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European non-profit Algorithmic investigations and platform accountability
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📢 In a joint civil society effort, we filed a formal DSA complaint against 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) for violating Article 26(3) — which bans targeting ads based on sensitive data like sexuality, politics, religion, health. 📄 Read the joint statement:
aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
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https://aiforensics.org/uploads/Joint%20Statement%20against%20X's%20Sensitive%20Ads%20Targeting.pdf
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Luc Chagnon
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Le dernier rapport de l'ONG
@aiforensics.org
à propos de TikTok montre la profusion de ces comptes qui tentent de surfer sur des "modes" et des contenus outranciers pour bénéficier de la monétisation, et parfois vendre des "formations en IA"
aiforensics.org/work/agentic...
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https://aiforensics.org/work/agentic-ai-accounts
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Can you still tell when a video is AI-generated? On TikTok, 25% of top search results are now AI-made. We’re releasing a new AI Detection Guide to help journalists, fact-checkers, and everyday users spot AI videos and images. Become your own digital detective. 🕵️ 🔗
tinyurl.com/49z7z9e3
19 days ago
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🔍 As the EU calls for “simplification,” our year-long study of LLM chatbots shows a growing regulatory gap. LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini increasingly act like search engines. But do they fall under the DSA, the AI Act, or somewhere in between?
19 days ago
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⚠️ AI chatbots are reshaping how we search. But EU rules haven’t caught up. Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach. So how do we fix it? 👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
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From 'Googling' to 'Asking ChatGPT': Governing AI Search
We provide an overview of the most relevant changes and shifts between traditional search engines and AI search functionalities. This report also offers a framework for situating AI search in the curr...
https://tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
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TikTok launched a tool to reduce AI content. Our reporting, now covered by
@theguardian.com
, shows why it's not enough. 🗞️ Agentic AI Accounts push anti-immigrant narratives, sexualized content, and fake news at scale, and TikTok consistently fails to identify and label it.
tinyurl.com/yfxca3k3
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Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok
Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a month
https://tinyurl.com/yfxca3k3
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🚨354 automated AI accounts generated 4.5 billion views on TikTok through more than 43,000 AI-made posts. Our investigation finds Agentic AI Accounts spreading harmful content. Yet TikTok labels around 1.38% of these posts. ⚠️ Full report:
tinyurl.com/4kkfm4nn
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Sarah Murphy Madia
about 1 month ago
Academics, civil society and regulators, all coming together to get wonky about the DSA (but more importantly, to hash out ways to help the DSA further efforts to ensure internet integrity in Europe and beyond) 🌟 Thanks again to those who joined our
@whattofix.tech
/
@aiforensics.org
workshop!
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AI Forensics
Mozilla
about 1 month ago
Billions of people scroll every day. But what’s actually going viral on social media? 🤷♀️ We asked the platforms for one simple thing: their most-viewed posts. They all said no 🙃 Help us demand transparency now:
mzl.la/3M8Eh9L
@algorithmwatch.org
@scg-uzh.bsky.social
@lessurligneurs.bsky.social
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Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation
Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.
https://mzl.la/3M8Eh9L
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Last month, alongside
@mozilla.org
@algorithmwatch.org
and others, we asked major platforms to share their 1,000 most-viewed posts. Not a single one agreed. If we can’t see what goes viral, we can’t understand how misinformation spreads. Sign the petition for basic transparency. 👇
mzl.la/49HTh8C
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Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation
Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.
https://mzl.la/49HTh8C
about 1 month ago
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Wisskomm.de
about 1 month ago
Das Internet droht im synthetischen Müll zu versinken. Wikipedia, YouTube, LinkedIn: Überall ist künstlicher Content, auch bekannt als ‘AI Slop’. Wie gefährlich ist das für unsere Wissensinfrastruktur? 👇
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/wir-versinke...
