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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 9h

🔁 #Disinformation doesn’t just spread — it amplifies and repeats

C5: Cycle of Amplification in the #C5InteractionModel (#VIGILANTProject) shows how disinformation feeds on itself through exposure, susceptibility, and sharing—creating a never-ending spiral.

📄 Whole report by TNO: bit.ly/3KPeXoK

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 1d

C4: Consequences in the #C5InteractionModel (part of the #VIGILANTProject) looks at the real-world impact of disinformation—how it escalates from belief change to polarisation, radicalisation, and even violence.

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ #Disinformation doesn’t just spread—it sticks. And it changes minds, groups, and societies.

📎 Dive deeper into how micro, meso, and macro effects unfold: bit.ly/3L9hsSN

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 1d

💡📘 The new #VIGILANTProject white paper Access to Data for Researchers: A Look Over the Horizon highlights these challenges and suggests how Europe can make data access more open, fair, and secure for public-interest research.

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 1d

🔎 As online threats like information manipulation grow more complex, researchers need reliable and timely access to social media data to understand and respond to them.
💬 Explore the main recommendations and read the full report by #VIGILANTProject: bit.ly/4ojcpOb

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 8d

🧭 Spanning four half-day sessions, the training included a hands-on walkthrough of the VIGILANT dashboard, where participants explored real-time tools and completed guided tasks to strengthen their operational skills.

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 8d

👮‍♂️💻Last week, the #VIGILANTProject successfully delivered a multi-day technical training workshop for police authorities, focused on detecting and analyzing #disinformation using the VIGILANT platform.

👉 More on the project: bit.ly/46USYUN

#Training #LawEnforcement

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 13d

🖼️ From clickbait headlines to deepfakes, bots to influencers—disinfo is crafted to provoke emotion, mimic truth, and spread fast.
Tactics include viral visuals, gendered attacks & emotional storytelling designed to polarise and persuade.

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 13d

🧠 What does #Disinformation look like?
C3: Content in the #C5InteractionModel (from the #VIGILANTProject) breaks down the forms, channels, strategies, and narratives used to mislead and manipulate.

📄 Explore more in the full report: bit.ly/4mGWrMF

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 16d

👤 From lone trolls to state-sponsored networks, creators can be individuals, bots, or organisations.
💰🎭 Their motives? Political gain, financial profit, ideological influence—or even personal revenge.

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 16d

🎯 Why do actors create #Disinformation?
C2: Causes in the #C5InteractionModel (developed under #VIGILANTProject) examines both the who and the why behind disinformation.
📍Understanding who creates disinformation and why is key to stopping it.

📎 Full report by TNO here: bit.ly/4o0u25j

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 19d

🔍 To address hate speech, online bullying & foreign manipulation, #researchers need timely access to social media data.
Yet legal, tech & financial barriers remain. Our new #VIGILANTProject paper shows how Europe can support them & boost #digitalresilience.

👉 Read more here: bit.ly/42dd4br

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 20d

🧭 #Disinformation is deeply shaped by its context

C1: Context, part of the #C5InteractionModel under #VIGILANTProject, shows how factors like region, media ecosystems, political climates, and major events determine the style, targets, and impact of disinformation.

📄 Full report: bit.ly/4nepkAK

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 27d

💡 @kinitsk.bsky.social researchers created MultiSocial, a new dataset to test how well tools can spot #AI-generated text on social media.
🔍 Fine-tuned detectors adapt best, and platform & language choice affects performance.

📎 bit.ly/4nuZoRc

#VIGILANTProject #DigitalSecurity #Disinformation

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · 29d

🌍 #VIGILANTProject returned to #GLOBSEC2025 Forum in Prague!
Brendan Spillane (@ucddublin.bsky.social) & @gary-munnelly.bsky.social (@adaptcentre.bsky.social) shared how VIGILANT Project can support authorities facing crises, extremism & radicalisation online.

👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4nwNAh8

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Sep 9

🤖📝 Spotting #AI text on social media?
@kinitsk.bsky.social's
MultiSocial dataset (470k posts, 22 languages, 5 platforms) tests how well tools detect AI vs human content.
Results show fine-tuned models work best—even small ones! 💡

🔗 Check it out: bit.ly/3VbrWTE

#Disinformation

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Sep 4

🛡️ #Disinformation isn’t just misleading—it can incite real harm.
To combat this, the C5 Interaction Model, developed by TNO
under #VIGILANTProject, gives law enforcement a powerful framework to #analyse and #counter disinformation before it escalates.

📄 Read the full report here: bit.ly/3HFFW56

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Sep 1

📘💡New from #VIGILANTProject & TNO: a practical guide to understand & counter #disinformation

It covers:
🔎 How it spreads
🌀 The C5 Model (Context, Causes, Content, Consequences, Cycle)
🛠️ Tools for impact & response

👉 bit.ly/45WYJki

#DigitalSecurity #EUResearch

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Aug 21

How can #AI help police face growing #disinformation threats? 📰 ‪@irishtimes.com‬ featured the #VIGILANTProject:
✅ Spot emerging risks like violent attacks & terrorism
✅ Analyse text & images
✅ Expose harmful networks

📑 bit.ly/4lBFq5S

#DigitalSecurity #TechForGood

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Aug 14

💡From 4–6 June, IDSF25 in Vienna brought together 500+ experts to discuss Balancing Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age.

Representing #VIGILANTProject, Róbert Móro 🎙 (@kinitsk.bsky.social‬) joined the panel on digital threats and information integrity.

📑 bit.ly/41Hvpga

#DigitalSecurity

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Aug 13

At #VIGILANTProject, we’re creating tools to help detect #disinformation — but smart checking starts with you.

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Aug 13

🤔🔍 Unsure if content is real or AI-made?

@edmo-eu.bsky.social suggests:
✅Search fact-checking sites or trusted media
✅Spot odd hands, eyes, backgrounds in images
✅Hear pauses/robotic tones in audio
✅Watch lip-sync issues/blurry edges in video

See the full tips: bit.ly/4fDDHM0

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔍🎙️ Through the #VIGILANTProject, Owen Conlan explores how to give users more control over personalised, AI-driven systems — a key step in building tools that empower police authorities and citizens to detect and resist online manipulation.

VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Jul 31

It’s starting to feel like online #disinformation might be around every corner. What can be done?💡

In this new CORDIS podcast by Publications Office of the EU, Prof. Owen Conlan (‪@tcddublin.bsky.social‬) discusses how #EU research is helping address these threats.

🎧 bit.ly/45cHBXw

Meeting the challenges of cyber disinformation

Deepfakes, biased algorithms: it’s starting to feel like online disinformation might be around every corner. What can be...

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VIGILANT Project @vigilantproject.bsky.social · Jul 30

📰 #Disinformation is in the headlines almost every week—but what fuels it beneath the surface?
The C5 Interaction Model, developed by TNO for #VIGILANTProject, helps police understand and respond to harmful information manipulation.

🎙️ Neill Bo Finlayson shares more 👉 bit.ly/4fhq1Gk
#Security