing us endless fake news videos about Moldova and Maia Sandu. Guess they won't be getting their bonuses
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Nulle part au monde peut-on croiser le nouveau président syrien, la reine de Belgique, des princes saoudiens, le président brésilien et le premier ministre canadien sur un même étage. Chacun se promène avec son entourage.“ @laura-julie.bsky.social
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Assemblée générale des Nations unies | Une grande gorgée d’effervescence mondiale
Parlez-en aux résidants de Manhattan. Il y a peu d’évènements qui les énervent plus que l’ouverture de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies. Pendant une semaine, alors qu’un immense dispositif de sé...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Nulle part au monde peut-on croiser le nouveau président syrien, la reine de Belgique, des princes saoudiens, le président brésilien et le premier ministre canadien sur un même étage. Chacun se promène avec son entourage.“ @laura-julie.bsky.social
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