The Digital Disinformation Research Project

Monitoring & Researching Digital Disinformation / Information Disorders / Influence Operations / FIMI / Fake News

[nature @Nature]

Researchers have used ChatGPT technology to create a fake clinical-trial data set to support an unverified scientific claim https://t.co/FQvgLkqQry

[The Digital Disinformation Research Project @digitaldisinfo]

Online workshop by Nicola Bruno this Saturday, Nov. 25:

"How to track #disinformation networks" which introduces the basics of networked disinformation and manipulation campaigns.

Free of charge, in English, lasting 4 hours.

Register here:
https://t.co/RUwSl6sCTW

[The Digital Disinformation Research Project @digitaldisinfo]

#China is using the world’s largest known online #disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds

https://t.co/C46frev1IA

#Spamouflage #Dragonbridge #influenceOperations #democracy

[The Digital Disinformation Research Project @digitaldisinfo]

What the Doomsayers Get Wrong About #Deepfakes

Experts have warned that utterly realistic A.I.-generated videos might wreak havoc through deception. What’s happened is troubling in a different way.

https://t.co/PYSt0AEdK0

#disinformation #mediaforensics

[EUvsDisinfo @EUvsDisinfo]

Pro-Kremlin outlets focus on how bad situation is outside Russia, so that Russian society doesn't get inspired from liberal democracies. As reality of protracted war against Ukraine sinks in, every outside crisis is a welcome distraction. https://t.co/k07yQeM2fu #DisinfoReview

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

Great talk at @UMassAmherst today: Kai-Cheng Yang of @Botometer on "Fantastic Bots and Where to Find Them",
https://t.co/KFGKmIfuXD

[The Digital Disinformation Research Project @digitaldisinfo]

#Microsoft, #Meta detail plans to fight election #disinformation in 2024

Strategies differ, though both have gaps that could hurt efficacy

https://t.co/0pbUF82D3K

#elections

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Google has entered into the generative-AI era with a search engine that appears more complex than ever, @mimbsy writes.

"And yet it still can be commandeered by junk that’s untrue or even just nonsensical." https://t.co/HDFzOIzERS

[Roman Adamczyk @RomanAdamczyk5]

Due to the new EU Digital Service Act (DSA), Twitter had to disclose the number of its staff working on content moderation issues (2294) and their language skills.

It is even worse than what was expected.
https://t.co/3cx7hBf5bB

[Tactical Tech @Info_Activism]

[1/2] As elections approach in Indonesia, journalists, investigators & citizens prepare to cover and monitor the political campaigns. @PradipaPR investigated how the industry of influence operation actors or ‘political buzzers’ impact Indonesian politics. https://t.co/zJpqQHrvIW

[Donie O'Sullivan @donie]

Microsoft president Brad Smith likes to lecture the world about the responsible use of artificial intelligence -- but Microsoft's own AI is messing up the news.

We talk to the editors Microsoft fired and were replaced by AI.

Read our full story here: https://t.co/7Q7VzjU0pE

[John Cook @johnfocook]

Published a new paper with @stworg, @UlliEcker, @NaomiOreskes, @Sander_vdLinden & @roozenbot on the misinformation assault on democracy with a new element being personal attacks on misinformation researchers https://t.co/yK2OeulVO8

[Observatory on Social Media @OSoMe_IU]

A much more sophisticated, AI-based version of a website I developed ~15 years ago to demonstrate how fake news could be generated automatically and monetized. This is infinitely scarier -- not just monetization, but mass social engineering of reality!
https://t.co/IHEnZt2e9W

[The Digital Disinformation Research Project @digitaldisinfo]

"The recently-launched European Union Code of Practice on #Disinformation, Brookie noted, is voluntary and does not apply to governments: the burden of battling disinformation has fallen entirely on Silicon Valley companies."

https://t.co/yfRFAciQxt

#africa #russia #israel

[Nicholas Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos]

Nice summary of what's going on with deception using deepfake audio: https://t.co/G5ioLFbMTH -- we've seen this coming for about 4-5 years now. What should be platform obligations here?

[The Digital Disinformation Research Project @digitaldisinfo]

"Research shows that smart people are more susceptible to #FakeNews and conspiracy theories – but why?"

https://t.co/QJ1b8vTQdf

#informationDisorders

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

X (formerly Twitter) is worst for disinformation, per EU analysis https://t.co/wDnw4PoTS1 by @riptari

[Pippa Norris @PippaN15]

New research confirms the role of disinfo in spreading false views of electoral integrity. @MaxGroemping https://t.co/UH7l4ZiG6l

[Eto Buziashvili @EtoBuziashvili]

In May, Meta removed the inauthentic network attributing it to Georgian govt StratCom. The network was spreading anti-Western & pro-Kremlin narratives, mainly conspiracy that the West tries to drag Georgia into the war in Ukraine. @DFRLab @AtlanticCouncil
https://t.co/6CJ6PTBAqq