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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · 1d

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!

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · 1d

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!

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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · 1d

#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! 🙌✨

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Ben Shultz @benmshultz.com · 1d

#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!

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Jul 16

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

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Jun 20

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.

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Jan 11

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...

The Unaccountability Machine

Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes. Passengers get bump...

press.uchicago.edu

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Jan 10

Excited to have you here 😄

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Jan 10

Something as simple as putting publishing dates from news articles on the links inside Facebook would have been great…

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Jan 10

Ainda não li, mas tendo em conta a autora deve ser ⬆️⬆️ . Os projetos Horizon também têm produzido bons resultados com foco europeu, a @drcharlottegalpin.bsky.social editou um sobre o conceito europeu e o populismo, e o nosso @valentimvicente.bsky.social também tem ampla literatura. Espero que ajude!

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Jan 10

Top of my head: O @profsanderlinden.bsky.social em termos de investigação sobre o conceito e a relação que os utilizadores têm com a desinformação. O @disinfo.eu tem webcasts interessantíssimos e tem reports incríveis sobre operações como a #overload. A @noupside.bsky.social também lançou um agora

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Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu · Jan 7

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...

542K views · 7K comments | It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on... | By Mark Zuckerbe...

It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on...

www.facebook.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Jan 1

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. ❤️

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 28

I feel the same about storage, and how companies like Google and Apple make it almost impossible to declutter our clouds only to charge us for things we don’t need saving and that have a heavy environmental cost.

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 22

#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.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 21

Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint laying out an alleged campaign to tarnish her reputation after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.” A New York Times investigation shows how the fallout unfolded. nyti.ms/41G3a2u

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European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social · Dec 18

📣 #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

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 17

🇷🇴 & 🇪🇺 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.

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 13

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

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Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu · Dec 12

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

EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · Dec 11

🚨🚨 It's not too late!! 🚨🚨

Join us tomorrow to learn about #FIMI, #IBD and #OSINT at 14:30 CET!

EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · Dec 5

Join us on 12 December to learn more about the “OSINT Toolkit to Detect and Analyse IBD-focused FIMI” with @netosessa.bsky.social (EU DisinfoLab), Raquel Miguel Serrano (EU DisinfoLab), and Beatriz Marin (EEAS) 👇🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Dec 9

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...

Research Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirst

Check First, with the help of Reset.tech, EU DisinfoLab and independent journalists Luiza Vasiliu and Victor Ilie publish the flash research note “Ads, Influence, and Democracy: Meta’s Role in Romania...

checkfirst.network

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 7

Good point. Maybe also training staff / representatives on how to better protect themselves online?

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 7

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.

Joey Alison Sayers @joeyalison.bsky.social · Dec 6

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.

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Joey Alison Sayers @joeyalison.bsky.social · Dec 6

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.

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Joana G Sa @joanagsa.bsky.social · Dec 7

Describe your life in 16 words (or less)

Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · Dec 7

I saw this somewhere in Montreal... love it.

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · Dec 7

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.

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