📢 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. 👇

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. 👇

🚨 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

🚨 "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

📢 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...

Wanna check if you've been targeted by ads based on sensitive data? Just drop your X portability archive to find out haveibeentargeted.online

Our investigation covered on @pixelsfr.bsky.social by @damienleloup.bsky.social !

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...

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 👇

🧵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...

💥 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 !

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...

🧵 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

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...

🧵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-...

📢 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.

"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.

📊 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: cmsbackend.aiforensics.org/uploads/aif_...

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

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

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

Spoke with @jeremyhsu.bsky.social for this @newscientist.bsky.social piece based on @aiforensics.org's research. newscientist.com/article/2463634-meta-allowed-pornographic-ads-that-break-its-content-moderation-rules/

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...

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.

🚨 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 🧵👇

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...

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.

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!