Category Coordinated disinformation

FAKE: Only ‘pure-blooded Ukrainians’ can donate blood – photo of the announcement

An alleged announcement from the online service “Doc.ua” is being spread online that from March 1, 2023, the reception of donated blood will be carried out only when the donor is a “pure-blooded Ukrainian”. Foreign citizens are prohibited from being donors. However, the service did not provide such announcements. In Ukraine, ethnicity is not included in the list of criteria for a potential blood donor.

October 14, 2024
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67% of top brands advertise on misinformation websites

A study published in the journal, Nature, by researchers has shown that most prominent brands are inadvertently funding online misinformation.Â

October 14, 2024
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OpenAI disrupts Israeli, Chinese, Russian influence campaigns

OpenAI has announced that it disrupted covert influence campaigns originating from Russia, China, Israel and Iran.

Disinformation actors using crypto to influence elections – Report

A new report from the blockchain analytics firm, Chainalysis, has shown that cryptocurrency is being used to finance and facilitate disinformation campaigns globally.

October 14, 2024
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Coordinated disinformation networks flooded social media ahead of EU elections – Report

Dutch researchers have revealed that coordinated networks of accounts spreading disinformation flooded social media in France, Germany and Italy before the elections to the European Parliament.

New study reveals ways to guard elections against digital threats

A new study by the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) has identified four important steps in mitigating digital threats to elections.

October 14, 2024
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41 TikTok accounts use AI to mass-produce political misinformation

A new report has uncovered how 41 TikTok accounts are using AI-generated narration to disseminate political misinformation at scale.

October 14, 2024
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US exposes alleged AI-driven Russian ‘bot farm’

The United States has uncovered an AI-powered information operation run from Russia involving about 1,000 accounts posing as Americans.

October 14, 2024
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NewsGuard uncovers over 900 AI generated news sites

NewsGuard said it has identified over 900 Unreliable AI-generated news and information websites labeled "UAINS".

Russia targets Paris Olympics with deepfake Tom Cruise video | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

The fake Cruise video, which appeared on the Telegram messaging platform last year, is called Olympics Has Fallen and uses artificial intelligence-generated audio of the film star's voice to present a 'strange, meandering script' disparaging the IOC. The documentary, whose title riffs on the Gerard Butler action film Olympus Has Fallen, also claims falsely to have been produced by Netflix and is promoted with bogus five-star reviews from the New York Times and the BBC.