#disinformation
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The Election Lies Are Already Starting on X. No one is ready for what Musk’s platform could look like on Tuesday.
NewsGuard: 93% of false midterm claims on X got no Community Note, even with AI note writers on board.
And it's not just misinformation. One of the world's richest men controls a key channel of political communication while openly taking sides.
How long will democracies tolerate this?
W. Oremus in The Atlantic:
https://archive.is/zpzWZ
#LeaveX #USPol #Democracy #Disinformation
This is one reason I have a big ass Ukrainian flag at every protest. We have a moral obligation to support Ukraine, plus they are fighting for everyone on earth.
Stay safe out there in the wilds of the internet, and defeat Putin in Ukraine!
"Russia steps up election influence efforts in final stretch of midterms"
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/23/nx-s1-5995508/russia-midterms-election-influence#Russia #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #Putin #disinformation #midterms
OpenAI says Iran, Russia used AI journalists, think tanks to influence Western media
https://cyberscoop.com/openai-disrupts-russia-iran-ai-influence-operations/
#Cybersecurity #AI #Disinformation
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Zelenskyy hit another Yandex data center in Russia, and I’m now hearing anecdotal reports that (pro-Republican) bot traffic has gone down considerably.
There is probably never going to be another opportunity like this to study the impact that shutting down this data center has on disinformation bots. I’m looking forward to reading about how many seemingly US-local conservative accounts are actually sock-puppeted from Russia.
It would be sweet irony to learn that Zelenskyy has saved the US midterms by stemming the flow of disinformation, because we damn well know Republicans won’t do the job.
#ukraine #russia #disinformation #uspol
#GiftArticle
Here Come Trump’s ‘Freedom Trucks’
A fleet of mobile museums is touring the country with a version of #UShistory the #Trump admin can get behind.
…The #FarRight wing edutainment nonprofit #PragerU, which aims to help “people of all ages think & live better while upholding Judeo-Christian values,” put the vehicles together. Criticized for spreading #disinformation about #ClimateChange & downplaying the significance of #slavery…
#propaganda #whitewashing
There is blood on the hands of whoever launched the #SocialMedia campaign which led to a surge of some 50k Moroccan migrants to #Ceuta
The surge is over and most have returned home with dreams of a life in the EU dashed, but at least 67 people lost their lives
Who ever launched this #disinformation campaign is guilty of multiple homicides. Who will investigate and prosecute?
#EUPolitics #Spain #Politics
Gee, ya don’t say …
#Bluesky Says #Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread #Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real #users’ accounts to post fake #content, an apparently novel tactic.
#MediaLiteracy #disinformation #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia
Auf dem #Fedicamp habe ich heute zusammen mit @wuffel@social.tchncs.de einen Erfahrungsaustausch angestiftet, bei dem wir beraten haben, wie wir mit der Flut dubioser Mastodon-Account-Anträge umgehen können. Hier sind Notizen dazu:
Was tun gegen Mastodon-Account-Registrierungen durch Bots & Klickworker?Anlass
FakeNews-Kampagne #PortalKombat und ähnliche: https://about.iftas.org/library/suspected-portal-kombat-accounts/
VorsorgemaßnahmenSchaltet Registrierungen von offen auf halboffen um, falls ihr das nicht schon getan habt. Und verlangt eine Begründung! Ihr findet das unter Einstellungen > Administration > Serverregeln > RegistrierungenSchreibt auf eure About-Seite, was in einer guten Begründung drinstehen sollte.Sollte euch doch mal ein Spammer/Sleeper durchrutschen, dann wäre es fatal, wenn er Einladungen erzeugen dürfte. Leider ist das der Default. Ändert das bitte in Einstellungen > Administration > Rollen > Standard. Die allermeisten User nutzen diese Funktion eh nicht. Mods und Admins können dann weiterhin Einladungslinks generieren.Abwehrstrategie E-Mail-Domain
Mastodon lässt es zu, Account-Registrierungen von bestimmten E-Mail-Domains automatisch zu verwerfen. Ein Massenimport der unten verlinkten Listen ist mit Hilfe des mitgelieferten Server-Tools tootctl möglich.
Suche in ca. 70.000 Wegwerf-Domains: https://disposable.github.io/disposable-email-domains/lookupRepo dazu: https://github.com/disposable/disposableBei so einer langen Liste steigt die Gefahr des Overblockings.Bewährte Teilmenge der obigen Liste mit ca. 7.000 Wegwerf-Domains: https://github.com/disposable-email-domains/disposable-email-domainsUpdate Von @gunchleoc@mastodon.scot bekam ich ein kurzes Shellscript, das diese Blocklist in eine Mastodon-Instanz importiert: https://codeberg.org/datenfreude/emailblock – am besten jede Nacht per Cronjob.Abwehrstrategie IP-Adresse
Mit Standard-Tools wie host und whois können Linux-Nutzende die IP-Adresse(n) untersuchen, die ein Antragsteller verwendet hat. Ein mächtigeres Tool ist wtfis, wenn man die API-Keys einiger Webdienste hinterlegt: https://github.com/pirxthepilot/wtfis
Viele der Bots oder Klickarbeiter:innen nutzen Tor, andere Proxies oder Cloud-IPs. Anders gesagt: IPs von Heimanschlüssen sind ein positives Signal.
