Expert: no evidence Ukrainian strike on Yandex datacenter impacted Russian influence operations, despite claims by Zelenskyy.
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Did Ukrainian strikes on Yandex silence Russian bots? The evidence doesn’t show it, and shrinking data access makes it harder to check.Default
Disinformation monitor LetsData: Russia-linked bot networks kept their weekly rhythm after drone strikes on three Yandex data centres.
The claim that strikes on Russian tech giant Yandex thinned out social media bots finds no support in the networks tracked by Ukrainian disinformation-monitoring company LetsData, co-founder Ksenia Iliuk told Euromaidan Press.
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#Yandex #DataCenters #Bots #Russia #SocialMedia #Disinformation
The claim that strikes on Russian tech giant Yandex thinned out social media bots finds no support in the networks tracked by Ukrainian disinformation-monitoring company LetsData, co-founder Ksenia Iliuk told …Euromaidan press
You'd think that after a century of fascism we'd be wise to it's methodology...
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In 1976, a serious pneumonia started killing veterans in the United States. Now, despite knowing the cause, cases of Legionnaires' disease are still on the rise.Shelby Traynor (ABC News)
Variety: Mia Goth Slams Instagram’s ‘Incomprehensible’ Decision to Let AI-Altered Selfie Spread Online. “Mia Goth did not post a selfie of herself to Instagram wearing a shirt that read ̵…Tara Calishain (ResearchBuzz: Firehose)
Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacentres reduce online disinformation?
While some viral online graphs suggest less bot activity, Zelenskyy’s claims of improved social media discourse do not entirely pass muster.
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#Datacentres #Russia #Ukraine #Disinformation #Bots #Internet #Tech #WarInUkraine
russia-linked bot networks kept their weekly rhythm after drone strikes on three yandex data centers #disinformation monitor LetsData
🖊️ Taisiia Vivdych
One network that spread fake Die Welt sites now pushes a fake Ukrinform site about mobilization in #Ukraine, its analysts found.
A chart claiming Russian bots fell silent after Ukraine struck three Yandex data centers drew four million views. Its timeline ran four days into the future. Researchers tracking thousands of accounts found no drop.Marcus Schuler (Implicator.ai)
turns out: the most effective way to tackle disinformation on the internet is to blow up data centres.
Disclaimer: this is not a call to action. It is most probably not even true.
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#Disinformation #Bots #Yandex #DataCenters
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine's recent attacks on Russian tech giant Yandex’s data centers have resulted in fewer Internet bots promoting pro-Kremlin hate, a claim that has been disputed by many technology researchers.Luke Allnutt (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty)
Why we believe.
It isn't stupidity. An outrageous claim can feel like secret knowledge; a belief can be a badge of belonging. Most of the time we're defending an identity, not checking a fact.
The levers they pull: authority, social proof, scarcity — Cialdini's principles, weaponised. Repetition turns a claim into "everyone knows". Emotion arrives first; the "facts" show up later.
Swipe through. Read the module: saufex.eu/insights/9-How-belie…
#FIMI #medialiteracy #disinformation #EU #HorizonEurope
The second module in the EMoD learning path 'Anatomy of mis- and disinformation'.SAUFEX
Centralization deficits also appear to have caused a notable crash in #misinformation and #disinformation flowing through 'X' etc.
Thank you, #ukraine.
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Russian bloggers warn Russia’s hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable.Jeremy Hsu (Ars Technica)
RFK Jr. claims that AI frees us from trusting medical experts.Paul Offit (Beyond the Noise)
What UK PM Andy Burnham can learn from Sweden about defending against Russian disinformation.
Burnham announced that work would begin on a new National Centre for Information Defence because of Russian attempts to “spread lies and disinformation”.
“Faced with this information warfare, security starts in every home.”
Sweden’s ‘psychological defence’ approach sees an informed public as a key protection against foreign manipulation.
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#UK #Russia #Disinformation #Sweden
Burnham announced that work would begin on a new National Centre for Information Defence because of Russian attempts to “spread lies and disinformation”. “Faced with this information warfare, security starts …The Conversation UK
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Sortor hadn’t actually made the call. That was Amacher, who had also cut his teeth filming the Portland ICE protests. Amacher had posted call logs that indicated his actual conversation with (allegedly) the person at Lindner lasted roughly six minutes. So, we asked him for the full recording (not the 45-second clip Sortor had posted). And, thankfully, he sent it along.
