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@isdglobal

@isdglobal
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2024-10-09
New ISD research shows North Carolina officials and FEMA reps responding to Hurricane Helene are being targeted by antisemitic disinformation, raising safety concerns as they prepare for another hurricane. Check out the @washingtonpost's coverage of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2024-10-09 View on X
Washington Post

ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views

Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.

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2024-09-29
ISD's @iamisabellew and @jaredlholt spoke with @WillOremus of the Washington Post about this research and how the far-right is using Hitler content to try and recruit young people to their cause. Read below. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2024-09-29 View on X
Washington Post

Neo-Nazis are creating AI videos of Hitler making English versions of his speeches and to rebrand him as “misunderstood” via TikTok, X, Instagram, and YouTube

There are good reasons for students to learn about the madmen of history. … Threads: Casey Newton / @crumbler : Why would they post on these platforms when Substack is right there ...

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2024-09-28
ISD's @iamisabellew and @jaredlholt spoke with @WillOremus of the Washington Post about this research and how the far-right is using Hitler content to try and recruit young people to their cause. Read below. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2024-09-28 View on X
Washington Post

Neo-Nazis are creating AI videos of Hitler making English versions of his speeches and to rebrand him as “misunderstood” via TikTok, X, Instagram, and YouTube

There are good reasons for students to learn about the madmen of history. … Threads: Casey Newton / @crumbler : Why would they post on these platforms when Substack is right there ...

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2023-12-17
A number of Spamouflage accounts on X have recently capitalised on the ongoing war in Gaza to pump out propaganda targeting US & international audiences, using similar tactics & narratives to those it used after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2023-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

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While the Gaza conflict features prominently, in recent weeks Spamouflage is clearly shifting its focus towards the US presidential elections, attempting to associate Biden specifically with costly US military entanglements overseas. Read the dispatch 👇 https://www.isdglobal.org/...
2023-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

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The campaign is pushing 3 main narratives: 1⃣The US is intentionally fueling the conflict in Gaza for its own profit &/or political motives 2⃣Palestinians are suffering & the US is complicit 3⃣The US's efforts to prop up its failing hegemony pose a threat to global stability
2023-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

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The campaign consists of a small number of accounts posting the content & a larger group amplifying it. Some posts use real images, videos, and news articles while others include AI-generated images.
2023-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

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Spamouflage's years-long campaign has been the target of mass takedowns across multiple platforms. However, in recent months the network has reactivated old accounts & created new ones with AI-generated women's faces as profile pictures. [image]
2023-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

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A pro-CCP network commonly known as ‘Spamouflage’ has recently incorporated the Israel-Hamas conflict into its online influence campaigns. ISD analysed how this network is using fake accounts on Western social media platforms to spread anti-US sentiment. https://www.isdglobal.org/...
2023-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

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2023-12-16
A pro-CCP network commonly known as ‘Spamouflage’ has recently incorporated the Israel-Hamas conflict into its online influence campaigns. ISD analysed how this network is using fake accounts on Western social media platforms to spread anti-US sentiment. https://www.isdglobal.org/...
2023-12-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

‘Mold of the internet’ has appeared on 50 platforms, researchers say  —  When a Twitter account for Utah business coach Spencer …

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Spamouflage's years-long campaign has been the target of mass takedowns across multiple platforms. However, in recent months the network has reactivated old accounts & created new ones with AI-generated women's faces as profile pictures. [image]
2023-12-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

‘Mold of the internet’ has appeared on 50 platforms, researchers say  —  When a Twitter account for Utah business coach Spencer …

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The campaign is pushing 3 main narratives: 1⃣The US is intentionally fueling the conflict in Gaza for its own profit &/or political motives 2⃣Palestinians are suffering & the US is complicit 3⃣The US's efforts to prop up its failing hegemony pose a threat to global stability
2023-12-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

‘Mold of the internet’ has appeared on 50 platforms, researchers say  —  When a Twitter account for Utah business coach Spencer …

