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Lieber Studies Indo-Pacific Volume – LOAC and Information Warfare in the Indo-Pacific

On December 7, 2026, world leaders will gather in Jordan for the High-Level Conference on …
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Wall Street Journal: Israel’s $50 million experiment to change US public opinion. This link goes to an unpaywalled, MSN-syndicated version of the article. “The text messages come from senders named Emma or Sarah, with a group called Friends for Peace. ‘How do you think the U.S. and Israel’s peace talks with Iran will impact global security?’ they ask. Millions of similar texts have flooded […]

Wall Street Journal: Israel’s $50 million experiment to change US public opinion. This link goes to an unpaywalled, MSN-syndicated version of the article. “The text messages come from senders named Emma or Sarah, with a group called Friends for Peace. ‘How do you think the U.S. and Israel’s peace talks with Iran will impact global security?’ they ask. Millions of similar texts have flooded […]

Channel News Asia: AI-generated women are spreading disinformation about Singapore on TikTok. “A CNA investigation of 30 such TikTok accounts found a factory-like system behind over 550 videos. Nearly all (98 per cent) were assembled by taking AI-generated, manipulated or copied female personas, and stitching them together with reused voices and recycled scripts. Nearly nine in 10 videos pushed […]

Channel News Asia: AI-generated women are spreading disinformation about Singapore on TikTok. “A CNA investigation of 30 such TikTok accounts found a factory-like system behind over 550 videos. Nearly all (98 per cent) were assembled by taking AI-generated, manipulated or copied female personas, and stitching them together with reused voices and recycled scripts. Nearly nine in 10 videos pushed […]

Associated Press: Technology is driving an increase in attacks and threats to the UK, senior officials say. “Technology and online platforms are increasingly being used to threaten the United Kingdom, including by hostile countries, extremists and far-right groups, senior British police officials said Thursday.”

Associated Press: Technology is driving an increase in attacks and threats to the UK, senior officials say. “Technology and online platforms are increasingly being used to threaten the United Kingdom, including by hostile countries, extremists and far-right groups, senior British police officials said Thursday.”

Source New Mexico: New Mexico AG to investigate ‘alleged fraudulent’ letters supporting Project Jupiter data center. “New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez opened an investigation Thursday into allegations that written public comments supporting a pending air quality permit application for Project Jupiter, the Oracle and OpenAI data center campus under construction in Doña Ana County, […]

Source New Mexico: New Mexico AG to investigate ‘alleged fraudulent’ letters supporting Project Jupiter data center. “New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez opened an investigation Thursday into allegations that written public comments supporting a pending air quality permit application for Project Jupiter, the Oracle and OpenAI data center campus under construction in Doña Ana County, […]

The Guardian: Police warn about protest misinformation amid Glasgow disorder. “Scottish police have told people to factcheck online claims before going to protests, after crowds gathered outside two homes in Glasgow this week, in one case as a result of mistaken identity.”

The Guardian: Police warn about protest misinformation amid Glasgow disorder. “Scottish police have told people to factcheck online claims before going to protests, after crowds gathered outside two homes in Glasgow this week, in one case as a result of mistaken identity.”

Deadline: BBC A “Disinfectant” To Disinformation On YouTube & X/Twitter, Says New Boss. “BBC director general Matt Brittin has said that the British broadcaster will double down on YouTube and X/Twitter to counter the tidal wave of disinformation online. Brittin may have spent the majority of his career at Google, but it did not stop him from acknowledging that YouTube is a breeding ground […]

Deadline: BBC A “Disinfectant” To Disinformation On YouTube & X/Twitter, Says New Boss. “BBC director general Matt Brittin has said that the British broadcaster will double down on YouTube and X/Twitter to counter the tidal wave of disinformation online. Brittin may have spent the majority of his career at Google, but it did not stop him from acknowledging that YouTube is a breeding ground […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

The $1.8B Cognitive Weapon: How Russia Laundered RT & Hacked AI | DeepPressAnalysis

https://youtu.be/w4jkb7imXRY
#Geopolitics #InformationWarfare #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepPressAnalysis #RussianStateMedia #CyberSecurity #MediaAnalysis #LLMGrooming

The $1.8B Cognitive Weapon: How Russia Laundered RT & Hacked AI | DeepPressAnalysis

https://youtu.be/w4jkb7imXRY
#Geopolitics #InformationWarfare #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepPressAnalysis #RussianStateMedia #CyberSecurity #MediaAnalysis #LLMGrooming

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Atlantic Council: The West can learn from Ukraine’s success against Russian propaganda. “The roots of Russian information warfare against Ukraine run deep and are part of a centuries-old battle rooted in imperial propaganda and competing civilizational narratives. Even if a ceasefire between the two countries is eventually agreed, this would not end hostilities in the cognitive sphere. […]