#Wisskomm
@aiforensics.org
@kurzgesagt.org
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Wir versinken in Schrott
Ein Viertel der meistgeklickten TikTok-Suchergebnisse ist künstlich erzeugt. Oft ohne Kennzeichnung, oft täuschend echt. Welche Orientierung bleibt in dieser neuen Realität? Im August 2025 bemerkte de...
https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/wir-versinken-in-schrott-93373/
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📢 New: TikTok and YouTube failed to address dangerous climate dis/misinformation during Spain’s 2024 floods Our study with
@maldita.es.web.brid.gy
reveals that such videos remain online a year after the event and appear to have been amplified, receiving over 21 million views. 👇
about 2 months ago
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Europe is rapidly rolling out age-verification — in the name of “child safety.” 🚷 But is it actually working? Our first audit found AgeGO’s selfie feature streamed biometric data straight to Amazon. 🪪 Our new report examines AgeVerif: What we found raises serious concerns. 👇
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🚨 From FYP to WW3: Our latest report asks, is TikTok’s algorithm amplifying pro-military narratives? We found: - FYPs prioritized military & war content - Search showed more NATO news & perspectives - Both leaned pro-NATO, incl. praise for Rutte & Macron - “World War III” in ~1 of 25 FYP videos
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🚨 "AI Slop" investigation: Platforms failing to label synthetic content We found: - 1 in 4 TikTok search results contain AI imagery - Specialized "Agentic AI Accounts" mass-produce synthetic content - 80%+ of AI content is photorealistic but unlabeled - Instagram desktop users see zero AI labels
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📢 In a joint civil society effort, we filed a formal DSA complaint against 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) for violating Article 26(3) — which bans targeting ads based on sensitive data like sexuality, politics, religion, health. 📄 Read the joint statement:
aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
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https://aiforensics.org/uploads/Joint%20Statement%20against%20X's%20Sensitive%20Ads%20Targeting.pdf
6 months ago
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Paul Bouchaud
6 months ago
Wanna check if you've been targeted by ads based on sensitive data? Just drop your X portability archive to find out
haveibeentargeted.online
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Our investigation covered on
@pixelsfr.bsky.social
by
@damienleloup.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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AI Forensics
Paul Bouchaud
6 months ago
How X enables major brands to target your most sensitive personal data - from health conditions to political beliefs - check out our new report!
aiforensics.org/work/sensiti...
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We also came up with
haveibeentargeted.online
where you can upload your X data and see whether advertisers have targeted you based on your sensitive characteristics 👇
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AIF - Have I Been Targeted ?
https://haveibeentargeted.online
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🧵How X enables major brands to target your most sensitive personal data—from health conditions to political beliefs—all in the name of profit.
aiforensics.org/work/sensiti...
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https://aiforensics.org/work/sensitive-targeting-x
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Sleeping Giants FR
6 months ago
💥 Des pubs sur X ciblent sur l'orientation politique, syndicale, religieuse ou les préférences sexuelles. C'est interdit en Europe. X fournit même clé en main des catégories de ciblage potentiellement illégales que ses clients utilisent. Bravo à
@aiforensics.org
pour l'excellent travail d'analyse !
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X a permis à des annonceurs de cibler leurs publicités en fonction de critères politiques, une pratique interdite
La méthode, proscrite en Europe, sauf rares exceptions, par le règlement général sur la protection des données personnelles, reste utilisée, voire encouragée, sur le réseau social d’Elon Musk, révèle ...
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/06/18/x-a-permis-a-des-annonceurs-de-cibler-leurs-publicites-en-fonction-de-criteres-politiques-une-pratique-interdite_6614144_4408996.html
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AI Forensics
Marc Faddoul
6 months ago
In
@aiforensics.org
’s last study authored by
@paulbouchaud.com
we depict how advertisers use political and other sensitive user data to target ads on X
aiforensics.org/work/sensiti...
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🧵 We just exposed how TikTok's "Research API" is systematically hiding content from researchers Despite promises of transparency under EU law, the platform is missing 1 in 8 videos from its own research tools:
aiforensics.org/work/tk-api
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TikTok Research API - Availability Dashboard
https://playground.tiktok-audit.com/api-na/
7 months ago
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Ramsha Jahangir
7 months ago
Much focus has been on gaining access to platform data under EU's DSA—but what happens once that access is granted? Democracy Reporting International and
@aiforensics.org
take a closer look at TikTok’s data access mechanism, exploring how it works in practice.
www.techpolicy.press/unpacking-ti...
