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Here’s a sad example of how hyper-localized deepfake scams are:
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
Scam Operations Relied on Third-Party Marketing Companies for Steady Stream of Potential Victims
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of people who had clicked on ads for phony investment platforms. The marketers we...
www.occrp.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Here’s a sad example of how hyper-localized deepfake scams are:
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
Great: of course this will mean consumers in other areas will get scammed more if platforms clamp down in the EU, because scammers are mobile.
First-mover advantage for regulation at work. (1/2)
First-mover advantage for regulation at work. (1/2)
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Great: of course this will mean consumers in other areas will get scammed more if platforms clamp down in the EU, because scammers are mobile.
First-mover advantage for regulation at work. (1/2)
First-mover advantage for regulation at work. (1/2)
Reposted
On Platformocracy, Rob writes about his new transparency non-profit, collectivemetrics.org. 2/3
Guest Post: A Former Meta Integrity Leader Fights For Transparency
Rob Leathern saw fraud and harm up-close at both Meta and Google. Now he’s started a non-profit to shine a light on the dark places. He and I trade newsletters this week.
www.platformocracy.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Platformocracy, Rob writes about his new transparency non-profit, collectivemetrics.org. 2/3
Some data brokers lean on this as a primary reason to ignore deletion requests and in turn, some deletion agents don’t even try to submit to certain problematic brokers. It’s not ideal -> robleathern.substack.com/p/robs-notes...
Rob's Notes 37: Data Deletion Has an ID Problem
We might even pay for it, but agentic privacy needs help
robleathern.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some data brokers lean on this as a primary reason to ignore deletion requests and in turn, some deletion agents don’t even try to submit to certain problematic brokers. It’s not ideal -> robleathern.substack.com/p/robs-notes...
Part of the reason why it is still quite manual or ineffective is data brokers claiming not to be able to properly confirm the identity of the requester and/or the authorization provided on their behalf.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Part of the reason why it is still quite manual or ineffective is data brokers claiming not to be able to properly confirm the identity of the requester and/or the authorization provided on their behalf.
Nice. How do I know it’s really you?
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nice. How do I know it’s really you?
If he was trying to sell these in Germany, that would likely be the kind of illegal activity they do not allow. So if his store was unavailable there, ie he was blocking German customers, then it might be different?
February 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If he was trying to sell these in Germany, that would likely be the kind of illegal activity they do not allow. So if his store was unavailable there, ie he was blocking German customers, then it might be different?
A friend to me last night: “So many people, on both sides, are trying to find ways to let this go. Bc no one knows what to do if it’s real. We just aren’t ready to resist.”
January 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM