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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>AFP: Banned Russian Media Sites ‘Still Accessible’ Across EU: Report. “After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, EU authorities banned Kremlin-controlled media from transmitting in the bloc, including online, to counter ‘disinformation’. But more than three years on, ‘sanctioned outlets are largely still active and accessible’ across member states, said a report released by the Institute […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/banned-russian-media-sites-still-accessible-across-eu-report-afp/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/banned-russian-media-sites-still-accessible-across-eu-report-afp/</a></p>
David on Formosa<p>Taiwan insights from the Asian Fact-Checking Forum, hosted by the Taiwan FactCheck Center (TFC)</p><p>Key point: China is using influencers in Taiwan as proxies for disinformation campaigns. This makes attribution of the disinformation more difficult</p><p><a href="https://en.tfc-taiwan.org.tw/disinformation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.tfc-taiwan.org.tw/disinform</span><span class="invisible">ation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>台灣</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>中國</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/%E4%BA%8B%E5%AF%A6%E6%9F%A5%E6%A0%B8" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>事實查核</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Ukrinform: Russia spares no expense on disinformation: Ambassador warns about anti-Ukrainian fakes in Hungary. “Russia seeks to inflame tensions between Hungary and Ukraine and incite conflicts. To that end, Moscow—along with its embassy and media outlets—continues to circulate anti-Ukrainian false narratives. This opinion was expressed by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Hungary Fedir Shandor in an […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/russia-spares-no-expense-on-disinformation-ambassador-warns-about-anti-ukrainian-fakes-in-hungary-ukrinform/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/russia-spares-no-expense-on-disinformation-ambassador-warns-about-anti-ukrainian-fakes-in-hungary-ukrinform/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>TechXplore: AIPasta uses AI to paraphrase and repeat disinformation. “Research has demonstrated that generative AI can produce persuasive content. Meanwhile, so-called CopyPasta campaigns take advantage of the ‘repetitive truth’ effect by repeating the exact same text over and over until it seems more likely to be true by those who encounter it many times.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/27/techxplore-aipasta-uses-ai-to-paraphrase-and-repeat-disinformation/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/27/techxplore-aipasta-uses-ai-to-paraphrase-and-repeat-disinformation/</a></p>
RoundSparrow<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/PutinMediaInvasionTwo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinMediaInvasionTwo</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/PutinMediaInvasion2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinMediaInvasion2</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWakePutinMediaInvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWakePutinMediaInvasion</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/SurkovSiege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurkovSiege</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWakeMoldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeMoldova</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/OpM419" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpM419</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/RussianPropagandaSwamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianPropagandaSwamps</span></a></p><p>Friday, July 25, 2025 <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWake20250725" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWake20250725</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Situ202507D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Situ202507D</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ExecutiveFunctionManipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveFunctionManipulation</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/25/russian-propaganda-swamps-moldova-ahead-of-elections" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07</span><span class="invisible">/25/russian-propaganda-swamps-moldova-ahead-of-elections</span></a></p>
RoundSparrow<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/RedditMindFuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedditMindFuck</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActiveMeasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveMeasures</span></a><br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWakeRedditSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeRedditSociety</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/SocialMediaSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMediaSociety</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/WarAgainstRealityStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarAgainstRealityStory</span></a> "War Against Reality Story"<br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/SurkovStage11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurkovStage11</span></a> approaching 12.<br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/RichMenSexGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichMenSexGames</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/BillionaireMindVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillionaireMindVirus</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Situ202507D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Situ202507D</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/RFP15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFP15</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1m83j3q/rconservative_officially_believes_the_epstein/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDram</span><span class="invisible">a/comments/1m83j3q/rconservative_officially_believes_the_epstein/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>CNBC: YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others. “These campaigns primarily shared content in Chinese and English that promoted the People’s Republic of China, supported President Xi Jinping and commented on U.S. foreign affairs. Over 2,000 removed channels were linked to Russia. The content was in multiple languages that supported Russia and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/cnbc-youtube-wipes-out-thousands-of-propaganda-channels-linked-to-china-russia-others/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/cnbc-youtube-wipes-out-thousands-of-propaganda-channels-linked-to-china-russia-others/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Militarnyi: Russia Uses AI-Powered Telegram Bots to Shape Public Opinion. “Russia is actively using fake comments on Telegram to shape favorable public opinion among residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This conclusion is based on a joint investigation by OpenMinds and the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab).”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/militarnyi-russia-uses-ai-powered-telegram-bots-to-shape-public-opinion/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/militarnyi-russia-uses-ai-powered-telegram-bots-to-shape-public-opinion/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Focus Taiwan: TikTok could be tool for China to sway Taiwanese youth during wartime: Experts . “Experts in information warfare on Tuesday warned that China could use TikTok to influence young people in Taiwan, particularly in a pre-war or wartime scenario, during a seminar in Taipei on Beijing’s propaganda efforts targeting Taiwan.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/tiktok-could-be-tool-for-china-to-sway-taiwanese-youth-during-wartime-experts-focus-taiwan/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/tiktok-could-be-tool-for-china-to-sway-taiwanese-youth-during-wartime-experts-focus-taiwan/</a></p>
