🕒 Wed 16.30 - 18:00 w/ @libe.europarl.europa.eu & @afco.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️Democracy & Elections in the 🧠AI era, w/ - Sofia Calabrese @epd.eu - @ineswnarciso.bsky.social - Juliane Müller @internationalidea.bsky.social 📄Docs: link.europa.eu/tkV3pC 🔴Streaming: link.europa.eu/D3YptF 2/2

🔎 Hearing @ 16.30 w/ @libe.europarl.europa.eu & @euds.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️Democracy and Elections in the 🧠AI era 📝Manolis Kefalogiannis @eppgroup.bsky.social - Sofia Calabrese @epd.eu - @ineswnarciso.bsky.social l - Juliane Müller @internationalidea.bsky.social 3/4

At #Disinfo2025 learning that the Kremlin isn’t deconflicting its influence ops—so now it’s just Telegram bots arguing with each other in circles 🤣. Would love to see their OpenAI bill 👀 Great investigation by @jeanleroux.bsky.social and @learonzaud.bsky.social with some great #osint techniques!

In Ljiubliana for another #disinfo2025. Every year the conference becomes this beacon of hope that reunites the community for another year 🥰. I will be presenting today on #io investigations in messaging platforms, so come and say hi!

#Disinfo2025 is officially here! 🎉 We're kicking things off with an incredible lineup of panels and presentations you won't want to miss. 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐! 🙌✨

#Disinfo2025 is officially open! Thrilled to gather together with 600+ wonderful colleagues in this amazing space. Catch me on the "FIMI Defenders In Action" panel, Track 2, 16:15-17:00!

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Thought AI was taking over the world… Then Google Photos shows me pics of my ex from 2019. I have a new man, Google. Try to keep up.

Populists didn’t hack democracy; they exploited its blind spots. If we, as defenders of democracy want to assure its survival, we need to ask how those blind spots got so big. Hint: It’s not just the algorithms. Loving your book @dsquareddigest.bsky.social‬ press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Deepfakes are crazy good these days. I just saw a video of Zuckerberg claiming: - he's "getting rid of fact-checkers" because they "censor" debate - he's "restoring free speech" on Facebook/Instagram - that "Europe is institutionalising censorship" Oh, wait...

Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️

#InfluenceOperations are going mainstream, and Hollywood is once again ahead in deploying intelligence TTPs (think Weinstein, Black Cube). #FIMI researchers can be 🔑 helping victims and journalists gathering forensics to map out the extent of orchestrating. Influence 4️⃣ hire is here.

📣 #Researchers, please use/share this opportunity: Join our training session with two #LinkedIn representatives who will share the platform's #DataAccess tools to support independent research under the #DSA! 📨 Apply by 9/1/2025 👉 Find out more about this session and our series: loom.ly/8uP1AMk

🇷🇴 & 🇪🇺 Blaming #TikTok exclusively for #disinformation is tempting but dangerous. Brussels should not oversimplify a systemic problem. Platforms are permeable by design—TikTok, Meta, X, and others are all vulnerable. A singular focus delays real, evidence-based action.

Just gave a #Ted on ‘Can ISIS teach us how to win the Disinformation War?’ Spoiler: It is not a war. Treating social issues like wars – think the War on Drugs / War on Terrorism – is not what worked. We need empathy, not battles. #TEDTalk #Disinformation #Digitaltolerance

Last chance to register for our free online training on Identity-based disinformation

Romanian elections: not only a story about TikTok accounts, but also about ad campaigns on Facebook violating Meta's own ad policies. By @checkfirst.network #elections #advertising #commsky checkfirst.network/research-not...

Yes but a fanatic, obsessed person with an intention to harm will be stopped at the fact they have to use @archive.org 😂 or LinkedIn, or a Boolean Google search.

Sucks that healthcare companies are removing webpages about their executives. If only there was some sort of online "machine" that could go "wayback" in time and see those pages.

Describe your life in 16 words (or less)

Morning thought: AI is set to supercharge hack & leak ops. Nothing to hide? 10k emails hacked at lunch, 50k docs analyzed by 2pm: your CEO ignored environmental laws in 2007, expensed family vacations in 2009. #FIMI and influence ops are getting faster, sharper—and far more dangerous.

Now that is something I did not see coming, AI: accurate weather forecasts 🌦️

I think LLM responses are missing a side bar with non genAI sources. Do you have a question on mental health? Here are some resources on mental health. Elections? This is the website of the local election authority.