Atlantic Council: The West can learn from Ukraine’s success against Russian propaganda. “The roots of Russian information warfare against Ukraine run deep and are part of a centuries-old battle rooted in imperial propaganda and competing civilizational narratives. Even if a ceasefire between the two countries is eventually agreed, this would not end hostilities in the cognitive sphere. […]

WBEZ: The Onion relaunches InfoWars, Alex Jones’ right-wing conspiracy website, this week. “Here’s something you absolutely can trust, barring some last-minute legal roadblock: the Chicago-based satirical newspaper, The Onion, is set to launch InfoWars on July 2, a year and seven months after it won the initial auction to take over the website founded by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex […]

WBEZ: The Onion relaunches InfoWars, Alex Jones’ right-wing conspiracy website, this week. “Here’s something you absolutely can trust, barring some last-minute legal roadblock: the Chicago-based satirical newspaper, The Onion, is set to launch InfoWars on July 2, a year and seven months after it won the initial auction to take over the website founded by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex […]

The Register: Four years into Ukraine invasion, Russia turns influence-ops back to US and Europe. “Four years into the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of its neighboring country, Russian influence operations have moved beyond their near-exclusive focus on Ukraine to their former favorite targets: the US and Europe, and especially covert cyber-ops intended to undermine political stability within […]

The Register: Four years into Ukraine invasion, Russia turns influence-ops back to US and Europe. “Four years into the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of its neighboring country, Russian influence operations have moved beyond their near-exclusive focus on Ukraine to their former favorite targets: the US and Europe, and especially covert cyber-ops intended to undermine political stability within […]

United24 Media: Moscow Allocates $2.15 Billion for Disinformation Campaigns Against the West. “Russia has allocated 185 billion rubles ($2.15 billion) to fund disinformation campaigns directed against European Union and NATO countries, marking a 50% increase compared to the previous year.”

United24 Media: Moscow Allocates $2.15 Billion for Disinformation Campaigns Against the West. “Russia has allocated 185 billion rubles ($2.15 billion) to fund disinformation campaigns directed against European Union and NATO countries, marking a 50% increase compared to the previous year.”

Euromaidan Press: Russia is manipulating global AI chatbot ecosystems with fabricated websites, leaked documents show. “Leaked internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg News reveal a large-scale Russian information operation aimed at reshaping online knowledge ecosystems, including search engines and AI chatbots, through networks of fabricated reference sites and coordinated ‘Wikipedia-style’ […]

Euromaidan Press: Russia is manipulating global AI chatbot ecosystems with fabricated websites, leaked documents show. “Leaked internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg News reveal a large-scale Russian information operation aimed at reshaping online knowledge ecosystems, including search engines and AI chatbots, through networks of fabricated reference sites and coordinated ‘Wikipedia-style’ […]

Dartmouth College: How AI-Generated Cartoons Reshaped Taiwan’s 2024 Protests. “Tracy Weener ’26 and Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science Herbert Chang ’18 set out to study the digital side of the protests. Their paper, published this month in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, identifies a new tactic in political warfare: AI-generated […]

Dartmouth College: How AI-Generated Cartoons Reshaped Taiwan’s 2024 Protests. “Tracy Weener ’26 and Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science Herbert Chang ’18 set out to study the digital side of the protests. Their paper, published this month in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, identifies a new tactic in political warfare: AI-generated […]

Futbol Chronicle: Fake Photos and AI Crowds Have Turned the World Cup Into an Information War. “He was an electrician, some said. A bus driver who played football on the weekends, said others. It was a beautiful story, the amateur who walked off a building site to stun a superpower, and it was shared hundreds of thousands of times. It was also completely false.”

Futbol Chronicle: Fake Photos and AI Crowds Have Turned the World Cup Into an Information War. “He was an electrician, some said. A bus driver who played football on the weekends, said others. It was a beautiful story, the amateur who walked off a building site to stun a superpower, and it was shared hundreds of thousands of times. It was also completely false.”

The Oaklandside: Who’s behind the AI-generated social media posts targeting Oakland’s mayor?. “The website and social media account allude to alleged scandals in the mayor’s past and lay blame for virtually all the city’s problems on her while posting AI-generated images depicting Lee in imagined scenarios, dining on lobster in a German mountain resort and drinking champagne with a […]

The Oaklandside: Who’s behind the AI-generated social media posts targeting Oakland’s mayor?. “The website and social media account allude to alleged scandals in the mayor’s past and lay blame for virtually all the city’s problems on her while posting AI-generated images depicting Lee in imagined scenarios, dining on lobster in a German mountain resort and drinking champagne with a […]

Poynter: Opinion | Fact-checkers, don’t quit now: A call for endurance at GlobalFact 2026. “The International Fact-Checking Network brought together more than 300 journalists and researchers from across the globe this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, for GlobalFact 2026, the 13th annual conference. This essay is adapted from the opening welcome of the IFCN director.”

