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Colin Gerard
@colingerard.bsky.social
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Team Leader @viginum.bsky.social PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations Latest publication: https://therussiaprogram.org/russia_information_influence
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Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social · Jan 20
Inauthentic news-pravda websites from Russian Portal Kombat network are now creating accounts on Bluesky.

I created a moderation list, it would be nice to help me to share it. Please do not hesitate to send me new accounts.

Ping @moderation.bsky.app

bsky.app/profile/did:...
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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 15h
We are grateful to the BlueSky @Safety.bsky.app team who suspended the entire list of 219 accounts that we found so far for this network.
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 5d
NEW REPORT: We uncovered a coordinated network of fake X profiles that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in #Iran. We call this network “PRISONBREAK”.

Read the report 👉 citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-e...
We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime - The Citizen Lab
We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during th...
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gnida project @gnidaproject.bsky.social · 6d
The latest Storm-1516 disinformation campaign is targeting France and Macron. The campaign is alleging that the French president is building a luxury bunker, which costs 148 million euro.
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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 6d
ISD reveals how a Czech-language community of 70 accounts on X systematically spreads Kremlin-aligned messages ahead of the parliamentary elections.
Investigation | An anti-Ukrainian community on X: A gateway for Russian propaganda in the Czech information space
A Czech X community of 70 accounts is acting as a conduit for Kremlin propaganda, amplifying anti-Ukraine narratives ahead of the 2025 elections.
www.isdglobal.org
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theins.press
The Insider @theins.press · 8d
Russian-born restaurateurs sent dozens of batches of banned chemicals from Barcelona to Russia that could be used for weapons

A new investigation by Important Stories, Slidstvo.Info, the Belarusian Investigative Center, the OCCRP and others details shipments of the industrial chemical NMP.
Russian-born restaurateurs sent dozens of batches of banned chemicals from Barcelona to Russia that could be used for weapons
The Oleynikovs, a family of restaurateurs based in Barcelona, shipped at least 36 batches of restricted chemicals to Russia between 2022 and 2024, a joint investigation by the independent Russian outl...
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 11d
Têtes de cochon devant des mosquées : l’enquête privilégie la piste du renseignement militaire russe
Têtes de cochon devant des mosquées : l’enquête privilégie la piste du renseignement militaire russe
Une même personne, domiciliée en Serbie, aurait actionné les hommes de main à l’origine de cette action de déstabilisation, menée le 8 septembre, mais aussi à celle de la dégradation du Mémorial de la Shoah le 30 mai.
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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 27d
🧵 For Trump's admin, influencing its citizens with a bot network seems becoming an ordinary routine.

Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.

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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 19d
BREAKING:

🇲🇩 Moldova parliamentary elections are more important for the Russian state to interfere than these 2024-2025 elections _combined_:

🇺🇸 US, presidential
🇩🇪 Germany, parliamentary
🇵🇱 Poland, presidential

...as measured by an effort spent on a bot network. 🧵
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Veronika Dorman @veronidor.bsky.social · 18d
«Politzek, les voix qui défient le Kremlin», une plongée dans la nuit sans fin des opposants russes. Rencontre pour @liberation.fr avec la réalisatrice russe Ekaterina Mamontova, réfugiée à Paris.
À voir absolument sur @francetv.bsky.social dimanche soir
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
Dans «Politzek, les voix qui défient le Kremlin», Ekaterina Mamontova plonge dans la nuit sans fin des opposants russes
Peu avant la diffusion de son documentaire ce dimanche sur France 5, la réalisatrice, qui a fui la Russie il y a quelques semaines, revient sur la douleur de son exil et la nécessité de continuer à fa...
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gnida project @gnidaproject.bsky.social · 19d
The latest Storm-1516 disinformation campaign is targeting Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The campaign alleges luxury purchases totalling in more than 1 million euro.
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gnida project @gnidaproject.bsky.social · 22d
Looks like the latest Storm-1516 disinformation campaign targeting France. The campaign includes a video with a group of the alleged "Islamic extremists", who are threatening to make France an "islamic state" and are slashing the French flag in the end of the video.
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Maxime Audinet @maudinet.bsky.social · 22d
Mon interview dans @liberation.fr sur les nouvelles "mesures actives" qui touchent l'Europe et la nécessité de cesser de systématiquement mordre à l'hameçon que nous tendent les commanditaires de ces ingérences, après l'affaire des têtes de cochon.

www.liberation.fr/societe/inge...
Ingérences étrangères : «Peu de pays en Europe échappent à ce phénomène»
Depuis deux ans, les affaires d'ingérence se sont multipliées en France. Des opérations qui rejoignent l’objectif de la Russie et de ses alliés d’amplifier les fractures des sociétés européennes, rapp...
www.liberation.fr
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The Insider @theins.press · 26d
Spies, banquets, and embezzlement: The inner workings of Putin's “cultural ties” directorate

Run by former career spies, the unit sought to project Russia's “soft power” across the post-Soviet space, with lavish spending but lackluster results.
Spies, banquets, and embezzlement: The inner workings of Putin’s “cultural ties” directorate
The Kremlin’s department for destabilizing the Russian near abroad is undergoing a makeover. Before the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s Directorate for Interregional and Cultural...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 25d
We've just had a special weekend email from the Russian troll factory (they usually email us their latest fake videos Monday to Friday, so this is out of character), and they're all about Charlie Kirk. Unusually, they've also posted them on Truth Social, which they don't usually do in my experience.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26d
I'm honestly surprised the Russian troll farms aren't all over the Charlie Kirk shooting, currently it seems they're focused on France, Germany, Armenia, and Moldova. The most recent links they've sent us were all about France, guess they've not received their latest marching orders.
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gnida project @gnidaproject.bsky.social · Sep 5
The latest Storm-1516/R-FBI crossover disinformation campaign targets Ukraine.
The campaign alleges that Ukraine is using civilians to clear the minefields.
x.com/IvankaNews_/... .
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gnida project @gnidaproject.bsky.social · Sep 1
In our new disinformation update: Storm-1516 goes on a spree of campaigns, which are impersonating the websites and reportage from the real media outlets: France TV, OK! USA and Correctiv
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colingerard.bsky.social
Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social · Aug 28
I recently read an op-ed calling for the creation of an "informational deterrence".

I mean… really?
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Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social · Aug 28
Interesting (and worrying) to observe a similar trend among certain private actors in France regarding the perceived need to develop capacities to carry out offensive actions in order to "protect democracies".
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Tim Starks @timstarks.bsky.social · Aug 27
I find this push-and-pull over a bunch of things — cyber offense, active defense, hacking back, letters of marque, industry issues, policymaking issues — to be really fascinating. cyberscoop.com/google-cyber...
Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense
Google says it is starting a cyber “disruption unit,” a development that arrives in a potentially shifting U.S. landscape toward more offensive-oriented approaches in cyberspace.
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Graphika @graphika.com · Aug 27
Graphika’s new report, Falsos Amigos, is out today!

It looks at a network of domains and social media accounts using AI tools to launder reports from Chinese state media outlet CGTN and put out primarily pro-China, anti-West content.

To access the full report: graphika.com/reports/fals...
Falsos Amigos
Network of Domains and Social Media Accounts Uses AI Tools to Launder Reports From Chinese State Media Outlet CGTN in Multiple Languages
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Observatory on Social Media @osome.iu.edu · Aug 27
We’re kicking off this year’s OSoMe Awesome Speakers with Patrick Warren!

📅 September 12 | 12pm ET
🎤 Talk: Measuring the Impact of a Large State-Sponsored Narrative-Laundering Campaign: The case of the Storm-1516 attack on Zelensky

🔗 iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Jeremy Kirk @jkirk.bsky.social · Jun 29
Dozens of anonymous X accounts advocating for Scotland's independence went silent after Iran lost power following Israel's strikes: ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pr...
Dozens of pro-Indy accounts go dark after Israeli strikes
The sudden silence of dozens of pro-independence X accounts on 12 June 2025 coincided with Israeli air and cyber strikes targeting Iranian military and communications infrastructure.
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gnida project @gnidaproject.bsky.social · Jun 28
What seems to be the first known Storm-1516 disinformation campaign to target Norway.
The campaign alleges mass death of wildlife in the Nitelva river in Norway due to high concentration of deuterium.
x.com/Partisangirl...
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Jeune Afrique @jeuneafrique.com · Jun 25
La chambre rouge de Wagner : un « Netflix de l’horreur » et des abonnés aux crimes de guerre
La chambre rouge de Wagner : un « Netflix de l’horreur » et des abonnés aux crimes de guerre
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Kevin Limonier @kevinlimonier.bsky.social · Jun 17
Pendant plusieurs semaines, j'ai travaillé sur l'une des plus grosses fuites de données de l'histoire du complexe russe de manipulation de l'information.J'en ai tiré cet article, qui "teste" l'articulation qu'on peut construire entre leaks et démarche géopolitique legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/06/1...
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Maxime Audinet @maudinet.bsky.social · Jun 22
"Afrique-France : le divorce ?", le dernier documentaire du duo de choc Alexandra Jousset et @kbolchak.bsky.social, est diffusé ce soir sur France 5.

Merci de m'avoir interviewé !

www.france.tv/documentaire...
Afrique-France : le divorce ? en replay - Le monde en face
Partout en Afrique francophone, le divorce avec la France, l'ex-puissance coloniale, semble consommé. La relation entre Paris et une partie du continent afri...
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