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Information integrity | Exploring AI Risk Mitigation
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❌This altered image has made a reappearance on Bluesky, where agents' faces were altered to make them appear as if they smiled in the direct aftermath of Trump's assassination attempt. The original photograph was taken by AP photographer Evan Vucci:
news.sky.com/video/photog...
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❌And the fake magazine covers just keep on comin'. Spotted this fake Charlie Hebdo cover on X (posted on Telegram before that) of Zelensky in a coffin with a word bubble in French that says, "Ukraine is an independent state." The real latest cover is visible on the right.
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❌ This image has surfaced on Bluesky with a caption saying it shows Israeli actress Gal Gadot's Hollywood star destroyed. But this photo is old. A quick reverse image search shows it was first published in 2018 when Trump's star was destroyed with a pickaxe.
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@seanadavis.bsky.social
and I summarized the Ukraine-related misinfo seen on social media recently, where at least one claim can be traced to the Russian disinformation network Pravda.
www.logicallyfacts.com/en/article/d...
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Disinformation reverberates after Zelenskyy’s Oval Office meeting
Logically Facts assesses the false claims that gained traction online before and after Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump and Vance in the Oval Office.
https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/article/disinformation-on-ukraine-war-reverberates-after-zelenskyys-oval-office-meeting
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❌ Fake transcript number two that has surfaced after a clash between Zelensky and Vance/Trump in the White House. Trump did say that Zelensky should be grateful and Vance questioned whether Zelensky had said thank you during their meeting - but this back-and-forth is fake.
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🧵We've just seen an extraordinary clash between Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance in the White House. But after significant events we tend to see misinfo. I'll be keeping track. First up, here's a fake transcript of the interaction that's surfaced on Bluesky with over 5k likes.
10 months ago
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❌Same tactics, different day. This fake cover has surfaced on social media. It depicts a cover of the Spanish magazine El Jueves with Putin and Trump in conversation and Zelenskiy outside. One iteration has over 900 likes on X and is circulating ahead of US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia.
10 months ago
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Olga Robinson
10 months ago
A video claiming that USAID has paid Hollywood stars millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral. But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated.
@shayan86.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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False video claims celebrities were 'paid' by USAID to visit Ukraine
The video claiming that USAID paid Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars to visit Ukraine is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that the BBC has previously investigat...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m12wl0jwpo
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Sheera Frenkel
10 months ago
The Trump admin has ordered the FBI to shutter the team which fights foreign election interference. IE- the team who helped uncover the Russian hackers who interfered with the 2016 elections. There is a collective freak out happening among cybersecuirty teams about this.
electionlawblog.org?p=148505
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"Trump's Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats" #ELB
CNN: The FBI is preparing to disband a team of specialists charged with combatting foreign threats to US elections, a source familiar tells CNN. The shuttering of the FBI Foreign Influence Task Force ...
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148505
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10 months ago
🧵 Dismantling of USAID was happily exploited by pro-Russian disinfo network (Matryoshka). With at least 11 fake videos impersonating world's respected media, posted Feb 3-5 on 𝕏. One of those videos got retweeted by Elon Musk and DonaldJTrump Jr to a record-setting 13M views.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh
10 months ago
Donald Trump Jr has also shared this fake E! News video about USAID, which is the work of a well-known Russian influence operation that creates fake videos of major news outlets to disparage Ukraine. This fake video now has more than 8 million views on X.
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Olga Robinson
10 months ago
This viral video claiming USAID has paid celebrities to visit Ukraine is nowhere to be found on E!News. And it is v similar in style to a Russian operation we’ve investigated that impersonates media outlets and often pushes anti-Ukraine narratives
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joe bodnar
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joe bodnar
10 months ago
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Over 7 hours after it was published - it now has a community note. (and now over 800.000 views for this clip alone)
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This video - shared by a pro-Russian account - has gathered over 700,000 views on X (no community note to date). It mimics a video published by entertainment outlet E! saying that USAID sponsored celebrity visits to Ukraine to bolster Zelensky's image. It's a fake - an imposter video.
10 months ago
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News Literacy Project
10 months ago
⚠️ As our 2024 "News Literacy in America" report showed (
bit.ly/NewsLiteracy...
), teens aren't always able to tell news stories from opinion columns or ads. 💡 Recognizing the purpose of a type of info is a foundational
#NewsLiteracy
skill. Video:
www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj...
#NewsLiteracyWeek
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Is that a news story, an opinion piece or branded content? Teens struggle to differentiate between types of info - emphasizing the critical need for news literacy skills & Checkology lessons like our ...
