DE-CONSPIRATOR

DE-CONSPIRATOR is a @HorizonEU funded research project that brings 13 European institutes to study Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)

[Sinan Ulgen @sinanulgen1]

Our interactions with LLMs will increasingly shape our knowledge of the world. In the field of international relations, LLMs will provide their input based on their sometimes fabricated world view or biases. What can go wrong? I have tested them. Read my latest @Carnegie_Europe

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Our project coordinator, @AkinUnver, and other partners are in #Riga for an exciting week packed with #FIMI-related events!

They will be attending:

1️⃣ Emerging Trends in Social Media 2024: https://t.co/VypNGzPUU1

2️⃣ EU DisinfoLab Annual Conference: https://t.co/QEpDMt5KCA

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Excited to share that DE-CONSPIRATOR is featured in the newly published 'Standing Up for Democracy' booklet by Research and Innovation Horizon Europe's Cluster 2!

📄 Read the full booklet here: https://t.co/hkgTj1XC7b

#DECONSPIRATOR #HorizonEurope #FIMI

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

We’re happy to announce that DE-CONSPIRATOR partners will be attending the EU DisinfoLab Annual Conference on 9-10 October 2024 in Riga!

This event brings together the entire counter-disinformation community to tackle pressing issues like FΙΜΙ.

🔗 https://t.co/F6t5VW3A7p

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

On Wednesday, the FBI filed in court by the FBI information that a Russian operation to manipulate German, French, Italian and U.K. politicians, businesspeople, journalists and other influencers has been going on.

➡️https://t.co/Z7w90e1Wdi

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Documents show that Russia has been running a disinformation campaign to undermine Ukraine's president Zelensky.

https://t.co/HfNTakH0sv

The Kremlin's campaign led to hundreds of fabricated articles, created by troll farms and circulated in Ukraine and across Europe.

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

State-Sponsored Russian Media Leverages Meliorator Software for Foreign Malign Influence Activity

➡️ https://t.co/CBRRuUuAKB

The authoring organisations are warning social media companies that Russian state-sponsored actors have leveraged the covert Meliorator software for FIMI

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

@EUvsDisinfo Factsheet – Platform’s policies on elections misinformation

🔎 https://t.co/nTEyvj1WiM

The Factsheet, which was published on May 2024, delves into platform policies on election #misinformation, focusing on #Facebook, #Instagram, #YouTube, #TikTok, and X.

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Meet the Antibot4Navalny, an anonymous group of #disinformation researchers, who work to blunt Kremlin’s efforts to confuse and spread #misinformation.

🔗 https://t.co/vMT6f3U2eF

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Last month's Nature articles were fully dedicated to pioneering work on #disinformation and #fakenews.

🔎 https://t.co/aPI40cxaiN

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

The latest webinar by @DisinfoEU on innovative #AI technologies to combat #disinformation is now available
🔗 https://t.co/7f3IiN0qW8

Upcoming:
🗓️ 4.07💡 When disinformation hits companies: 🔗 https://t.co/XK2bmb1QRJ
🗓️ 11.07 💡 False Façade and CopyCop🔗 https://t.co/qQhzKFgIhf

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Yesterday, the DE-CONSPIRATOR consortium partners gathered for an engaging and productive online meeting to review our mid-year progress as the first semester of the project is completed!

Get inspired to deconspire by visiting https://t.co/WDAnOoU3wE 🌐
#DECONSPIRATOR #FIMI

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Very proud that @AkinUnver, the scientific coordinator of @DECONSPIRATOR, is the author of the newly published European Parliament DROI subcommittee report "AI and human rights: Using AI as a weapon of repression and its impact on human rights"

https://t.co/6WY64ddR9R

[NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @CSMAP_NYU]

Conventional wisdom says online misinfo is rampant, algorithms are at fault, & this makes us more polarized. In @Nature, @cerenbudak, @BrendanNyhan, @DavMicRot, @emilythorson, and @duncanjwatts debunk this myth, explaining what the research actually shows.
https://t.co/xaWCTXdYIf

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

If you don't have access to the paywalled version, here is a read-only link: https://t.co/S5XAqjeMR7

Please share widely!

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

A new #article suggests that deplatforming might have considerable effects on reducing #misinformation.
#Twitter's decision to deplatform 70,000 misinformation traffickers in response to the violence at the US Capitol on January 2021 is used as case-study

https://t.co/LU4S6jFUIP

[Massimo Flore @masflov]

I was honored to be the keynote speaker at @DECONSPIRATOR workshop. During my talk, I focused on how #disinformation thrives on grabbing attention and pushing individuals towards extreme viewpoints. That's why empowering citizens is the most crucial defense.

[Yevgeniy Golovchenko @Golovchenko_Yev]

I have spent the weekend/Monday in Brussels at the "Foreign Information Manipulation-Interference research methods workshop" talking about our latest research on detecting pro-Kremlin disinformation. Really cool to see the latest research on this topic!

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

This brings our two-day Foreign Information Manipulation-Interference (FIMI) research methods workshop to a close. It was a delight to bring together leading researchers of psychological, social, theoretical & computational aspects of FIMI. For future events, watch this space 🤗

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Our FIMI Research Methods Workshop begins with a policy keynote by @masflov - where he presents a historical genealogy of the concept of the "Western information space", and why a meaningful defense of this information space requires a global approach

[DE-CONSPIRATOR @DECONSPIRATOR]

Our final session features research at the frontiers of computational and big data studies on influence operations; from LLM optimization for misinfo detection to using Telegram data to predict missile strikes in Ukraine.