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Daniel Zuidijk
@dzuidijk.bsky.social
Covering misinformation, disinformation and the business of online influence more generally for Bloomberg News. Writes about the games industry when time allows.

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Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Reform party leader Nigel Farage says that he “never directly, really tried to go and hurt anybody” in response to antisemitism, racism claims
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reposted by Daniel Zuidijk
Am I the only person thoroughly unsurprised that so many right-wing ragebait accounts are run from abroad?

The same thing happened on Facebook when they introduced page transparency.

The big question is whether it will change behavior. My prediction is it won't.

1/3
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ubisoft shares shot up this morning after it announced on Friday that they had closed an investment with Tencent for an investment in new subsidiary Vantage Studios
Ubisoft Jumps After Tencent Completes €1.16 Billion Investment
Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s shares jumped by the most in nearly a year after the company closed a deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd. for an investment in Vantage Studios, a unit carved out for its Assassi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reposted by Daniel Zuidijk
Easy to say after the fact but there was clearly no way Ubisoft delayed its results because of M&A. The number of people involved in a deal would mean leaks. An accounting error is easier to contain to a small circle. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ubisoft Breached Loan Agreement After Misstating Sales
Ubisoft Entertainment SA said it’s in breach of a loan agreement after auditors told the video-game publisher to delay recognizing revenue from a recently signed partnership and forced the company to ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ubisoft provoked a wave of fevered speculation last week when it delayed its results at the last minute and asked for its shares to be suspended.

Turns out it was just an accounting error.

My story from earlier today
Ubisoft to Tap Tencent Money to Pay Off Breached Loan Agreement
Ubisoft Entertainment SA said it will use money from a Tencent Holdings Ltd. investment to pay off debt after the video-game publisher breached a loan agreement because of its accounting practices. It...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reposted by Daniel Zuidijk
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.

The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.

The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.

Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.

A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro

www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
ChatGPT and X are among the platforms blocking some users’ access amid a widespread Cloudflare outage
ChatGPT, X Among Sites Blocked in Widespread Cloudflare Outage
ChatGPT and the social-media platform X were among the websites blocking some users’ access on Tuesday as the web security firm Cloudflare Inc. worked to address a widespread, worldwide networking out...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Reposted by Daniel Zuidijk
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In Italy, a new generation of mafia influencers are exploiting TikTok to normalise their image. The platform has removed thousands of videos flagged for glorifying violence or gangster life since July
How Italy’s mafia uses social media to recruit new blood
TikTok is struggling to contain it
www.economist.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Reposted by Daniel Zuidijk
Preprint w/ (rapid) analysis of Grokipedia, showing it to be “highly derivative of Wikipedia”, but differing, often on controversial topics, in that Grokipedia includes content/cites from low quality (hyper partisan & conspiracy laden) sources like Stormfront & Infowars. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.09685
arxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Chinese students already in Japan and those with planning to go there should closely monitor the local security situation, state broadcast CCTV reported, citing the education ministry
China Warns Students in Japan of Safety Risks as Tensions Rise
China warned students planning to study in Japan of heightened risks for Chinese citizens in the country as a diplomatic spat sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan sho...
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In 2023, The Telegraph published a story on the British government’s decision to deny entry to Renaud Camus.

Camus is the author of the Great Replacement Theory, which imagines a shadowy plot to replace Europeans with people from the developing world

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
To turn the page on the Corbyn years and win last year’s UK election, Keir Starmer’s party carried out a strategy that was widely described as punching left.

Now, the left is punching back - and it’s precisely the success of its purge that leaves Labour vulnerable
Starmer Won Power by ‘Punching Left.’ Now It’s Punching Back
To turn the page on the Corbyn years and win last year’s UK election, Keir Starmer’s party carried out a strategy that was widely dubbed “punch left.” Now, the left is punching back — and it’s precise...
www.bloomberg.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ukrainian drone sets oil tanker ablaze and damages oil-loading facilities in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse
Russian Oil Tanker Set Ablaze in Drone Attack on Black Sea Port
A Ukrainian drone attack set an oil tanker ablaze and damaged oil-loading facilities in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse, home to a key Rosneft refinery.
www.bloomberg.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reposted by Daniel Zuidijk
Proud to publish this piece from my former student, who writes that Russia's lawfare in the European Court of Human Rights is "transforming [it] into an unwitting accomplice in one of the most sophisticated disinformation operations of the modern era.”

americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...
Russia’s Lawfare Playbook: How the Kremlin Weaponized Human Rights Courts to Launder Disinformation
When the Kremlin wants to legitimize a lie, it doesn’t just hold a press conference – it files a lawsuit.
americansunlight.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
China and South Korea discussed expanding cultural ties during a bilateral summit between their leaders on Saturday. China’s informal ban on Korean entertainment was imposed a year ago after Seoul’s decision to deploy a US missile defence system
China, S. Korea Leaders Discuss Cultural Ties A Decade After Ban
China and South Korea discussed expanding cultural exchanges during a bilateral summit between their leaders on Saturday in Gyeongju, raising hopes of a possible easing of Beijing’s unofficial restric...
www.bloomberg.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
After months of tariff threats and brow beating, President Trump’s three-nation tour of Asia struck a surprisingly optimistic note
Trump Plays Nice With Asian Allies Stung by Repeated Threats
After months of tariff threats and brow-beating on defense spending, American allies in Asia had ample reason to be wary of President Donald Trump. But he ended up using a three-nation tour of the reg...
www.bloomberg.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba less than a day after becoming the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica. Cuban officials were evacuating around 735,000 people ahead of the storm’s arrival on Wednesday morning, local media reported
Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Lashing Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba less than a day after it became the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica, where it left hundreds of thousands without power and forced hospitals to evacua...
www.bloomberg.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
US President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that it is “pretty clear” the Constitution doesn't allow him to seek a third term as president
Trump Says ‘Pretty Clear I’m Not Allowed to Run’ for Third Term
US President Donald Trump conceded Wednesday that it was “pretty clear” the Constitution didn’t allow him to seek a third term as president, despite frequently floating the idea in recent months.
www.bloomberg.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM