Poland's president is dragging his feet on signing a law extending the residency status of Ukrainian refugees and migrants, despite their huge economic contribution. Went with @wojtekradwanski.bsky.social to meet successful entrepreneurs and employment experts www.france24.com/en/live-news...

From today's GREVIO report: Serbia's faltering efforts to combat violence against women are being further hampered by a conservative backlash and "alarming levels" of digital abuse, experts said u.afp.com/SWM5

In Serbia, women have been involved in all aspects of the student-led anti-corruption movement. But in a deeply patriarchal society, being visible and speaking up means risking gender-based violence ranging from media smear campaigns to revenge porn. My story for @en.afp.com : u.afp.com/SWgD

The Croatian right is up to its old tricks, making false claims about a future sex-ed option in Zagreb's schools. People are being slandered and are receiving death threats as a result, while children are deprived of needed health and sex-ed programs provjeracinjenica.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

"It’s my image, it’s my name, but it’s not me, and I don’t really know what to do," Michael Mallinson told AFP. "I worry about longer-term ramifications. That stuff stays on social media forever." by @billmccarthy.bsky.social www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...

At the same time, we investigated another manipulated pic, shared by SNS networks to fit the narrative that the students are piloted from Croatia to foment a "revolution of color". Moral: stay sharp &don't believe things just because they match your beliefs cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

An interesting case I covered last week: a brand new anonymous X sent manipulated pictures of SNS supporters to people active in the current protest movement in Serbia. The goal seems (to me) to convince them to publish false info to later discredit them. Did it work? Yes. cinjenice.afp.com

La Pologne a annoncé mercredi l'interception de plusieurs "drones russes" entrés dans l'espace aérien du pays de l'Otan et de l'UE, frontalier de la Russie et de l’Ukraine, dénonçant "une provocation à grande échelle".

Pour ce nouvel épisode, #LeCollimateur se penche sur les cadres et les relais du pouvoir de Vladimir Poutine, l'évolution de ce groupe depuis la fin de la guerre froide, et ses changements à la faveur de la guerre, avec Victor Violier, chercheur @irsem.bsky.social lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

After promising more crackdowns and calling the protesters "terrorists", Serbian pdt Vučić offered a "dialogue". Meanwhile, his party's supporters are flooding social media with AI-slops and fakes, including a fabricated quote attributed to Novak Đoković. My latest: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

AI slop websites are churning out climate science denial, using made up research from fake experts. MSN, the world’s 4th-largest news aggregator, published some of these articles to millions before they were pulled. Learn more via @desmog.com buff.ly/SXgQ4Ig

EXCLUSIVE: A Dutch media conglomerate's CEO promised a close ally of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić that he would fire the media executive who oversees independent broadcaster N1, OCCRP and KRIK reveal. www.occrp.org/en/scoop/tel...

Bosnia's national museum defends decision to donate funds from the display of a precious Jewish manuscript to the people of Gaza u.afp.com/SAgz

#Albania: The obstruction of journalistic activity at Focus Media Group's premises in Tirana continues despite a clear ruling of the Tirana First Instance Court. We call on the ministers to enforce the court ruling and uphold journalistic freedoms. europeanjournalists.org/blog/2025/08...

#Croatia: We stand in full solidarity with Faktograf journalist Melita Vrsaljko, who was subjected to a physical attack and threats right in front of the police. Vrsaljko was also assaulted twice last year for her environmental reporting; these attacks remain unpunished.

Gvt's crackdown on protests in Serbia continues to produce violence and disinformation. Women who dare participate in the protests and to speak up are not only exposed to physical attacks, but also gender-based violence. My latest fact-check touching on the topic: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Social media & search engine platforms are enabling the manosphere's extreme misogyny. This toxic ideology can radicalize young men and lead to real-life violence. Read our explainer to learn more👇 buff.ly/sJb83GY

#Croatia The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) report following its mission to Zagreb highlights ongoing threats to journalists in Croatia despite some reform efforts. 🚨 Political pressure, media capture, and misuse of state resources continue to undermine independent journalism.

Everyone I knew who covered disinformation got laid off, their bosses got bullied into firing them, or they changed their beats from actual Nazi harassment campaigns. It cannot be stressed the damage the paid-for Substack “free speech” guys did in the service of fascism and against real free speech.

"While climate misinformation has long been a concern, often mutating into full-blown conspiracy theories, the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that the term “misinformation” no longer reflects the scale, complexity, or urgency of the threat, much less points to potential solutions"

🗳️ Centar za evropske vrednosti i Institut za evropske slobode posmatraće izbore u Zaječaru i Kosjeriću. ‼️ Iako nije moguće 100% utvrditi koga će poslati na biračka mesta, internet pretraga imena sa spiskova njihovih posmatrača vodi do SNS-a. 👇🧵

Qui se cache derrière des vidéos montrant sur Telegram une femme en train de martyriser chats, lapins et cochons d'Inde? Les séquences sont réalisées contre rémunération et elle porte un masque. Les Elfes bulgares ont enquêté. Par Rossen Bossev. @afp.com www.france24.com/fr/info-en-c...

Rebecca Solnit on compromise: "If I think the world is round and you think the world is flat, I don't really make the world better by saying it's kind of a squashed oblong."

‼️ Vlast i tabloidi ponovo sinhronizovani u kampanji protiv rektora Đokića Tu kampanju targetiranja i kriminalizacije rektora Univerziteta u Beogradu pojačali su zbog spekulacija da bi Đokić mogao da se nađe na studentskoj izbornoj listi. 👇🧵

🗣️"This is an immediate crisis that demands more research and urgent action from policymakers, tech companies, and parents.” Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in ‪@telegraphnews.bsky.social on CCDH's new findings on the world's largest incel forum ⤵️ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

#Enquête : un mystérieux “expert” russe basé en #France, Oleg Nesterenko, reprend tous les codes de la propagande du Kremlin, tant sur les réseaux sociaux que dans les médias, où il a réussi à se faire publier dans une trentaine de pays. RSF a enquêté sur cet entrepreneur de l'influence russe.