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A number of Spamouflage accounts on X have recently capitalised on the ongoing war in Gaza to pump out propaganda targeting US & international audiences, using similar tactics & narratives to those it used after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2023-12-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

‘Mold of the internet’ has appeared on 50 platforms, researchers say  —  When a Twitter account for Utah business coach Spencer …

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The campaign consists of a small number of accounts posting the content & a larger group amplifying it. Some posts use real images, videos, and news articles while others include AI-generated images.
2023-12-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

‘Mold of the internet’ has appeared on 50 platforms, researchers say  —  When a Twitter account for Utah business coach Spencer …

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While the Gaza conflict features prominently, in recent weeks Spamouflage is clearly shifting its focus towards the US presidential elections, attempting to associate Biden specifically with costly US military entanglements overseas. Read the dispatch 👇 https://www.isdglobal.org/...
2023-12-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How Spamouflage Dragon, China's largest disinformation campaign per Google and Meta, infiltrates platforms to promote Chinese policies and criticize dissidents

‘Mold of the internet’ has appeared on 50 platforms, researchers say  —  When a Twitter account for Utah business coach Spencer …

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2021-12-09
“Just as there was an initial deriding of the alt-right as a fringe movement, a similar disregard is meeting the culture of alt-jihadists forming across social media platforms. But that is a mistake.” ISD's Islamogram work underpins this WIRED essay: https://www.wired.com/...
2021-12-09 View on X
Wired

Behind the rise of “alt-jihadists” on social media and how they have adopted alt-right's organizational tactics and imagery to fuel their growing movement

The playbook of the “alt-right” is guiding a new generation of fringe jihadists, showing just how complicated extremism is about to become online. Tweets: @cepineurope , @isdglobal...

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2021-10-26
Our @MoustafaAyad is quoted in this article based on the latest leaked documents from Facebook. They show a systematic failure to recruit sufficient native speakers of Arabic, among other languages, to moderate the platform in the MENA region. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-26 View on X
Associated Press

Facebook docs detail issues with moderating non-English speech, leading to inflammatory language in Afghanistan, bans on common words in Palestine, and more

but Facebook doesn't have people who speak all those languages to adequately monitor for hate speech and harassment. https://www.cnn.com/... DK Shivakumar / @dkshivakumar : This is...

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On the day of the Sadr City bombing, ahead of Eid, @ISDglobal watched Islamic State networks coordinate a campaign across three platforms. Their hub was Facebook. This was just one of many battles in the war for terrorist footholds on the platform. 🧵 https://www.politico.com/...
2021-10-26 View on X
Associated Press

Facebook docs detail issues with moderating non-English speech, leading to inflammatory language in Afghanistan, bans on common words in Palestine, and more

but Facebook doesn't have people who speak all those languages to adequately monitor for hate speech and harassment. https://www.cnn.com/... DK Shivakumar / @dkshivakumar : This is...

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2021-08-25
In “Hatescape: An In-Depth Analysis of Extremism and Hate Speech on TikTok,” we take a look at how TikTok is used to promote hatred and glorify extremism and terrorism. (1/6) https://www.isdglobal.org/...
2021-08-25 View on X
USA Today

Study details how people use hashtags, video effects, and music on TikTok to promote hate against Asians, women, Muslims, Jews, and Black and LGBTQ people

Despite pledges to crack down on hatred, TikTok is still trafficking in short-form videos that promote white supremacy and anti-Black racism … Source: ISD .

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This report seeks to start a conversation around how platforms like TikTok can improve their own practices to protect users, and underscores the need for independent oversight which currently leave users and the public open to significant risks. (6/6) https://www.isdglobal.org/...
2021-08-25 View on X
USA Today

Study details how people use hashtags, video effects, and music on TikTok to promote hate against Asians, women, Muslims, Jews, and Black and LGBTQ people

Despite pledges to crack down on hatred, TikTok is still trafficking in short-form videos that promote white supremacy and anti-Black racism … Source: ISD .

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