“rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together to target perceived adversaries, amplify false claims and reshape the media landscape.”

BBC DG Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resign from the Corporation. Statement outlining their resignation 👇🏾

Social networks: friend or foe for journalism? @niemanlab.org has more.

#Meta: making money with scams, fraudulent ads and such like.

At Germany‘s first digital only university today - the German University of Digital Science. Gave a talk earlier on the topic of technology, #AI, #disinformation and news media. Also showcased some of our R&D work at #DeutscheWelle R&D. Interesting day - still ongoing. Photo 2 ©️Anke Gaiser.

Great news!! Our scientific director Professor Kalina Bontcheva @sheffieldnlp.bsky.social at @sheffielduni.bsky.social has been appointed Chair of Working Group 1 for the new Code of Practice on the #Transparency of #AI -Generated Content. www.veraai.eu/posts/kalina...

To read more about the appointed chairs for the new Code of Practice, you may also want to check out the @ec.europa.eu announcement. 👇

True love! ❤️ #Tesla owner & #ElonMusk

Kaum werden die verbliebenen raren Spurenelemente von "C" in der CDU nochmal sichtbar, da erhebt sich schon ein Sturm der Entrüstung unter ihren Spitzenfunktionären.

“New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.” The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

On Thursday 6 November I’ll be speaking at the German University of Digital Science in Potsdam at their 3rd International Conference. 👇🏾

"Access to data by researchers is a crucial element of ensuring transparency and democratic accountability,” @lewan.bsky.social says. “The public is entitled to know what platforms and their algorithms are doing to the information landscape.” I wrote for @science.org about Meta, TikTok and the DSA 🧪

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Into the looking glass! What may happen at the US midterm elections? How far will Donald #Trump and his disciples go? Important reporting by @dgraham.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com’s latest cover story. According to Graham, the US “election system is reaching a breaking point.”

Here’s a recap of veraAI’s presence at #Disinfo2025 - one of Europe‘s primary events on #disinformation detection and analysis, organised by @disinfo.eu

Die @deutschebahn.com schreitet voran und weitet ihre Erklärungen für Verspätungen aus. Neu, zumindest für mich, der soeben gehörte Verspätungsgrund: „durch hohes Fahrgastaufkommen verlängerte Ein- und Ausstiegszeiten.“ 😅 #DB #DeutscheBahn

#BVB #BorussiaDortmund beat #FCCologne 1-0. Goal was scored in 96th minute. Amazing Atmosphere. #YouNeverWalkAlone

AI and news: a ‘delicate‘ relationship, to say the least.

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his guests insisted that Ukraine should not be allowed to exist, "If there is no Ukraine, there is no problem." Solovyov's main concern was how to control and "reeducate" millions of Ukrainians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNZs...

What is #DonaldTrump telling us - and especially the American people - by posting this AI-generated video?

Americans rising! #NoKings

“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right,” says Teresa Völker, co-author of a study (with Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti) on agenda setting and how this impacts overall discourse and communication - as well as reception.

Studie zu Wirksamkeit (oder nicht) von #CommunityNotes als #Faktencheck. Von Michael Schmidt, Franziska Martini, Maik Fielitz & Christian Donner.

Political warfare Russian style: @shekhovtsov.substack.com provides deeper insights into Russian influence operations. Relatively new to the game: the ‘Social Design Agency’ (SDA).

Sex sells!

For younger people gen AI offers a very different news experience. Fews are using it for news right now, but it could grow in the coming years. Full @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report by @felixsimon.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social and me. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...

Meet us at @disinfo.eu‘s #Disinfo2025 from 15–16 October 2025 at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The counter-disinformation community will reunite to exchange ideas, learnings, and collaboration opportunities. We‘ll be there! Will you, too?! www.disinfo.eu/conference

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Was the left wrong to leave #X for @bsky.app? - @jonnelledge.bsky.social asks. “Fuck no”, is his answer (in comments here).

‘Lending a helping hand‘ …

Some thoughts and a recap by @sophiehnic.bsky.social on the News Impact Summit 2025 in Warsaw - #NISWAW. Including more info about our #verification plugin and respective trainings by @factcheck.afp.com

Done! #NISWAW by European Journalism Centre is over. Thanks to everyone for making this both enjoyable and insightful.

“I don’t see AI doing frontline coverage and such like”, says @zakharprotsiuk.bsky.social of the @kyivindependent.com at #NISWAW.

Last panel discussion at this year’s News Impact Summit in Warsaw (#NISWSW). On stage: @sophienicearnaigh.bsky.social @zakharprotsiuk.bsky.social & Jakub Górnicki, moderated by @bronwynjo.bsky.social. Topic: AI and news, reporting and editorial decision-making - different international perspectives.

Not such good news … @richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #NISWSW on #AI and #News

#NISWSW started. @richardfletcher.bsky.social of @reutersinstitute.bsky.social with the opening talk to set the scene.

The stage is being set ….

Today’s speaking venue: a castle. Not bad!

‘Narrative construction’ now also supported by AI / Sora 2 et al.

Making images fit the narrative; whatever it takes!

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Looking forward!

On 9 Oct I'll be speaking at the European Journalism Centre's #NewsImpactSummit in #Warsaw. Topic of my talk: Countering #disinformation with #AI and technology. This will include presenting outcomes of @vera-ai.bsky.social.

Every Trump speech now produces approximately two dozen 30-second clips peppering the feed that each alone should trigger impeachment or 25th amendment proceedings and are indistinguishable from what your worst uncle would produce if he had any idea how to make ai-generated videos

Ein sehr guter #Tatort. Vom #HessischerRundfunk. Nachzusehen in der #ARD #Mediathek.

It’s been hard 24h for Georgians. Grave mistakes were made. Yesterday, Georgia lost a battle against Russian takeover - but the fight for freedom &democracy continues. If there’s one thing yst proved, it’s that resistance hasnt disappeared. They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. 1/12

Massive Russian missile and drone attack on #Ukraine last night. Russia used different types of cruise missiles, Kinzhal missiles and drones on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian objects. Western regions of Ukraine were under the most intense attack. ◾️Lviv and Lviv region: massive attack.

Unbedingt notwendig in diesen polarisierten Zeiten, so @janskudlarek.bsky.social: verbal abrüsten und wieder miteinander ins Gespräch kommen.