I left my job at ProPublica about a month ago. Here's why: I've teamed up with @mantzarlis.com to launch indicator.media, a new publication dedicated to exposing digital deception and to equipping professionals and the public with knowledge and skills to investigate it. Sign up for free below!

Platforms like TikTok are shaping who feels safe to run for office. ISD’s new report reveals how TikTok’s failures in moderating online gender-based violence are normalising misogyny, silencing political voices & undermining democracy—especially for women during elections. Full report below ⬇️

New blog post: Wasted love?: broadcasting and fandom at a crossroads after #Eurovision 2025 bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/w...

🇵🇱 Pologne: des sites du parti centriste au pouvoir étaient hors service ce vendredi en raison d'une cyberattaque, à deux jours du premier tour de l'élection présidentielle dimanche, a annoncé le bureau du Premier ministre #AFP

@amnesty.org revealed how secret services are spying on local Serbian journalists. Then, @forbidden-stories.bsky.social teamed up with RAF to support them in their investigation of Dimitrovgrad's mayor's shady deals. Journalism work and solidarity at it best. forbiddenstories.org/spying-journ...

Please do not use this word in my presence or at all. Do not write it out. Do not spell. Do not whisper it. After writing this, I had to face a court of whataboutist messages. As if I sat there on my sofa thinking of something spectacular to say. The tone policing is despicable.

#SamoMinut - o odlasku predsednika Vučića u Moskvu. I poruci da će "Srbija ostati na evropskom putu". 👇 www.istinomer.rs/analize/sta-...

Generative AI put confirmation bias on steroids and made propaganda cheaper. Ruling party networks in Serbia have used an AI-made pic to further the narrative that the students leading an unprecedented protest movement are "traitors" and "oustachis" u.afp.com/SqPE

Absolutely incredible investigation by the team @bellingcat.com, TjekDet, Politiken, and CBC that uncovered the identity of the owner of the most prominent deepfake sexual abuse site. This feels like the beginning of justice for victims. I am grateful 🙏 www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Decades of research suggest that authoritarian leaders and their admirers consistently share one thing in common: they twist the truth! Our OP-ED in @time.com today about how to fight harmful misinformation! And the need to speak out against it. More speech, not less! 💪 time.com/7282640/how-...

I hope everyone working on LLMs has reckoned with their role in building a technology that, so far, has offered little to no benefit to humanity — while causing real harm by degrading art, undermining labor in creative industries, and straight up automating political propaganda

I laughed so hard reading this. AI companies feed garbage to their tool and *gasps* can't figure out why garbage is coming out? Also the fact there are companies helping to deal with the problems created by AI hallucinations is hilarious to me, in a cynical and slightly unhinged way.

Journalists are NOT targets. Journalists are NOT targets. Journalists are NOT targets. Journalists are NOT targets. A reminder, this #WorldPressFreedomDay.

🇷🇴🗳️ #TikTok #algorithms still boost emotive and polarising messages, with #Georgescu and #Simion benefitting "from a disproportionate visibility," says @madalinaresearch.bsky.social, Coordinator of @brodhub.bsky.social. 🗞️ Full text: u.afp.com/STWW 👉 More on #Romania #elections: loom.ly/n3p0rII

"Despite the changes, TikTok's algorithms still boost emotive and polarising messages, with Georgescu and Simion benefitting 'from a disproportionate visibility,' according to Madalina Botan, at the National University of Political Science and Administration in Bucharest." www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

"Studentski protest ne interveniše tako što nudi alternativu, već tako što ne pristaje. Njihovo odbijanje da se uklope, njihovo strpljenje koje se ne može instrumentalizovati, njihovo dugotrajno prisustvo, sve to funkcioniše kao raskid u kontinuitetu autoriteta." pescanik.net/politika-nes...

Pro-gvt propaganda reaches new lows with this one. Informer TV showed a photo of a student holding a sign saying "death to patriarchy" at a March 8th gathering in Novi Sad, claimed students now blocking RTS call for "the death of the Patriarch" My story in Serbian: cinjenice.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

"Platforms, with the rollout of community notes, are telling users: “Hey, it’s a hostile digital world out there, and you’re on your own.”"

BREAKING : Les propagandistes du Kremlin ciblent de nouveau la France. Les récits mensongers fabriqués à l’aide de l’IA générative par le groupe Storm-1516 ont déjà obtenu 55 millions de vues sur les médias sociaux depuis décembre 2024 - THREAD - 1/17

Another example of gvt spin in #Serbia against the students' protests: minister of defense Bratislav Gašić claimed that protesters in Kruševac showed Nazi symbols. Meanwhile, the photo he showed as proof is of the logo of US punk band Dead Kennedys. #studenti Story in Serbian: u.afp.com/S5gD

Who is susceptible to misinformation? We looked at >60,000 people from 24 countries who took our MIST test. Key results: Gen Z are more susceptible & those on the extreme right (but they don't know it). Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Yesterday I attended a roundtable at the French Institute in Budapest about fighting against disinformation and strenghtening European democracies. Always good to stress: tech bros are not friends & platforms must be regulated, media free and people equipped to deal with the current info sphere 🧵👇

How pro-gvt media outlets in #Serbia try and spin the narrative about the students' protests to delegitimize the participants #studenti www.barrons.com/news/disinfo...

To help data journalists with their reporting, @journoresource.bsky.social has curated a list of non-government websites and archives that preserve or maintain public health data. 🔗 Read more: https://twp.ai/9PQGI7