How GOP figures, from Stephen Miller to Elon Musk, use lawsuits to silence groups studying disinformation, like the DFRLab, CCDH, GDI, Graphika, and NewsGuard
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OpenAI disrupted five covert influence operations in the past three months that used its tools to try to manipulate public opinion or shape political outcomes
firm criticized the UN as well Meta went out of its way to tell the WSJ it didnt connect the firm to the Israeli government though I am not sure how the company tried (or didnt try) to make that conne...
How Sweden's Psychological Defense Agency, a part of the Ministry of Defense, is combating online disinformation from foreign adversaries, especially Russia
Sweden has tasked its psychological defense authority with openly combating fake news from foreign actors. … X: Alex Steffen / @alexsteffen : Some people, at least, are treating these Russian corrupti...
How Sweden's Psychological Defense Agency, a part of the Ministry of Defense, is combating online disinformation from foreign adversaries, especially Russia
The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin. Mastodon: @carl@heath.social . X: @dabeard , @nytimest...
Twitter disrupts a China-based influence campaign ahead of the US midterms, spanning nearly 2,000 accounts; two networks skewed right and another left
Washington Post : Tweets: @josephmenn , @naominixwrites , @dfrlab , @drewharwell , and @maxboot Tweets: Joseph Menn / @josephmenn : As Musk was preparing to take control of Twitter, Chinese and Irani...
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news outlets to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and from China, targeting the US and Czechia
complete with real reporters' bylines and photos — and promoted them using fake accounts to smear Ukraine, according to a new report by Meta https://www.protocol.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : NE...
An in-depth look at how governments in 60+ countries have enacted 935+ internet blackouts since 2016 to control populations and silence dissent
Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent. — PROLOGUE — Special operation and peace Tweets: @lvandenassum , @aymanm , @violazhouy...
Internal document from far-right militia Oath Keepers, with details on 25,000 members, shows Facebook was the most common way of discovering the group
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — How does one come to join a militia? Tweets: @willoremus , @alibreland , @willorem...
Researchers: Telegram, which had 11.9M downloads the week of the Capitol riot, began shutting down public white supremacist groups for the first time Wednesday
Financial Times : Tweets: @mshannahmurphy , @dfrlab , @chrismessina , @magsvisaggs , @mikebutcher , and @discopriest Tweets: Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy : NEW: Telegram - the messaging app that's...
Facebook users reported Kenosha Guard's Page and event to Facebook before the shootings but were told it did not violate its policies; the Pages are now gone
but says users' reports didn't make it to the right team in time BBC : Kyle Rittenhouse: Who is US teen accused of Kenosha Wisconsin protest murders? Tweets: Brian Fishman / @brianfishman : I have a b...