RoundSparrow<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/PutinMediaInvasionTwo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinMediaInvasionTwo</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWakeYouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeYouTube</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/SurkovStage11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurkovStage11</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/MisinformationSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MisinformationSystems</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWake20250721" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWake20250721</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Situ202507A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Situ202507A</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-channels-propaganda-china-russia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-ch</span><span class="invisible">annels-propaganda-china-russia.html</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Exeter: New research will analyse the spread of misinformation in Africa and the continent’s growing digital divides. “The project, by researchers from the University of Exeter, will provide crucial information for the UK Government about the role of social media in galvanizing offline protest movements across Africa, and the logic behind foreign-origin disinformation and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/university-of-exeter-new-research-will-analyse-the-spread-of-misinformation-in-africa-and-the-continents-growing-digital-divides/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/university-of-exeter-new-research-will-analyse-the-spread-of-misinformation-in-africa-and-the-continents-growing-digital-divides/</a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“A pro-Trump AI bot network with at least 400 accounts has been uncovered on X, pushing positive messages about MAGA figures like RFK Jr. and Karoline Leavitt. But after the Trump-Epstein scandal, some turned on Trump allies.”<br>-MeidasTouch<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psyop</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AIBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIBot</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/maga-ai-bot-network-divided-trump-epstein-backlash-rcna219167" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/tech/internet/maga</span><span class="invisible">-ai-bot-network-divided-trump-epstein-backlash-rcna219167</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>New York Times: Israel and Iran Usher In New Era of Psychological Warfare. This link goes to a gift article. “Over 12 days of attacks, Israel and Iran turned social media into a digital battlefield, using deception and falsehoods to try to sway the outcome even as they traded kinetic missile strikes that killed hundreds and roiled an already turbulent Middle East. The posts, researchers said, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/new-york-times-israel-and-iran-usher-in-new-era-of-psychological-warfare/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/new-york-times-israel-and-iran-usher-in-new-era-of-psychological-warfare/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Nikkei Asia: Russia intensifies propaganda operations in Japan. “The dissemination of posts on the Japanese X account of a media outlet affiliated with the Russian government more than tripled in number in 2024 compared with the previous year, an indication that Russia has been intensifying its information operations in Japan. Some posts appear to originate from Japan and contain […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/nikkei-asia-russia-intensifies-propaganda-operations-in-japan/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/nikkei-asia-russia-intensifies-propaganda-operations-in-japan/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Record: Russia-linked group spoofing European journalists to spread disinformation. “A Kremlin-linked disinformation group has been impersonating real journalists and publishing fake articles on spoofed news websites to spread false narratives in France, Armenia, Germany, Moldova and Norway, researchers have found.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/the-record-russia-linked-group-spoofing-european-journalists-to-spread-disinformation/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/the-record-russia-linked-group-spoofing-european-journalists-to-spread-disinformation/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Kyiv Independent: Russia scales up propaganda operations across Africa, Ukrainian intelligence says. “Russia is actively increasing its influence across African countries, using propaganda networks such as the Russian state information agency TASS and state-owned news outlet RT, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on July 13. As of July 13, the channel, widely acknowledged as a Kremlin […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/kyiv-independent-russia-scales-up-propaganda-operations-across-africa-ukrainian-intelligence-says/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/kyiv-independent-russia-scales-up-propaganda-operations-across-africa-ukrainian-intelligence-says/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Odessa Journal: Defence Intelligence: The Kremlin is attempting to blame Ukraine for spreading radioactive materials in Syria. “Russian intelligence services have launched another disinformation campaign against Ukraine, attempting to accuse it of spreading radioactive materials in Syria, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/defence-intelligence-the-kremlin-is-attempting-to-blame-ukraine-for-spreading-radioactive-materials-in-syria-odessa-journal/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/defence-intelligence-the-kremlin-is-attempting-to-blame-ukraine-for-spreading-radioactive-materials-in-syria-odessa-journal/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: X faces criminal investigation in France over potential algorithm manipulation. “French officials have launched a criminal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, following a probe exploring whether or not the platform’s algorithm was manipulated for the purposes of ‘foreign interference.’”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/mashable-x-faces-criminal-investigation-in-france-over-potential-algorithm-manipulation/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/mashable-x-faces-criminal-investigation-in-france-over-potential-algorithm-manipulation/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Conversation: Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it. “Mass psychogenic illness is not misinformation, but it gives researchers like me some idea about how misinformation spreads. Social connections establish pathways of influence that can facilitate the spread of germs, mental illness and even behaviors. We can be profoundly influenced […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/the-conversation-misinformation-lends-itself-to-social-contagion-heres-how-to-recognize-and-combat-it/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/the-conversation-misinformation-lends-itself-to-social-contagion-heres-how-to-recognize-and-combat-it/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Press Gazette: Journalist says 4,000 fake AI news websites created to game Google algorithms. “More than 4,000 fake news websites powered by generative AI have been set up to game Google Discover and search, according to award-winning French journalist Jean-Marc Manach. The sites are largely in French, but there are already at least 100 in English, and this could be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/13/press-gazette-journalist-says-4000-fake-ai-news-websites-created-to-game-google-algorithms/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/13/press-gazette-journalist-says-4000-fake-ai-news-websites-created-to-game-google-algorithms/</a></p>