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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 2d

New investigation. "Nobody Talks Like This: Meet 50 AI-Powered Propaganda Accounts in Sudan's Social Media War"

How 50 AI-generated accounts are flooding Twitter with pro-UAE and anti-Muslim (Brotherhood) propaganda on Sudan's civil war

marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal... #disinformation

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 8h

«Even before the strike on the prison, messages and videos were posted on X in that spirit after the war broke out. "Tehran is defenseless," one user wrote, while another suggested that people in the city should storm banks and withdraw their money.»

#Israel #Iran #infops #disinfo #war

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

Citizen Lab found that an online network pushed out deepfake videos during Israel's airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz reveals the Persian-language online campaigns indirectly funded by Israel. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The Israeli influence operation in Iran pushing to reinstate the shah monarchy

Citizen Lab Found That an Online Network Pushed Out Deepfake Videos During Israel's Airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An Investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz Reveals the Persian-language Online Ca...

www.haaretz.com

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 1d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 6d

Recorded Future uncovers new details of a CopyCop operation (widely known as Storm-1516). Since March, the network has launched more than 200 fake websites (totalling over 300 domains).

CopyCop Deepens Its Playbook with New Websites and Targets

CopyCop expands Russian influence ops with 300+ fake websites targeting the US, France, Canada & more—using AI, deepfakes, and GRU-backed infrastructure.

www.recordedfuture.com

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 4d

🚨 A critically important endeavour.

Who Targets Me @whotargets.me · 8d

Google just wiped EU data from its political ad library. Meta’s ban on political ads in the EU starts soon and we're worried they might do the same.

We need a backup of the EU Meta Ad Library now. If you have data (2018–present) or skills to help, let us know:
ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com/to/fIk9XMZT

Save the EU Ad Libraries

Meta may soon switch off ad libraries in the EU and remove data going back to 2018. Help ensure this data is archived for research.

ir96l7a6vsf.typeform.com

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 4d

Crackpots barrelling all the way down.

Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 4d

Imitating the UK government portal stylesheet in ads for purported car finance refunds.
Sneaky.

adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/A...
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/0805...

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 5d

Remember, it's only "political correctness" when you have to worry about being ostracized and boycotted by the citizenry, but not when you have to worry about what politicians in actual power might do with it.

CEOs stay quiet as Trump turns up the pressure

CEOs were already cautious about speaking their minds. Now, they're becoming even more tight-lipped.

www.businessinsider.com

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 7d

How will technology continue to shape how we talk to each other? We’re seeking a researcher to help tackle big questions like this.

Working with Co-Director @eli.bsky.social, this is a chance to engage with experts, dive into the research, and contribute directly to the field and our strategy.

Job posting graphic with coral orange background featuring white text that reads "NOW HIRING Research Fellow - AI & The Future of Social Conversation" with an abstract geometric illustration of a door or archway. Details include 20-25 hours per week, $40/hour, remote position for U.S. or Canada, working through 2/28/26.

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 5d

Fun with Kevin Bacon pathfinding and other network analysis tricks at the workshop, and the latest case analyses and product updates onstage, at the @neo4j.com #GraphSummit today.

#London #tech #database #graphData

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 6d

"Is an AI company implementing guardrails on problematic prompts for its public LLM service censoring you or itself?", and other fascinating questions at yesterday's @indexoncensorship.org panel discussion and magazine issue launch.

#LLMs #AI #censorship #tech #chatbots

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 7d

Well, since it has no fascist bigot implications, let's just name it after him henceforth.
For example, this is a photo of August Landmesser refusing to join others in doing the Musk salute:

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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · 9d

📢 DSA, data access: What? When? How?

A unique opportunity to hear directly from the European Commission on the new rules for data access... and clear your doubts!

2 October, 14:30–15:30 CEST
with João Vinagre, JRC, European Commission.

🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 7d

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines

The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

www.reuters.com

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WHAT TO FIX @whattofix.tech · 8d

Money + politics = messy.

Perhaps that’s why #Meta’s policies prohibit politicians and political candidates from its #monetization services.

Yet our research reveals NUMEROUS politicians and political candidates that successfully enrolled for Facebook's various monetization services.

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 7d

Possibly the hairiest misinformation domain today. As "pharma nationalism" grows, and the US is taken over by Brain F Worm Jr and the guy whose first administration ran a major international antivax infop, there has never been a stronger case for vigilance in living memory.

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 7d

Google archive or not, there needs to be government infrastructure with access to and archiving any data that could be of interest to investigators.

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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 10d

I just wrote up why Google erasing 7 years of Europe's political history matters - www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 8d

"I have a vewy gweat fwiend in DC called 'Big Balls'."

a soldier says he has a wife you know in a movie scene

ALT: a soldier says he has a wife you know in a movie scene

media.tenor.com

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 8d

FFS! Once again, politics is not a protected category. Private companies can very legally even specifically "censor conservative voices"—it's only government orders to do so that are illegal. What we want is platform transparency and interoperability, and what we get is dictator slush'n'hush.

The Verge @theverge.com · 8d

YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement

YouTube follows Meta and X in settling with the president.

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 8d

FFS! Once again, politics is not a protected category. Private companies can very legally even specifically "censor conservative voices"—it's only government orders to do so that are illegal. What we want is platform transparency and interoperability, and what we get is dictator slush'n'hush.

Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 8d

Relevant thread: www.reddit.com/r/GreenAndPl...

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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 10d

Now out in Scientific American. Great interview with @nckobis.bsky.social & Zoe Rahwan about our recent @nature.com article.

People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI

www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...

Thanks @rachelnuwer.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social

People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI

Participants in a new study were more likely to cheat when delegating to AI—especially if they could encourage machines to break rules without explicitly asking for it

www.scientificamerican.com

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factsuniteus.bsky.social @factsuniteus.bsky.social · Aug 31

Corey Doctorow’s important observations go off like colorful fireworks.

Of the multiple groups flying banners behind Trump 2.0 the tech multi-monopoly may be the most robust and most invasive.

How do we fight back? Corey has some good ideas.

youtube.com/watch?v=_Ai-...

Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It

YouTube video by CloudFest

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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info · 9d

«In these regions, it’s not uncommon to find young men perched in fields or near roadside eateries, using nothing more than a smartphone and strong cell reception to run their scams. These open-air spots also offer a quick escape in case of a police raid, making them a tactical choice.»

TRT World - Exclusive: How Indian scammers built a multi-billion-dollar global fraud empire

In the world’s most populous country, where unemployment is widespread, youngsters look at scamming as just another job and not any criminal activity.

www.trtworld.com

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