#pdx #portland #rheinAmacher #ryanAmacher #maga #fascism #nazis #disinfo #disinformation #jamesTalarico
The holes in this one were evident pretty quickly. Now the big question is will there be lawsuits in response?Will Sommer (The Bulwark)
So is it bot traffic or just web crawlers? Why is it not easy to establish if a socmed account is a bot? vreme.com/en/svet/afd-ruski-bo…
Adding more:
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#socialmedia #bots #yandex #afd #disinformation
People have praised Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky for destroying Russian “bot farms” right before the US midterm elections.Ellie Abraham (indy100)
Turns out the so-called “silent majority” relies on Russian servers!
#yandex #russianbots #disinformation
Ukraine starts hitting Russian data centers just as Trump needs the Russian bots for the midterms social media activity.Perfect.
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
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It is the third time this week that Ukraine has targeted Russian tech giant Yandex, forcing the company to suspend its operations.Hafsa Khalil (BBC News)
Your regular reminder to not share and spread unverified information just because you like it
Yes, it's a known fact that Russia is behind a lot of Far Right propaganda and manipulation in Europe and beyond, but there's a graph circulating about far right traffic being down after a Russian data center being down and... It feels a bit sketchy and had no sources.
"Conspiracies aren't beliefs. They're lifestyle merch."
Chapter 4 of Disinfonomics: The Market of Lies.
If a belief is really a badge, "here are the facts" was never going to work. This week: why people believe — and why that's demand, not stupidity.
Disinfonomics: The Market of Lies, saufex.eu/disinfonomics.pdf
Russia's disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response to Moscow’s strikes on Kyiv data centers
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#Yandex #russia #disinformation #AI #Ukraine #dronestrike #technology #war
Whose side are we on? 😐
Ukraine has no information about the energy ceasefire trump announced today, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.
"In a short interview after trump's announcement, Zelensky told Axios*, 'If President Trump negotiated it with Putin, please tell us when the ceasefire begins. We are ready, and we will accept it.'"
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*axios.com/2026/10/11/trump-rus…
#Ukraine #Russia #trumpMisinformation #trumpDisinformation #misinformation #disinformation
Ukraine has no information about an energy ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 11, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response to Moscow’s strikes on Kyiv data centers
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#Russia #Ukraine #WWIII #news #war #PutinsWar #Putin #Ukrainewar #disinformation #bots #SlavaUkraini
WEBINAR 15 OCT 09:00 EDT / 13:00 UTC: CGFoE - Adjudicating False Information: A Global Case Law Analysis
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression launches a paper on how courts adjudicate false information (~70 decisions, 20+ jurisdictions). Ibrahim Sabra & Kseniia Guliaeva present; Nikolaus Forgó moderates with Anya Schiffrin and UN Special Rapporteur Leopoldo Maldonado Gutiérrez.
#FreedomOfExpression #Disinformation #CaseLaw
REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 09:00–10:30 EDT (13:00–14:30 UTC), Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (CGFoE) hosts a webinar ‘Adjudicating False Inf…ISOC Live (ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD)
Journalist infiltrates New York’s unit 8200 spaces to see how intertwined the infamous spy network is in New York.Marquee™️ (Manufacture Dissent)
Fabricated financial statements are institutional disinformation. A false claim, a trusted source, and an audience that acts on it.
My new article explains how forensic data checks find the signs, and which simple controls reduce the harm. It uses public SEC and ACFE sources and has full references.
Read it here mdtauhidhossainrubel.medium.co…
AI Should NOT Be a Political Lie Factory
#News #TechNews #Technology #AI #Disinformation #Misinformation #Anthropic #Claude #ClaudeAI #MidtermElections
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.Nick Espinosa (YouTube)
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Daily Podcast: AI Should NOT Be a Political Lie Factory
#News #TechNews #Technology #AI #Disinformation #Misinformation #Anthropic #Claude #ClaudeAI #MidtermElections #podcast
Chief Security Fanatic | CISO | Speaker | Columnist | Author | Radio Host | Board Member | Forbes Tech Council | TEDx | Canadian-AmericanNick Espinosa | Security Fanatics (SoundCloud)
Moscow Times: How ‘Digital Oblivion’ Is Helping Russia Rewrite the Past. “The disappearance of independent journalism, firsthand accounts and historical archives from the internet is helping …Tara Calishain (ResearchBuzz: Firehose)
#EU drops support for #disinfo2026, a conference on #FreeSpeech and #Disinformation in #Lithuania, due to pressure from the US!