It's so cool how quickly this filled up. Update your follows and click follow all! Women VS Disinfo! A huge selection of expert researchers, fact checkers, journalists, debunkers, science communicators, academics, vloggers, etc. of all things Disinfo / Conspiracy go.bsky.app/FFCjgks

This festive season I’m sharing a video every day for the next 24 days showing useful OSINT tools & techniques. Creating this OSINT Advent Series has been a lot of fun and I hope it’s helpful for the ever-growing OSINT community! 🎄👇

I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation Link here: science.org/doi/10.1126/... Summary in🧵🔽 1/

Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise. Welcome back boss ☀️

How do we respond to evolving disinformation threats and #FIMI campaigns? Our new response-impact framework goes beyond individual #countermeasures and assess the broader #impact of #responses 💡 How could this framework be applied to an IO such as #Doppelganger? ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/publications...

Very useful and timely guide to digital security for investigative journalists gijn.org/resource/int...

One more to add to my FIMI urban myths collection of: “influence operations only target nation states and elections.”

🤨 Questions for TikTok from the #romania elections: How do you prevent coordinated inauthentic behavior from manipulating the algorithm? If a video gains traction through shares on messaging platforms instead of the For You page, does that still count as views or interactions?

Started the week with a vibrant consultation on #OECD #informationintegrity recommendations Shared ideas on: 🔗 Framework interoperability 📊 Granular data access 👩‍💻 Vetting non-academic researchers ⚖️ Platform accountability Have your say by Thursday!

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Former Twitter researchers, and social media researchers in general, take note! 🧪 #AcademicSky

The belief that influence operations only target nation-states reflects a knowledge gap, not reality. Companies will invest 💰 in social listening dashboards, but have no clue what coordinated inauthentic behaviour is 🙃 But the wake-up call is coming… www.politico.eu/article/priv...

This 👇👇👇- one of the most annoying developments in recent years is the use of the word “resilience” mean individuals have to be grittier against the bad things the world lobs against rhen, instead of meaning “community resilience” by changing structures & systems to support community well being 1/

Coisas boas: Na próxima sexta-feira, 29 novembro, a NOVA FCSH vai oferecer 8 mil livros de Ciência Política, Comunicação e Sociologia nas estações ferroviárias do Rossio e de Entrecampos, em Lisboa.

So glad to see how there are more women in #osint in the last 5-10 years 😁 I remember feeling so lonely 😅 shout out to: @technisette.bsky.social @christinalekati.bsky.social @raebaker.net @osinttechniques.bsky.social

#Doppelganger is Russia’s red handkerchief.

#DSA #CoP Sometimes we feel like EU regulations aren’t making enough impact. But then you see India fining WhatsApp €254M, following moves in South Africa & Brazil ... maybe the EU's real success is setting a global benchmark others are starting to follow? www.reuters.com/technology/i...

As more and more data is partially or fully AI produced… Will older undiscovered datasets become more valuable due to its authenticity? 👀

Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization

We expect platforms to make smart, innovative design choices to tackle #disinformation… yet these are the same folks who gave us ‘Poke’ buttons and ‘Delete Just for Me’ in chats. 😅

Starter pack of ppl working in influence operations, disinformation, propaganda, information environment space. This is an iteration of a list I maintained in the bad place called “disinformation braintrust.” I’m selective here to avoid the bs artists. Lemme know if I missed ppl go.bsky.app/4URqqgz

Information integrity is gaining traction in policy circles, @samlai.bsky.social @kamyayadav.bsky.social, and I dove into how multilateral orgs use the term compared to older definitions. Here's the draft - the book it's in won't be out until next year. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Go on then. Seeing as @bsky.app is sorta retro and all you open source reporter types moved over here, how about a retro verification? We @nytimes.com were recently sent newly discovered images of JFK in Dallas, 1963. Found on home video between family scenes. How to confirm it's legit?

➡️ Ethical and reliable #Osint ⬅️ Main takeaway from the presentation of the ObSINT guidelines our CTO @theal.bsky.social and @ineswnarciso.bsky.social did yesterday at #osintsummit2023

Portuguese president visits #ukraine offering forensic assistance for war crimes from the Portuguese prosecution office. Left me wondering if they have ever used #osint evidence or what is the state of affairs for using digitally collected evidence in PT? @imelosampaio.bsky.social do you know?

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