TikTok video by News Literacy Project
https://www.tiktok.com/@newslitproject/video/7467303772235025707
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❌This fake Musk tweet is making the rounds on Bluesky - depicting a post saying anyone protesting the Trump administration will be "suspended from X." 🔺It can be a red flag when a screenshot circulates with no link to the original post.
10 months ago
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News Literacy Project
10 months ago
📢 National
#NewsLiteracyWeek
in partnership with
@ewscrippsco.bsky.social
&
@usatoday.com
begins TODAY! ✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information. 🔗 Get involved & share:
newsliteracyweek.org
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❌This altered image has made its way to Bluesky - depicting an individual wearing a "Latinos for Trump" T-shirt being arrested by ICE. The original image was published by The Guardian in 2018 - the individual wore a plain grey T-shirt.
11 months ago
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News Literacy Project
11 months ago
"We need an Olympic-size commitment to teaching media literacy in our classrooms across America." - Philanthropist & NLP board member Melanie Lundquist Melanie's op-ed in
@usatoday.com
⤵️ ➕ National
#NewsLiteracyWeek
starts Feb. 3:
newsliteracyweek.org
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Media literacy is having a moment. We can't lose momentum. | Opinion
Adults under 30 are nearly as likely to trust information from social media as from national news outlets, according to the Pew Research Center.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/01/27/teens-social-media-struggle-news-literacy/77878126007/
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Raymond van Toor
11 months ago
Post on
#X
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Siri Christiansen
11 months ago
Friendly reminder that misinformation isn’t limited to one side of the political spectrum — there’s been a notable uptick in left/liberal-leaning misinformation since the Trump assassination attempt in July.
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❌This fake tweet has gone viral on X and has made its way over here to Bluesky. There's no record of Musk saying on X that MAGA will succeed "in the ways Nazi Germany failed to." It's a fake screenshot.
11 months ago
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❌Not the first time I've seen this fake newspaper clipping popping up here on Bluesky claiming Trump scored an IQ of 73. This post has more than 800 likes. It's a well-debunked piece of misinformation and debunked by the likes of
@politifact.bsky.social
:
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
11 months ago
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
11 months ago
January is
#CervicalCancer
awareness month!
#DYK
that cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer to affect women 15–44 y.o in the EU?
#HPVvaccination
protects against the
#HPV
virus, which is responsible for majority of cervical cancers. Learn more:
youtu.be/hjFkUIax8Fw
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How vaccines can protect from cancers: HPV & Hepatitis B | European Vaccination Information Portal
YouTube video by ECDC
https://youtu.be/hjFkUIax8Fw
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❌ This graphic has appeared on Bluesky depicting a Fox News graphic of Zuckerburg reacting to Musk's gesture during the inauguration. It's a fake. They published a similar graphic two weeks ago (R) reporting on Musk reacting to Meta's move to end the company's fact-checking initiatives.
11 months ago
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❌ This fabricated quote attributed to "the chancellor of Greenland" saying that if Trump "can't handle one polar vortex, he can't handle Greenland" is fake. It was posted by a satire Twitter account two days ago - before making it's way in screenshot form to Bluesky.
11 months ago
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Siri Christiansen
11 months ago
Did 8 Ukrainian generals lose their mansions in the LA fires? No. But the Russian trolls really want you to believe they did. That's why claims about Ukrainian mansions and mega yachts keep appearing – here are a few we’ve checked 🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
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Satire Or Disinformation: Ukrainian Generals Lost Homes In LA Fires
A 'satirical' post from a Russia Telegram channel suggested that Ukrainian generals owned homes now destroyed in the Los Angeles fires.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2025/01/13/satire-or-disinformation-ukrainian-generals-lost-homes-in-la-fires/
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Mark Little
11 months ago
A timely warning that the “internet” is not just a small number of huge tech corporations. And online safety laws need to reflect that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Note to No 10: one speed doesn’t fit all when it comes to online safety | John Naughton
Legislation to protect children in the digital realm is essential. But if it results in the loss of small cycling and cancer-care forums, something’s gone wrong
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/note-to-no-10-one-speed-doesnt-fit-all-when-it-comes-to-online-safety
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Some AI-generated images are difficult to spot. Others ...
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❌This doctored image has over 5,000 likes on Bluesky, depicting Melania Trump holding a pamphlet upside down during Jimmy Carter's funeral. No emblem is seen in livestreams of the funeral. You can see the exact moment on the C-SPAN livestream (58:28).