Way to go EU! So much for upholding democratic principles, emancipating itself from the US and supporting free speech. Perfect base for the #fascism that is growing everywhere in #Europe.
I must point out that OpenAI appears to oversell it. This is not Category 5 even in their own framework. The “Polish media” that picked up the Peru fake was essentially the pro-Russian weekly and one local portal. No evidence of mainstream reporting.Lukasz Olejnik (X (formerly Twitter))
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A document meant for a behind-closed-doors group of #fossilfuel advocates earlier this year got right to the point: #Canada’s policies to fight the #climatecrisis, protect nature and defend #IndigenousRights are a “problem,” and #environmental organizations are “opponents.” thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-infl…
#BigOil #disinformation #climateBreakdown #ClimateCriminals
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out connections between pro-fossil fuel groups working together to influence public opinionCarl Meyer (The Narwhal)
🇷🇺 🇩🇪🇫🇷 The Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network has launched a new wave of #disinformation targeting European leaders, this time focusing on French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network has launched a new wave of disinformation targeting European leaders, this time focusing on French President Emmanuel…The Insider
💎 Hidden Gems, Uncut #1
From the daily feed of one of my "favourite" fact-checkers:
📰 "The September That Never Was: How The Telegraph's Investigation Confirmed the Political Motivation Behind the 'Leipzig Drone' Case"
⚠️ On the surface: the conclusion is attributed to The Telegraph's investigation
✅ Hidden: the conclusion is the fact-checker's own earlier conclusion
A simple, but dangerous case of misleading linguistic attribution.
The Telegraph article: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/0…
Revealed: Rich old men in the US pay poor teens in Eastern Europe to flood the web with right-wing propaganda.
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Ricachones en gringolandia pagan a adolescentes pobres en Europa Oriental para inundar las redes con propaganda facha.
#farright #disinformation #slop #deadinternet
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CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION!! : https://go.rally.win/pm/thesoypill/reg Yeshua: https://yt.webfan3.de/LWl0n1djiEk?si=6LEVuYQ89Ud9K-57Misc Links:Article for story:htt...The Soy Pill (YouTube)
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Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
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
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Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
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The Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on #disinformation, with #Canada, #Lithuania and the #EU ’s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so, the Guardian understands.
[A] panel [in the conference] – called “USA as a FIMI threat: adapt, acknowledge, push back”, with the acronym FIMI referring to “foreign information manipulation and interference” – took place Wednesday. It explored how Europe’s disinformation community could rebuild resilience without Washington, and is the first time the conference appears to have entertained the idea that the US could be a disinformation actor in Europe.
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
"That panel – called “#USA as a #FIMI threat: adapt, acknowledge, push back”, with the acronym FIMI referring to “foreign information manipulation and interference” – took place Wednesday. It explored how Europe’s disinformation community could rebuild resilience without Washington, and is the first time the conference appears to have entertained the idea that the US could be a #disinformation actor in Europe." #Guardian #FediScreen
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Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
#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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Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
The Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on disinformation, with Canada, Lithuania and the EU’s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so.
#disinformation #conference #EU
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Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
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#Disinfo2026 #disinformation #EU #trump
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
“Internal state department documents seen by the Guardian also show US officials thanking #Lithuania for “taking US concerns seriously”. The document says Washington was “grateful” Lithuania supposedly found a panel framing the US as a foreign information threat “reprehensible and surprising” and welcomed its decision to limit involvement in the conference.”
#disinformation #fimi #Disinfo2026
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Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off websiteAisha Down (the Guardian)
What’s the harm? Fact checking reveals the true scale of AI fakery.
AI-generated false content is no longer a fringe curiosity in the information ecosystem. It’s a fast-growing share of everything fact checkers investigate.
In a new study Full Fact and the University of Westminster analysed 112 pieces of online AI-generated or AI-altered misinformation and disinformation, seen tens of millions of times.
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#AI #Disinformation #FactChecking #FakeNews #FullFact
AI-generated false content is no longer a fringe curiosity in the information ecosystem. It’s a fast-growing share of everything fact checkers investigate. In a new study Full Fact and the …Full Fact
