Collaborate Disseminate
Graphika report finds the Chinese-linked group has been creating American personas online and spreading content designed to denigrate both parties and candidates.
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Letters sent to Sen. Warner and shared exclusively with CyberScoop show platforms’ approach to AI and elections following calls that they aren’t doing enough.
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In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Murthy decision, legal experts see an uphill fight for conspiracy theorists.
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Sen. Mark Warner said influence operations are easy and cheap, and their social media audience is more willing to believe them.
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The US Justice Department, working in coordination with Canadian and Dutch authorities, has seized two domain names which it claims were being used by Russian-backed hackers to spread disinformation on social media.
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The US Justice Department (DoJ) has seized two US-based domains used by Russian threat actors to create fake profiles on X (formerly Twitter) that would spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. This bot farm was created and operated via M… Continue reading How AI-powered software spreads Russian disinformation on X
An earlier ruling in the case had paralyzed communications between the government and online platforms to coordinate on mis- and disinformation.
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A more fragmented information ecosystem is making it more difficult to combat disinformation.
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An Israeli firm identified by Meta and OpenAI last week is an example of a burgeoning industry offering influence-for-hire services.
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Czech news agency ČTK announced on Tuesday that a hacker had managed to break into its systems and published fake news reports of a plot to murder the president of a neighbouring country.
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