#informationwarfare — Public Fediverse posts

New York Times: Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda. This link goes to a gift article. “The campaign, which the researchers at Clemson linked to the Social Design Agency, a company in Moscow, shows how Russia continues to seek new ways to erode public support for Ukraine, which Russian forces invaded in 2022. Bluesky has grown more prominent as a rival platform to […]

New York Times: Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda. This link goes to a gift article. “The campaign, which the researchers at Clemson linked to the Social Design Agency, a company in Moscow, shows how Russia continues to seek new ways to erode public support for Ukraine, which Russian forces invaded in 2022. Bluesky has grown more prominent as a rival platform to […]

Futurism: Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks. “On Thursday, Google announced that it added an image generation tool straight into the web browser version of the app, allowing anyone to fabricate made-up satellite images of anywhere in the world. It was clearly a misinformation disaster. The AI […]

Futurism: Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks. “On Thursday, Google announced that it added an image generation tool straight into the web browser version of the app, allowing anyone to fabricate made-up satellite images of anywhere in the world. It was clearly a misinformation disaster. The AI […]

Financial Times: How absurdist memes turned into war propaganda. “If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was the first TikTok war, then the Iran conflict is the first meme war. While Trump is on Truth Social, official Iranian accounts have embarked on their own trolling campaign via X. The Iranian embassy in Zimbabwe joked that it had lost the keys to the Strait of Hormuz and posted a creepy AI […]

Financial Times: How absurdist memes turned into war propaganda. “If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was the first TikTok war, then the Iran conflict is the first meme war. While Trump is on Truth Social, official Iranian accounts have embarked on their own trolling campaign via X. The Iranian embassy in Zimbabwe joked that it had lost the keys to the Strait of Hormuz and posted a creepy AI […]

Institute for Strategic Dialogue: ISD Launches the Authoritarian Interference Tracker. “ISD is launching the Authoritarian Interference Tracker (AIT), a tool that catalogues interference operations by Russia, China and Iran across five incident types: cyber operations, kinetic operations, information operations, malign finance, and political and civic subversion.”

Institute for Strategic Dialogue: ISD Launches the Authoritarian Interference Tracker. “ISD is launching the Authoritarian Interference Tracker (AIT), a tool that catalogues interference operations by Russia, China and Iran across five incident types: cyber operations, kinetic operations, information operations, malign finance, and political and civic subversion.”

Moscow Times: Russian Propaganda Is Getting Worse as the War Drags On. “In the first months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia took pride in the high quality of its propaganda. Even its enemies and various analysts were forced to acknowledge that this was one of the few high-quality products the country produced. Four years later, something has broken. It is as if shifting the […]

Moscow Times: Russian Propaganda Is Getting Worse as the War Drags On. “In the first months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia took pride in the high quality of its propaganda. Even its enemies and various analysts were forced to acknowledge that this was one of the few high-quality products the country produced. Four years later, something has broken. It is as if shifting the […]

Euronews: AI chatbots citing Russian propaganda sourced from EU-sanctioned outlet. “AI chatbots are citing Russia propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlets, researchers say, raising questions about how hybrid warfare is expanding to influence large language models (LLMs). Mainstream large language models (LLMs) such as Google Gemini have reportedly cited pro-Russian propaganda from an EU-sanctioned […]

Euronews: AI chatbots citing Russian propaganda sourced from EU-sanctioned outlet. “AI chatbots are citing Russia propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlets, researchers say, raising questions about how hybrid warfare is expanding to influence large language models (LLMs). Mainstream large language models (LLMs) such as Google Gemini have reportedly cited pro-Russian propaganda from an EU-sanctioned […]

UA News: YouTube Has Blocked Another 25 Channels Spreading Russian Propaganda — CPD. “YouTube has blocked or completely removed another 25 channels from its platform that are linked to Russian propaganda and the information war against Ukraine. Among them are channels run by sanctioned individuals, Kremlin-affiliated media outlets, and organizations that spread disinformation and justified […]

UA News: YouTube Has Blocked Another 25 Channels Spreading Russian Propaganda — CPD. “YouTube has blocked or completely removed another 25 channels from its platform that are linked to Russian propaganda and the information war against Ukraine. Among them are channels run by sanctioned individuals, Kremlin-affiliated media outlets, and organizations that spread disinformation and justified […]

Dartmouth College: Working to Combat Propaganda in Overlooked Languages. “Anew study led by Fabrice Niyigaba ’27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda’s 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages spoken by 350 million Africans.”

Dartmouth College: Working to Combat Propaganda in Overlooked Languages. “Anew study led by Fabrice Niyigaba ’27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda’s 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages spoken by 350 million Africans.”

"Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is not only a political process. It is a strategic security choice for Ukraine and for Europe. That is why Russia is attacking it not only with missiles, but also with manipulation, fear, and distrust."

#Russia #informationwarfare #EU #Ukraine #EuropeanSecurity #EUvsDisinfo
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/russias-information-war-against-ukraines-european-future-is-a-threat-to-europe-itself/

"Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is not only a political process. It is a strategic security choice for Ukraine and for Europe. That is why Russia is attacking it not only with missiles, but also with manipulation, fear, and distrust."

#Russia #informationwarfare #EU #Ukraine #EuropeanSecurity #EUvsDisinfo
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/russias-information-war-against-ukraines-european-future-is-a-threat-to-europe-itself/

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 …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #China #Compliance #disinformation #Gaza #informationwarfare #legalwarfare #legitimacy #loac #psychologicalwarfare #publicopinionwarfare #ruleoflaw #Sari #SouthChinaSea #ThreeWarfaresDoctrine #UnitedStatesofAmerica
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/778350/

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.”

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.”