Last physical team meeting - and last group photo of a fantastic team! One month to go!

On 30 Sep and 1 Oct, we got together for the last physical consortium meeting in Thessaloniki. Our project ends in 1 month. We’re now preparing for the final steps and wrap-up. The legacy of veraAI will remain for many years to come! Thanks to a great team of diverse and committed players!

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📊 Operation Overload on Telegram: • 673 channels analysed • 7M+ messages • 2M+ media collisions (39% of 5.5M total) • 550+ channels share admins • 70% of Overload-linked emails point to Telegram • 10 verified channels drive core narratives

Tomorrow (Tuesday 17th) from 2-5 pm CET, our first workshop in which we present project results kicks off. With @sympap.bsky.social @anaromero.bsky.social @dteyssou.bsky.social @nicolarighetti.bsky.social @kamilakoronska.bsky.social & others. You can still join via Zoom! Registration required

Here’s how we found the identity of a key figure behind MrDeepfakes —one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world. Our latest investigation is out on YouTube now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTMa...

iOS 18.4 introduced a new option in System Location Services called "Improve Location Accuracy" and it is enabled by default. You can find it under: Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services #Privacy

A Musk lieutenant ventured onto a roof to install Starlink. The Secret Service didn’t know he was there. The incident triggered a confrontation over conflicts of interest & cyber and physical security www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

🚨 NEW REPORT 🔎 The Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia.  🗒️ X’s Community notes are unable to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.

Researchers at Uni Urbino uncovered a significant #disinformation campaign on #Facebook pertaining to #PopeFrancis’ health. Here's what they found. #InauthenticCoordinatedBehavior By @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social, @giadam.bsky.social, @informativeicts.bsky.social @mterenzi.bsky.social.

Update your iPhones.. again! iOS 18.3.1 out today with a fix for an ITW USB restricted mode bypass (via Accessibility) support.apple.com/en-us/122174

We publish a new version (v0.84) of our verification plugin. It improves the keyframes file mode and assistant (both from @veraai_eu), archiving (from #DisinfoArchiving @factchecknet project) and includes a Japanese localization!

I learned a TON about Elon listening to this series. Hours and hours of great stuff that never felt drawn out. Now’s probably a great time to give it a listen.

Just launched: the beta-testing program for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service (powered by #CooRTweet), developed by ATC Athens Technology Center. More here: www.veraai.eu/posts/beta-t... cc @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social @nicolarighetti.bsky.social

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

"[...] for now, the most pragmatic approach is to use AI to accelerate learning, not replace it entirely." #dev #coding #ai

Dear Community, We wish to draw your attention to a concerning development in the tactics employed by #OperationOverload. Our ongoing monitoring has uncovered a new technique involving the use of voice-generative AI.

We all understand how much it's important to keep the general public informed regarding breaking news, especially for the ones discussing pre-planned killings funded by sociopathic believes.

🚨 Reaching out to all the #OSINT community 🚨 Some of us may recall the osint.team chat and I see most of the long-time members are here on Bsky: if you may like to have a *.osint.team custom handle, please ping me!

I've put together an OSINT starter kit. Let's unite the OSINT community on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/GaTRbT3

Last week I deleted my X account and I almost have more followers here already. What to do with this modest but unexpected popularity? Reminding you that last week I also presented a report on how to detect/analyse identity-based #disinformation fuelled #FIMI with simple #OSINT techniques 🏳️‍🌈🔎📒

📢 With the support of Reset & 20+ fact-checking organisations, we unveil "Operation Overload". It is a sophisticated, cross-country disinformation campaign orchestrated to disseminate pro-Russian propaganda in the West. Find out more about #OperationOverload ⤵️

Today we're presenting our latest focus report from the CrossOver Finland project with @faktabaari.bsky.social. We found that Google News blends articles from news media, political parties and opinion sites without explicitly labelling them as such. 🔎 Read the full report here:

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New report out by Mozilla and @checkfirst.network : Big tech ad #transparency databases under the #DSA have major gaps & are unreliable. We need standardisation for repositories - the EU Commission can & should issue guidelines! @thierrybreton.bsky.social foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/...

📢💌 Your latest #DisinfoUpdate is out! In this edition, we keep bringing clarity to climate disinformation, tackle foreign interference in elections, and more 🌿🌐🗳️ ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

🚨📢 We are thrilled to announce that 🥁🥁🥁 the registrations for #Disinfo24 is open! Don't miss this opportunity to learn, exchange & network with the counter-disinformation community. Register! ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/conference/ ...and stay tuned for the programme & line-up updates!

📢 App Version 1.70 is rolling out now (1/6) Hashtags! You can now use #hashtags in your posts. When you tap them, you’ll get a menu with lots of handy options:

Thanks to everyone who joined us for this week's webinar, and especially to Roman Osadchuk, @dfrlab.bsky.social, for your enlightening presentation! The recording is now available here 👇 www.disinfo.eu/outreach/our... What's next? ➡️ Find here our upcoming webinars 👇 www.disinfo.eu/outreach/our...

Google News is indexing and promoting websites that immediately rip off others with AI clones of their articles. These websites are absolutely littered with Google ads. Our website, in which real humans do journalism, is not indexed by Google News www.404media.co/google-news-...

In our latest study with AI Forensics, we observed that in Amazon's Belgian and French book section, search results for “COVID” or “Vaccination” almost exclusively (8 books out of ten in average) yield anti-vaccination or conspiratorial results. checkfirst.network/the-amazing-...

We're looking for a Social Editorial Fellow for a paid period of 4 weeks to work directly with our social editor. No university experience is necessary, but current students can apply. Deadline is November 12. Find all the details here: www.bellingcat.com/social-media...

Hello, Bluesky! We are ObSINT, the European Open Source Intelligence Organisations Observatory, dedicated to public-facing OSINT investigations. We aim to establish ethical guidelines and best practices for the OSINT community. Excited to engage, collaborate, and learn here! 🔍📚

It is comparatively easy to write data privacy laws that are constitutional. Not so much for age verification requirements. Just ask Arkansas, California, and Texas:

"Beijing’s information manipulation spans the use of propaganda, disinformation, and censorship. Unchecked, the PRC’s efforts will reshape the global information landscape." Read the Global Engagement Center Special Report on China's global influence operations:

New 0-click exploit chain discovered targeting #iOS devices delivers #Pegasus Spyware Exploit chain was capable of compromising iPhones (iOS 16.6) without any user interaction. The device is compromised just by receiving malicious image in #iMessage