Marion Dautry
@mdautry.bsky.social
News reporter @Agence France Presse - covering Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Caucasus. Currently based in Warsaw. She/her
In Serbia, women have been involved in all aspects of the student-led anti-corruption movement. But in a deeply patriarchal society, being visible and speaking up means risking gender-based violence ranging from media smear campaigns to revenge porn. My story for @en.afp.com : u.afp.com/SWgD
September 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In Serbia, women have been involved in all aspects of the student-led anti-corruption movement. But in a deeply patriarchal society, being visible and speaking up means risking gender-based violence ranging from media smear campaigns to revenge porn. My story for @en.afp.com : u.afp.com/SWgD
An interesting case I covered last week: a brand new anonymous X sent manipulated pictures of SNS supporters to people active in the current protest movement in Serbia. The goal seems (to me) to convince them to publish false info to later discredit them. Did it work? Yes.
cinjenice.afp.com
cinjenice.afp.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
An interesting case I covered last week: a brand new anonymous X sent manipulated pictures of SNS supporters to people active in the current protest movement in Serbia. The goal seems (to me) to convince them to publish false info to later discredit them. Did it work? Yes.
cinjenice.afp.com
cinjenice.afp.com
After promising more crackdowns and calling the protesters "terrorists", Serbian pdt Vučić offered a "dialogue". Meanwhile, his party's supporters are flooding social media with AI-slops and fakes, including a fabricated quote attributed to Novak Đoković. My latest:
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
August 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
After promising more crackdowns and calling the protesters "terrorists", Serbian pdt Vučić offered a "dialogue". Meanwhile, his party's supporters are flooding social media with AI-slops and fakes, including a fabricated quote attributed to Novak Đoković. My latest:
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Generative AI put confirmation bias on steroids and made propaganda cheaper.
Ruling party networks in Serbia have used an AI-made pic to further the narrative that the students leading an unprecedented protest movement are "traitors" and "oustachis"
u.afp.com/SqPE
Ruling party networks in Serbia have used an AI-made pic to further the narrative that the students leading an unprecedented protest movement are "traitors" and "oustachis"
u.afp.com/SqPE
May 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Generative AI put confirmation bias on steroids and made propaganda cheaper.
Ruling party networks in Serbia have used an AI-made pic to further the narrative that the students leading an unprecedented protest movement are "traitors" and "oustachis"
u.afp.com/SqPE
Ruling party networks in Serbia have used an AI-made pic to further the narrative that the students leading an unprecedented protest movement are "traitors" and "oustachis"
u.afp.com/SqPE
Pro-gvt propaganda reaches new lows with this one. Informer TV showed a photo of a student holding a sign saying "death to patriarchy" at a March 8th gathering in Novi Sad, claimed students now blocking RTS call for "the death of the Patriarch"
My story in Serbian: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
My story in Serbian: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
April 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Pro-gvt propaganda reaches new lows with this one. Informer TV showed a photo of a student holding a sign saying "death to patriarchy" at a March 8th gathering in Novi Sad, claimed students now blocking RTS call for "the death of the Patriarch"
My story in Serbian: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
My story in Serbian: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Another example of gvt spin in #Serbia against the students' protests: minister of defense Bratislav Gašić claimed that protesters in Kruševac showed Nazi symbols. Meanwhile, the photo he showed as proof is of the logo of US punk band Dead Kennedys. #studenti
Story in Serbian: u.afp.com/S5gD
Story in Serbian: u.afp.com/S5gD
April 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Another example of gvt spin in #Serbia against the students' protests: minister of defense Bratislav Gašić claimed that protesters in Kruševac showed Nazi symbols. Meanwhile, the photo he showed as proof is of the logo of US punk band Dead Kennedys. #studenti
Story in Serbian: u.afp.com/S5gD
Story in Serbian: u.afp.com/S5gD
"I don't think Elon Musk cares about freedom of speech. I think his target is freedom of thought" - Paolo Cesarini from @edmo-eu.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"I don't think Elon Musk cares about freedom of speech. I think his target is freedom of thought" - Paolo Cesarini from @edmo-eu.bsky.social
Tesla recalls all 46,000 of Musk's babies in the US because of a dangerous defect. Meanwhile, Musk on X says trans people should be put in an asylum (which is a vile thing to say). I wonder why he's not telling his millions of followers about the Cybertruck's manufacturing defect. MYSTERY.
March 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Tesla recalls all 46,000 of Musk's babies in the US because of a dangerous defect. Meanwhile, Musk on X says trans people should be put in an asylum (which is a vile thing to say). I wonder why he's not telling his millions of followers about the Cybertruck's manufacturing defect. MYSTERY.
Skup podrške za studente ispred ambasade Srbije u Varšavi
The Serbian diaspora gathered in Warsaw to show solidarity with the students' protests
The Serbian diaspora gathered in Warsaw to show solidarity with the students' protests
March 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Skup podrške za studente ispred ambasade Srbije u Varšavi
The Serbian diaspora gathered in Warsaw to show solidarity with the students' protests
The Serbian diaspora gathered in Warsaw to show solidarity with the students' protests
"Your trusted source" hehehe
March 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Your trusted source" hehehe
Nova istraga na sajtu AFP Činjenice: Od početka studentskih blokada kruže razne dezinformacije. Najnoviji primer je video koji navodno prikazuje hapšenje radnika RTS-a. Video je iz marta 2022. i prikazuje privođenje ljudi koji su upali u zgradu RTS-a nezadovoljni radom javnog servisa
u.afp.com/SoSM
u.afp.com/SoSM
February 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Nova istraga na sajtu AFP Činjenice: Od početka studentskih blokada kruže razne dezinformacije. Najnoviji primer je video koji navodno prikazuje hapšenje radnika RTS-a. Video je iz marta 2022. i prikazuje privođenje ljudi koji su upali u zgradu RTS-a nezadovoljni radom javnog servisa
u.afp.com/SoSM
u.afp.com/SoSM
Nova priča za AFP Činjenice: Ana Brnabić je optužila opoziciju da je "jedina na svetu... koja ne želi izbore". Međutim, istraga AFP-a pokazala je da su bojkoti izbora relativno česti događaji u svetu. To su potvrdili i stručnjaci za AFP
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
February 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Nova priča za AFP Činjenice: Ana Brnabić je optužila opoziciju da je "jedina na svetu... koja ne želi izbore". Međutim, istraga AFP-a pokazala je da su bojkoti izbora relativno česti događaji u svetu. To su potvrdili i stručnjaci za AFP
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
My new stress-coping mechanism: angry embroidery designed by my husband @mitkovic.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My new stress-coping mechanism: angry embroidery designed by my husband @mitkovic.bsky.social
"Western media won't show you this" about the students protests in Serbia is a really ugly and cynical influencer flex and the dispiriting symptom of our collective failure making people's consumption of info healthier and their understanding of social media platforms and their algorithms better
February 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Western media won't show you this" about the students protests in Serbia is a really ugly and cynical influencer flex and the dispiriting symptom of our collective failure making people's consumption of info healthier and their understanding of social media platforms and their algorithms better
I am expecting in a hopefully not too distant future dissertations on the role of humor (live and online) in the current students protests in Serbia which are challenging Vucic's rule like no other movement to date. Found this one on X following tonight's presidential press conf
#studenti
#studenti
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I am expecting in a hopefully not too distant future dissertations on the role of humor (live and online) in the current students protests in Serbia which are challenging Vucic's rule like no other movement to date. Found this one on X following tonight's presidential press conf
#studenti
#studenti
Iz snimka gostovanja Miloša Jovanovića deo jedne rečenice je isečen i video montiran da izgleda kao da je rekao da je jedna od "opcija" i "baciti" predsednika Vučića sa terase. Tako isečen obmanjujući video je objavljen čak i u Dnevniku 2 na RTS-u.
Pročitajte članak: u.afp.com/SkcT
Pročitajte članak: u.afp.com/SkcT
January 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Iz snimka gostovanja Miloša Jovanovića deo jedne rečenice je isečen i video montiran da izgleda kao da je rekao da je jedna od "opcija" i "baciti" predsednika Vučića sa terase. Tako isečen obmanjujući video je objavljen čak i u Dnevniku 2 na RTS-u.
Pročitajte članak: u.afp.com/SkcT
Pročitajte članak: u.afp.com/SkcT
Feeling like this is a good time to share this rage-fuelled long piece by @edzitron.com about how the tech industry doesn't work for its users and you're not crazy if you feel like nothing works
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
January 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Feeling like this is a good time to share this rage-fuelled long piece by @edzitron.com about how the tech industry doesn't work for its users and you're not crazy if you feel like nothing works
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
Explain to me why I would need an AI to chat in the same place I can chat with actual people, or to do things I can do with real people or with any search engine, like planing an event? Make it stop please 😭
January 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Explain to me why I would need an AI to chat in the same place I can chat with actual people, or to do things I can do with real people or with any search engine, like planing an event? Make it stop please 😭
The UN Convention on the Rights of the child guarantees children's right to have and express their opinions, as AFP explains with experts' comments
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
December 23, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The UN Convention on the Rights of the child guarantees children's right to have and express their opinions, as AFP explains with experts' comments
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
The follow-up claim by ruling party MP Vladimir Đukanović that "children are the property of the state until they turn 18" was a big blooper. Even Vučić came out to say it's not true and that (!) children have rights guaranteed by international convention and domestic laws
December 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The follow-up claim by ruling party MP Vladimir Đukanović that "children are the property of the state until they turn 18" was a big blooper. Even Vučić came out to say it's not true and that (!) children have rights guaranteed by international convention and domestic laws
Interestingly, pro-gvt tabloids and media outlets all reported on Vučić's speech at the gvt's meeting, with the exact same headline -- not a quote but a paraphrase -- "Vučić: students have the right to protest, but underaged don't"
December 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Interestingly, pro-gvt tabloids and media outlets all reported on Vučić's speech at the gvt's meeting, with the exact same headline -- not a quote but a paraphrase -- "Vučić: students have the right to protest, but underaged don't"
In reaction to the growing student and pupils protest, Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić claimed in a meeting with the governement that underaged pupils do not have the right to protest - not in Serbia, not anywhere in the world. This is false. AFP factcheck: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
December 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM
In reaction to the growing student and pupils protest, Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić claimed in a meeting with the governement that underaged pupils do not have the right to protest - not in Serbia, not anywhere in the world. This is false. AFP factcheck: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Pro-ruling party tabloid didn't take long to jump on the AI-generated photo to claim that it is "another proof of manipulation from the fake students and the opposition about the massive protest". Generating such images only helps such outlets in misleading people about the protest.
December 22, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Pro-ruling party tabloid didn't take long to jump on the AI-generated photo to claim that it is "another proof of manipulation from the fake students and the opposition about the massive protest". Generating such images only helps such outlets in misleading people about the protest.