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Facta @facta.news · 14d

La combinazione di polarizzazione politica, fragilità istituzionale e frammentazione del sistema mediatico rende il Paese particolarmente vulnerabile a pressioni esterne e tentativi di manipolazione | @netosessa.bsky.social

Le interferenze russe che minacciano le elezioni in Moldavia | Facta

Il Cremlino ha escogitato vari metodi per diffondere propaganda pro-russa e fake news contro il governo filoeuropeo moldavo

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Nelly @nellyp.bsky.social · Jul 26

+ sur la désinformation genrée, (re)lire les travaux de @netosessa.bsky.social et Lucina Di Meco www.disinfo.eu/publications...

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Jun 26

Happy to be at the CFI Dialogues 2025 @eui-eu.bsky.social, discussing how to detect and expose #FIMI and build the EU’s capability and active #defense 🛡️🇪🇺✊

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · May 8

🚩 From Code of Practice to Code of (Mis)conduct?

“Between 2022 and 2025, platforms reduced the number of measures committed to in the #CoP by 31%.” The most affected areas are #factchecking, political #ads & measures to empower the #research community

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Apr 18

💬✍️ Viral videos on #TikTok falsely claim that 80% of luxury brands produce in 🇨🇳 urging users to buy directly from them.

👜💸 This seems a coordinated response to US tariffs and a way to relaunch China as a quality manufacturer

Tra guerra economica e diplomazia commerciale: il lusso nel mirino della propaganda “Made in China”

Da qualche giorno TikTok è invaso da video virali in cui fabbricanti cinesi dichiarano di voler smantellare il mercato del lusso. Negli ultimi giorni,

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Mar 21

✍️💬 In the era of #genAI, seeing is NOT believing anymore: between perception hacking & the liar’s dividend, AI-fueled #disinformation undermines our relationship with reality

Intelligenza artificiale: perché il nostro rapporto con la realtà è a rischio

Che stiamo vivendo una crescita senza precedenti dell’intelligenza artificiale (IA) è ormai dato per assodato. Le reazioni a questi sviluppi sono spesso

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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · Mar 17

🔎 An interesting brief by @cdteu.bsky.social on how platforms are handling their risk assessments under the #DSA 👇

CDT Europe @cdteu.org · Mar 17

📢 Excited to share our Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments under the EU Digital Services Act, in collaboration with the #DSA Civil Society Coordination Group!

Read about key trends, practices, gaps and recommendations for better future reports 👇🏻

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Civil Society Responds to DSA Risk Assessment Reports: An Initial Feedback Brief

The DSA Civil Society Coordination Group, in collaboration with the Recommender Systems Taskforce and People vs Big Tech, has released an initial analysis of the first Risk Assessment Reports submitte...

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Feb 24

✍️💬 #Climatechange #disinformation targeting the #GermanElections between denialism and delayism 🗳️⛈️

Un clima infame: la disinformazione climatica come strumento per destabilizzare l’Europa

E il grande inverno non ci fu – e se c’è stato siamo sopravvissuti. Una delle tematiche più strumentalizzate dalla disinformazione russa per creare

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The Verge @theverge.com · Feb 18

WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation

Facebook and Instagram already have the same designation.

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Feb 18

✍️💬 #Doppelganger actors continue to monetize via Meta ads @aiforensics.org @reset.tech @checkfirst.network estimated almost half a million dollars in revenue in 2 years despite sanctions! 💵

La fabbrica dei fake: come Meta guadagna sulla disinformazione russa nonostante le sanzioni internazionali

È stata ribattezzata “la fabbrica dei fake”, la fuga di informazioni che ha portato alla diffusione di migliaia di file provenienti da Social Design

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Feb 17

Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’
When equal coverage leads to uneven results www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bot...

Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’

When equal coverage leads to uneven results

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Some Dare Call It Conspiracy Podcast @somedarepodcast.bsky.social · Feb 12

🚨Women -VS- Disinfo🚨

You really must listen to our interview with @netosessa.bsky.social of @disinfo.eu today

We discuss her role, current research on Identity-based Disinformation, Illuminati Scammers and a firsthand account of why media literacy matters

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Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: Identity Based Disinformation And Conspiracy Scammers with Maria Giovanna Sessa (EU DisinfoLab)

Welcome to "Some Dare Call It Conspiracy," where we delve into the fascinating world of conspiracy theories and disinformation. In this episode, we're joined by the insightful Maria Giovanna Sessa,...

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · Feb 5

I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI

Brian Driscoll, the acting director of the FBI, sporting curly hair, a kinda rakish jazz dirtbag moustache and beard combo, a faintly amused look in his eyes and a wry "whaddaya gonna do" smirk

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Brent Lee @brentlee.bsky.social · Feb 5

Next week we'll be releasing another incredible interview with the DisinfoLab's Research Manager: Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social

Early access to this interview is available now on Patreon!

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*EARLY* Interview with Maria Giovanna Sessa (EU DisinfoLab) | Some Dare Call It Conspiracy

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Feb 4

✍️💬 Less than a month after the launch of #DeepSeek, doubts arise about declared costs, #AI training methods, data privacy, and #disinformation 🐋

DeepSeek(ret): dati ‘distillati’, ambiguità e propaganda cinese

Dalla data di lancio del 10 gennaio 2025, il nuovo chatbot DeepSeek-R1, prodotto dell’azienda cinese DeepSeek, non è di certo passato inosservato. Dopo i

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DG MEME @ecmemes.bsky.social · Jan 10

My favorite since Bolkestein Vs. Bolkenstein

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.

Here’s a recap of what’s happening:

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Madolyn Henderson @madolynhenderson.bsky.social · Jan 31

Severance is so good

Man: “Why are you a child?”
Kid: “Because of when I was born”

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vera.ai @vera-ai.bsky.social · Jan 30

veraAI partner @disinfo.eu / Ana Romero-Vicente (@anicanaca.bsky.social) authored a report entitled "Visual assessment of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour in disinformation campaigns". Editor: @netosessa.bsky.social. We provide a summary and the full publication here. www.veraai.eu/posts/report...

Report: Visual assessment of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour in disinformation campaigns

VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

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Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social · Jan 28

✍️💬 Somebody once told me: “Fascism is back, but it’s #technofascism, so let’s dance”

Trump 2.0: una coalizione divisa tra nazionalisti e tecno-oligarchi

“L’età d’oro d’America inizia ora” ha dichiarato Trump nel discorso inaugurale della quarantasettesima presidenza americana, con l’obiettivo di rendere

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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · Jan 14

The call for proposals for #Disinfo2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15–16 October, is now open!

Share your ideas, research, or insights on disinformation with a diverse community of experts – submit your proposal now to be part of our 2025 annual conference! 👇
www.disinfo.eu/conference

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Facta @facta.news · Jan 25

Elon Musk vuole arruolare le pagine “bomberiste” italiane nella propaganda trumpiana? Ad annunciarlo è stata Welcome to Favelas, pagina consacrata al degrado che sostiene di aver incontrato gli emissari di Musk. Ma la notizia va presa con le pinze.

Elon Musk vuole arruolare le pagine “bomberiste” italiane nella propaganda trumpiana? | Facta

Ad annunciarlo è stata Welcome to Favelas, pagina consacrata al degrado che sostiene di aver incontrato gli emissari di Musk. Ma la notizia va...

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Monika Bauerlein @monikab.bsky.social · Jan 24

A year ago we published this @motherjones.com cover. It was basically a preview of the Trump inauguration stage. Oligarchy is the deeper story behind the distractions, and everyone should have been covering it. But it's not too late. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Who Targets Me @whotargets.me · Jan 22

Aaaand TikTok removed themselves from the section of the EU Code of Practice covering political ads because they "don't allow them". 🤪

Who Targets Me @whotargets.me · Jan 19

Again, TikTok "bans" political ads, unless they're entirely free, in favour of the guy entering the White House tomorrow and shown to 170m people all at once.

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