Abwehrstrategie Begründung
Viele Bots und Klickworker benutzen stinklangweilige Begründungen. Manche sind besonders dreist und verwenden die Bios beliebiger Fediverse-Accounts als Begründung. Beim Prüfen dieser Anträge kann es also sinnvoll sein, die Begründung ins Suchfeld einer großen Mastodon-Instanz zu kopieren.
Sehr sinnvoll erscheint es uns, die Über-Seite oder den Text über dem Antragsformular anzupassen, um Antragstellende aufzufordern, in ihrer Begründung bestimmte Dinge zu erwähnen.
Eine Lösung für Matrix-Fans
Für Matrix-Nutzende hat die @FediverseFoundation@fedi.at einen Matrix-Bot gebaut, der das Checken der IP-Adresse übernimmt und auch das Freischalten oder Ablehnen via Chat ermöglicht: https://git.fediverse.foundation/ff_pub/fedi-signup-bot
Allgemeine Anti-DDoS-Maßnahmen
Gegen Ende sprachen wir über Überlastungsprobleme, die von hemmungslosen »KI«-Crawlern hervorgerufen werden und alle Websites (auch außerhalb des Fediversums) betreffen können. Die bekannten Ansätze sind:
Proof of Work, z.B. AnubisIP-Sperrlisten, z.B. https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/nginx-ultimate-bad-bot-blockerUserAgent-SperrlistenTarpitting/Teergrubing/FallenIdeen für Fallen
Ein 1-Pixel-PNG mit Link auf ein haltdiefresse.php, welches die nötigen Parameter gleich dem Türsteher übergibt. Beim Skripten könnte das helfen: https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io
#PortalKombat #PutinTrolle #TrumpTrolle #AntiSpam #AntiFakeNews #Spam #FakeNews #disinformation #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Registrierungen #Fedicamp2006 #Fedicamp2006Tag3
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This is a pathetic failure of the EU and Canada to recognise that this US government is not on our side.
#EUpol #CApol #Trump #disinformation
#EU drops sponsorship of #disinformation conference at #Trump officials’ request
🖊️ Aisha Down in London, Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
#Lithuania and #Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@theskope_in/117361731655363293
Sure you did, buddy. Sure.
#AI #Bullshit #StolenValor #FalseInformation #Misleading #Misinformation #Disinformation #CantImagineHowBadItsGettingOnOtherPlatforms
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Finally made it to the top! ⛰️⛰️ This view is absolutely breathtaking and was worth every single step of the climb.
#Hiking #Adventure #MountainView #NaturePhotography #Wanderlust

From BBC Press Office:
New technology to show why images and video are genuine launches on BBC News.
‘Content credentials’ feature means visitors to the BBC News site will now see a ‘how we verified this’ button underneath images and videos on BBC Verify content.
http://bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/content-credentials-bbc-verify
#C2PA #news #journalism #fakenews #disinformation #misinformation | @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc
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Cruelty is not a byproduct of disinformation. It’s the point. https://medium.com/soulfight/down-is-still-not-up-71d9007a16cc?sk=7f3b7dba245351d704be316d62c0541d
#politics #disinformation #resistance
🇷🇺 🇪🇺 ChatGPT, Grok and Claude provided full news summaries drawing on EU-sanctioned Russian state media outlets — including RT and Sputnik — sharing links and quotes without warning users that the content came from banned sources, according to a study by Reporters Without Borders published this month.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/23/ai-chatbots-serve-up-content-from-russias-sanctioned-state-run-outlets-rsf-finds
#russia #europe #ai #propaganda #disinformation
“The media can make us believe anything they want – even that Charles loved Diana”
by Jonathan Cook on Substack
@uk_politics@BBC5Live@social.bbc
@BBCRadio4@social.bbc
@BBCNews@flipboard.com
@guardian@press.coop
@Independent@flipboard.com@thetimes@press.coop
“Any lie can be repackaged as a self-evident truth once you have absolute narrative control. The naked emperor can be magically clothed, if the media so decides.
Amid this pervasive unreliability, there is one North Star by which to navigate. Anything that benefits the billionaires cannot be trusted. As long as they are in charge, we will continue squabbling among ourselves, victims of their self-serving story-telling”
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-media-can-make-us-believe-anything
#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #MSM #LegacyMedia #VichyJournalism #Lies #Misinformation #Disinformation #CorporateMedia #KingCharles #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #PalestinianGenocide
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@maddad@mastodon.world
We need to create another exception to freedom of speech in the U.S., and make it a crime to spread public health disinformation.
#Disinformation #Kennedy #RFK
Disinformation alert
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Anti-mask #disinformation
Ayers, John W., Brian Chu, Zechariah Zhu, Eric C. Leas, Davey M. Smith, Mark Dredze, and David A. Broniatowski. ‘Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook’. JAMA Internal Medicine, 7 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2498
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Disinfo artists but also science communicators will lie to you
"we show via citation analysis how science communicators and practiced conspiracy theorists alike manufacture the appearance of consensus using selective and critical citation to create dueling, opposite perceptions of scientific knowledge"
Beers et al ‘Selective and Deceptive Citation in the Construction of Dueling Consensuses’ Science Advances 9, no 38 (22 Sept 2023). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh1933
#Disinformation #ScienceCommunicators