Poynter: Opinion | Fact-checkers, don’t quit now: A call for endurance at GlobalFact 2026. “The International Fact-Checking Network brought together more than 300 journalists and researchers from across the globe this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, for GlobalFact 2026, the 13th annual conference. This essay is adapted from the opening welcome of the IFCN director.”

The Guardian: Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns. “The attorney general for England and Wales has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use to incite violence and racism.”

The Guardian: Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns. “The attorney general for England and Wales has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use to incite violence and racism.”

Source New Mexico: Firm behind New Mexico Medicaid campaign recruits influencers to promote Project Jupiter data center. “The marketing agency behind New Mexico’s award-winning Medicaid re-enrollment social media campaign is recruiting influencers to promote Project Jupiter, the controversial artificial intelligence data center under construction in Doña Ana County.”

Source New Mexico: Firm behind New Mexico Medicaid campaign recruits influencers to promote Project Jupiter data center. “The marketing agency behind New Mexico’s award-winning Medicaid re-enrollment social media campaign is recruiting influencers to promote Project Jupiter, the controversial artificial intelligence data center under construction in Doña Ana County.”

@cdarwin

UK channel 4 documentary, I think maybe, had a secret recording of a Cambridge Analytica weasel executive, who thought he was pitching election-winning psychological operations to a potential customer.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/21/595470164/in-hidden-camera-expose-cambridge-analytica-executives-boast-of-role-in-trump-wi

Trying to recall a particular striking unguarded statement...

ah! found it!

Nigel Oakes of SCL, comparing Hitler scapegoating jews, to Trump scapegoating muslims...

https://forward.com/fast-forward/398948/hitler-and-trump-use-similar-tactics-ceo-of-cambridge-analytica-s-parent/

#InformationWarfare #ratfuckery

@cdarwin

UK channel 4 documentary, I think maybe, had a secret recording of a Cambridge Analytica weasel executive, who thought he was pitching election-winning psychological operations to a potential customer.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/21/595470164/in-hidden-camera-expose-cambridge-analytica-executives-boast-of-role-in-trump-wi

Trying to recall a particular striking unguarded statement...

ah! found it!

Nigel Oakes of SCL, comparing Hitler scapegoating jews, to Trump scapegoating muslims...

https://forward.com/fast-forward/398948/hitler-and-trump-use-similar-tactics-ceo-of-cambridge-analytica-s-parent/

#InformationWarfare #ratfuckery

Duke Reporter’s Lab: 2026 census: Fact-checking losses continue amid funding pressure, but most projects persist. “For the first time in the Duke Reporters’ Lab count, three-times as many fact-checkers closed their doors as opened them last year. Our tally shows 10 new fact-checking projects in 2025, compared with more than 30 that stopped posting.”

Duke Reporter’s Lab: 2026 census: Fact-checking losses continue amid funding pressure, but most projects persist. “For the first time in the Duke Reporters’ Lab count, three-times as many fact-checkers closed their doors as opened them last year. Our tally shows 10 new fact-checking projects in 2025, compared with more than 30 that stopped posting.”

@randahl
Repeating my post-comment on the original Reuters article (a fine piece of reporting): Informative, outrageous; & the Israeli govt apparently knew nothing about it: “Before scrubbing its online presence following enquiries from Reuters, ⁠BlackCore described itself ​as "an elite influence, cyber, and technology company built for the modern era of information warfare." It said ​it provided governments and political campaigns with "cutting-edge strategies, advanced tools, and robust security to shape narratives."
“It has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
“Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter in Paris. Writing by Dominique Vidalon and Gabriel ​Stargardter. Additional reporting by Raphael Satter in Washington, John Irish in Paris and Sam Tabahriti in London. Editing by Susan Fenton, Matthew Lewis and Kevin Liffey and Mark Potter”

#Israel #Reuters #Scotland #misinformation #disinformation #BlackCore #informationWarfare #shapeNarratives #eliteInfluence

@randahl
Repeating my post-comment on the original Reuters article (a fine piece of reporting): Informative, outrageous; & the Israeli govt apparently knew nothing about it: “Before scrubbing its online presence following enquiries from Reuters, ⁠BlackCore described itself ​as "an elite influence, cyber, and technology company built for the modern era of information warfare." It said ​it provided governments and political campaigns with "cutting-edge strategies, advanced tools, and robust security to shape narratives."
“It has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
“Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter in Paris. Writing by Dominique Vidalon and Gabriel ​Stargardter. Additional reporting by Raphael Satter in Washington, John Irish in Paris and Sam Tabahriti in London. Editing by Susan Fenton, Matthew Lewis and Kevin Liffey and Mark Potter”

#Israel #Reuters #Scotland #misinformation #disinformation #BlackCore #informationWarfare #shapeNarratives #eliteInfluence

The sudden rise of Pauline Hanson's One Nation is not organic. It is the result of "a sophisticated, transnationally networked information operation"

https://open.substack.com/pub/redbridgeintel/p/call-it-what-it-is-foreign-interference

#auspol #InformationWarfare #politics #disinformation

The sudden rise of Pauline Hanson's One Nation is not organic. It is the result of "a sophisticated, transnationally networked information operation"

https://open.substack.com/pub/redbridgeintel/p/call-it-what-it-is-foreign-interference

#auspol #InformationWarfare #politics #disinformation

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@IndyRichard/116742831243262904

Informative, outrageous; & the Israeli govt apparently knew nothing about it: “Before scrubbing its online presence following enquiries from Reuters, ⁠BlackCore described itself ​as "an elite influence, cyber, and technology company built for the modern era of information warfare." It said ​it provided governments and political campaigns with "cutting-edge strategies, advanced tools, and robust security to shape narratives."
“It has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
“Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter in Paris. Writing by Dominique Vidalon and Gabriel ​Stargardter. Additional reporting by Raphael Satter in Washington, John Irish in Paris and Sam Tabahriti in London. Editing by Susan Fenton, Matthew Lewis and Kevin Liffey and Mark Potter”

#BlackCore #Israel #Scotland #AIBots #misinformation #disinformation #shapeNarratives #eliteInfluence #informationWarfare #notSoRobustSecurity

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@IndyRichard/116742831243262904

Informative, outrageous; & the Israeli govt apparently knew nothing about it: “Before scrubbing its online presence following enquiries from Reuters, ⁠BlackCore described itself ​as "an elite influence, cyber, and technology company built for the modern era of information warfare." It said ​it provided governments and political campaigns with "cutting-edge strategies, advanced tools, and robust security to shape narratives."
“It has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
“Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter in Paris. Writing by Dominique Vidalon and Gabriel ​Stargardter. Additional reporting by Raphael Satter in Washington, John Irish in Paris and Sam Tabahriti in London. Editing by Susan Fenton, Matthew Lewis and Kevin Liffey and Mark Potter”

#BlackCore #Israel #Scotland #AIBots #misinformation #disinformation #shapeNarratives #eliteInfluence #informationWarfare #notSoRobustSecurity

Oh yeah, do not use the #-certain-country-in-the-middle-east engaged in genocide and an illegal war.

Unless you want to Beetlejuice hasbra bots.

#informationwarfare

The Register: Chinese agents caught rebuilding botnets and stirring the pot on AI datacenter debate. “Multiple reports indicate that Chinese operatives continue using every tech tool at their disposal – including American AI – to amass data on and manipulate everyone from security-clearance holders to everyday US citizens. And they’re trying to influence public opinion on building […]

The Register: Chinese agents caught rebuilding botnets and stirring the pot on AI datacenter debate. “Multiple reports indicate that Chinese operatives continue using every tech tool at their disposal – including American AI – to amass data on and manipulate everyone from security-clearance holders to everyday US citizens. And they’re trying to influence public opinion on building […]

CBC: Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism. “Nieta Aqila is among 14 overseas accounts CBC identified in four popular Alberta independence Facebook groups. The accounts have posted politically divisive content about Alberta separatism, Western annexation and other hot-button Canadian topics within the past two months.”

@EndIsraeliApartheid

2/3 The Myth of Neutral Tech 🤖

AI models aren't objective arbiters of truth; they reflect the data they are fed and the guardrails built by engineers. By lobbying tech companies at the data-pipeline level, advocacy groups can bake specific political narratives and terminology directly into the code before the AI ever generates an answer.

#AI #TechPolicy #Geopolitics #InformationWarfare

@EndIsraeliApartheid

The battle lines in tech and geopolitics are shifting. It's no longer just about content moderation or reporting individual posts—it’s about algorithmic training.

Dr. Maya Ackerman recently suggested that advocacy groups bypass public-facing social media and go "directly to the companies" to embed "technical and advocacy solutions" into AI models.

🧵 A quick thread on why this matters...

#AI #TechPolicy #Geopolitics #InformationWarfare