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Yandex Outage: Cloudflare Clarifies Bot Activity Impact
Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Russian bot traffic but not social media disinformation campaigns.
Mashable · 1m
The internet isn't dead. It's even worse
Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian data centers reveal internet's growing bot traffic and disinformation crisis.
Salon · 1m
America unprepared for AI-powered propaganda
As foreign adversaries integrate AI into coordinated influence campaigns, the U.S. government dismantles the agencies designed to track them.
Foreign Affairs · 4m
Ukraine Drone Strike Misled About Bot Farms
Ukraine’s drone strike on Yandex data centers falsely claimed to silence Russian bots.
Mother Jones · 1m
Digital Distrust Threatens Democracy
Experts warn that misinformation erodes trust in democracy more than disinformation itself.
France24 · 1m
Did Ukraine's data centre strikes stop Russian bots?
Zelensky claimed Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin bot networks, but experts say there is no evidence the attacks significantly affected disinformation operations.
BBC News · 1m
Yandex outage probably didn't kill Russian bots
Ukrainian drone strikes took Russian data centers offline, but the bot traffic decline isn't what people think it is.
The Verge · 1m
Burnham confirms Russia interfered with Brexit vote
The prime minister says Moscow meddled in the 2016 referendum, raising questions about the result's legitimacy.
The Independent · 2m
Burnham confirms Russian interference in Brexit vote
The Prime Minister reveals he was told Moscow meddled in the 2016 referendum, the first PM to make such a public confirmation.
The Independent · 1m
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Court ruling twisted into anti-foreigner rage
A narrow asylum judgment was distorted online into false claims about citizenship and jobs, fuelling anti-foreigner mobilisation in Durban.
Daily Maverick · 2m
Burnham confirms Russian interference in Brexit vote
The Prime Minister reveals he was told Russia clearly meddled in the 2016 referendum, the first time a PM has made this public.
The Independent · 1m
OpenAI finds Russians and Iranians abusing ChatGPT
OpenAI banned accounts running influence campaigns in multiple countries, using the chatbot to write reports and create fake content.
NPR · 1m
Anthropic Report: Russia's AI Disinformation in Africa
US company Anthropic reveals Russia uses AI to spread pro-Russian propaganda across Central African Republic and other African nations.
Dw · 1m
Real journalists matter in AI world
78% of Canadians fear fake news as AI threatens trust.
Nationalpost · 1m
Vietnamese in Japan face shifting attitudes
Vietnamese community in Japan grapples with changing immigrant attitudes and disinformation.
The Japan Times · 1m
Anthropic Report: Russia's AI Disinformation in Africa
US company Anthropic reveals Russia uses AI to spread pro-Russian propaganda across Central African Republic and other African nations.
Dw · 1m
How disinformation is reshaping German politics
Foreign actors wage information warfare on social media to sway young voters away from Ukraine support.
POLITICO · 1m
Russia's fake Mother Jones deepfake hits midterms
A Russian disinformation network called Matryoshka is flooding social media with deepfakes impersonating major news outlets to influence the 2026 midterm elections.
Mother Jones · 2m
Robin Williams' Daughter Fights AI Deepfakes of Her Dad
Zelda Williams is furious that AI conspiracy videos of her late father are spreading on social media, nearly a decade after his death.
Futurism · 1m
Iran's Lego videos are serious propaganda
A small Iranian team is using AI-generated animations to spread influence faster and cheaper than ever before, and Western officials are finally paying attention.
Foreign Policy · 4m
How Russia won America's elections
A journalist answers your questions about Putin's interference, Trump's role, and why disinformation campaigns actually work.
Mother Jones · 2m
Russia's election meddling didn't stop in 2016
David Corn's new book warns that Russian interference continues, and Trump has dismantled the agencies meant to stop it.
Mother Jones · 1m
The election tool red states threw away
A bipartisan program caught duplicate and dead voters for a decade, until conspiracy theories pushed Republican states out the door.
Mother Jones · 2m
Putin's decade-long war on American elections
Russia has hit every major US election since 2016, and the defenses built to stop it have been torn down.
Mother Jones · 2m
Anthropic blocked AI misuse that could have aided bioweapons
Anthropic says it caught people trying to push Claude toward cyberattacks, spyware and dangerous virus research, and cut them off.
ABC7 Chicago · 2m