11 months ago
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I’m seeing this conspiracy theory gain fresh traction - questioning how some trees remain unscathed during wildfires. The answer lies in fire dynamics and ecology. I wrote about it in 2023 in the wake of the Maui wildfires. Take a look:
www.reuters.com/article/fact...
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Fact Check: In wake of Maui fires, here’s why some trees survive damage
It is not unusual for some trees to remain standing in the aftermath of a fire while surrounding buildings and vehicles burn, fire dynamics and environmental experts told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/in-wake-of-maui-fires-heres-why-some-trees-survive-damage-idUSL1N3A327F/
11 months ago
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Mike Rothschild
11 months ago
We lost our house in the Eaton Fire. We're safe, but the level of devastation is impossible to convey. I won't be able to work for a while, so if you want to support us, I'd appreciate a Patreon subscription or buying one of my books. It will help.
www.patreon.com/MikeRothschild
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Shayan Sardarizadeh
11 months ago
Viral X posts shared by Elon Musk claim that a 2008 Home Office document advised police that children abused in grooming cases "made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour". BBC Verify has found no evidence that a document with that advice exists.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to create wave of misinformation
The X owner shared false claims that a Home Office memo urged police not to intervene in child grooming cases.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2g7qgl1eo
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Eliot Higgins
11 months ago
Russia's online disinformation campaign took my advice and started deepfaking audio of the people it's quoting. This is deepfake me with the wrong British accent talking about the Kursk offensive.
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11 months ago
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Craig Silverman
11 months ago
I encourage anyone interested in Meta’s decision to stop working with US fact checkers to read this analysis of the program and decision from
@mantzarlis.com
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open.substack.com/pub/fakedup/...
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Zuck chucks fact-checkers to cosplay as Elon Musk
🤥 Faked Up #31: Meta terminates fact-checking program, Matryoshka migrates to BlueSky, and Spiegel identifies MrDeepFakes
https://open.substack.com/pub/fakedup/p/zuck-chucks-fact-checkers-to-cosplay?r=2g4z8&utm_medium=ios
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❌ This fake Trump quote has repeatedly resurfaced on Bluesky in recent days (and expect more of this type of misinfo ahead of the inauguration.) This fake quote calling Republicans the "dumbest group of voters" has been well debunked. eg by
@fullfact.org
:
fullfact.org/online/donal...
11 months ago
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Matt Novak
12 months ago
I keep seeing this circulating but it’s fake.
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The Fake History Hunter
12 months ago
More Ai slop. And as usual we have lots of real photos of mr. Wadlow. He was tall, very tall, but somehow someone wanted to make him even taller.
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❌ This pic of Laura Loomer has gathered 4k likes on Bluesky with a caption saying it shows her demanding her X blue checkmark back at the old Twitter HQ. Except it's an old photo.
@willsommer.bsky.social
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❌Retro anti-Trump misinfo is popping up here on Bluesky. 600 likes for this fake People magazine screenshot depicting an article saying that Trump wasn't invited to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. It was debunked by
@truthometer.bsky.social
back in 2022:
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
12 months ago
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❌ Over 800 likes on Bluesky for this fake quote attributed to Panama's president saying that they're going to double the fees for U.S. ships sailing through the canal. No trace of such a quote.
12 months ago
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HoaxEye
12 months ago
The drone/UFO flap just won’t stop although there’s nothing to report. Some accounts are now posting AI generated UAP videos. Source: UnknownFootageIG on Instagram - they have created all clips using AI
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Shayan Sardarizadeh
12 months ago
This image, which has gone viral online, is AI-generated and fake. There are far too many inconsistencies pointing to this being AI: The Israeli soldiers and their equipment, the fire, the rubble and the unlikely nature of the image.
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❌ Three fake screenshots mimicking Trump's Truth Social have appeared on Bluesky (and other platforms), posing as posts on a rift between the president-elect and Elon Musk. All three of these posts are fake.
12 months ago
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Shayan Sardarizadeh
12 months ago
The details slowly emerging about the main suspect in the horrific Magdeburg attack contradict so much of what was posted online in the immediate aftermath. This is why it's always wise to wait for the facts before rushing to post unverified information about these atrocities.
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News Literacy Project
12 months ago
🚨 When something occurs that drives speculation & authoritative sources don’t provide immediate answers, bad actors exploit the gap in credible info with falsehoods. That's what has happened with the
#drone
story in NJ & nearby states.
#RumorGuard
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