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Unpacking TikTok’s Data Access Illusion | TechPolicy.Press
TikTok’s data access mechanism fails to provide the transparency, functionality, or responsiveness that rigorous research demands, write experts using its API.
https://www.techpolicy.press/unpacking-tiktoks-data-access-illusion/
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🧵How TikTok failed Polish democracy during the 2025 Presidential Election Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora :
aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
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Tiktok's Polish Elections Labels: Only Sometimes, And Only For Some
Our investigation reveals TikTok's systematic failures in applying election information labels during Poland's 2025 Presidential Election. The platform excluded 20+ million Polish diaspora users from ...
https://aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-polish-elections
7 months ago
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📢 NEW INVESTIGATION: Meta approved 46,000+ health scam ads shown 292M+ times to EU users. Meta is systematically failing to moderate fraudulent health ads despite DSA regulations.
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Paul Bouchaud
9 months ago
"This is a highly adversarial space, we are investing a lot in our detection systems..." Meanwhile, our latest report at
@aiforensics.org
found Meta reviewed, approved, and displayed fake medicine advertisements over 292 million times to EU users since the DSA took effect.
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📊 AI Forensics: A Year of Impact After a pivotal year, we've reached new organizational maturity as leaders in algorithmic auditing & platform accountability. See our annual report to know more:
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9 months ago
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AI Forensics
Marc Faddoul
11 months ago
This
@bsky.app
feature that allows you to choose your browser is refreshing and should be mandatory on every app! In-app browser lock-in is noxious and another way many platforms abuse their dominance
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CheckFirst
12 months ago
Despite international sanctions,
#Meta
is accepting payments from Russian propagandists. Our latest report with
@aiforensics.org
& Reset underscore how Meta has failed to moderate over 8,000 political ads from the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency (SDA).
#SDALeak
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Influence by Design: How Meta Accepted Russian Propaganda Payments Despite Sanctions - CheckFirst
Check First, in partnership with Reset.tech and AI Forensics, unveils the extent to which Kremlin-linked entity SDA have exploited Meta platforms to disseminate propaganda.
https://checkfirst.network/influence-by-design-how-meta-accepted-russian-propaganda-payments-despite-sanctions/
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Our latest research from
@paulbouchaud.com
in collab with
@checkfirst.network
and Reset highlights once again why moderating and regulating Meta and other platforms is necessary
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12 months ago
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Dr Carolina Are / Blogger On Pole
12 months ago
Spoke with
@jeremyhsu.bsky.social
for this
@newscientist.bsky.social
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@aiforensics.org
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newscientist.com/article/2463634-meta-allowed-pornographic-ads-that-break-its-content-moderation-rules/
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Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content moderation rules
Last year, Meta allowed thousands of paid ads containing sexually explicit imagery on social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram
https://newscientist.com/article/2463634-meta-allowed-pornographic-ads-that-break-its-content-moderation-rules/
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Free Our Feeds is raising funds to launch a new public interest foundation that puts Bluesky’s underlying technology on a pathway to become an open & healthy social media ecosystem that cannot be controlled by any single company or billionaire (incl Bluesky itself).
www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
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This Campaign Wants To Raise $4 Million To Make Social Media Immune To Billionaire Takeover
Free Our Feeds, which includes support from the Mozilla Foundation, is working with Bluesky to make sure the open source social media landscape is robust — even if it means more competition for Bluesk...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/01/13/bluesky-free-our-feeds/
12 months ago
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Social media can be better—for everyone. 🌐 The Free Our Feeds campaign is on a mission to build a new, independent foundation for an ecosystem of interconnected apps & different companies that have people’s interests at heart. Learn how you can help at
freeourfeeds.com
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Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
https://freeourfeeds.com
12 months ago
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🚨 NEW REPORT: Pay-to-Play: Meta’s Community (Double) Standards on Pornographic Ads Our latest investigation uncovers a glaring double standard in how Meta enforces its content moderation rules. Here's what we found 🧵👇
12 months ago
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Blatant double standards on Meta's moderation of sexually explicit content. Read our latest research lead by
@paulbouchaud.com
, covered today in the Washington Post:
aiforensics.org/work/meta-po...
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12 months ago
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We recently co-signed the Centre for Democracy and Technology’s civil society statement, which calls for enhanced and meaningful transparency from VLOP and VLOSE risk assessments as a mandatory facet of the Digital Services Act.
about 1 year ago
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Our latest investigation shows that Meta's failure to moderate politial ads is exploited by large pro-Russia propaganda network Read the coverage in Politico!
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over 1 year ago
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