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How is #AI used in election interference? 🗳️ Thanks to the #NYT for citing our latest report.
"this year’s elections in Germany and Poland showed for the first time how effective the technology had become for foreign campaigns, as well as domestic political parties."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
"this year’s elections in Germany and Poland showed for the first time how effective the technology had become for foreign campaigns, as well as domestic political parties."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
How is #AI used in election interference? 🗳️ Thanks to the #NYT for citing our latest report.
"this year’s elections in Germany and Poland showed for the first time how effective the technology had become for foreign campaigns, as well as domestic political parties."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
"this year’s elections in Germany and Poland showed for the first time how effective the technology had become for foreign campaigns, as well as domestic political parties."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
We were at GLOBSEC 2025 to hold a panel on Fighting Information Threats 🔰 Many thanks to those who joined the discussion!
A look at Alliance4Europe’s GLOBSEC 2025 Panel 🛡️ Fighting Information Threats: Towards a Common EU Approach | Alliance4Europe
A look at Alliance4Europe’s GLOBSEC 2025 Panel 🛡️ Fighting Information Threats: Towards a Common EU Approach
What are the steps needed to bring us closer to a unified EU approach to counter informati...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We were at GLOBSEC 2025 to hold a panel on Fighting Information Threats 🔰 Many thanks to those who joined the discussion!
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Co-authored by ggigitashvili.bsky.social, Martyna Hoffman & Saman Nazari , this joint report by the DFRLab, @alliance4europe.bsky.social & Political Accountability Foundation shows how a sanctioned actor penetrated Poland’s info space.
DFRLab 🔗 bit.ly/43rRIGM
A4E 🔗 bit.ly/3Z5CwxZ
DFRLab 🔗 bit.ly/43rRIGM
A4E 🔗 bit.ly/3Z5CwxZ
Banned, yet broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian state media influencing the Polish elections
Belarusian state media uses digital platforms to promote candidates and shape narratives within Poland ahead of the 2025 presidential elections.
bit.ly
May 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Co-authored by ggigitashvili.bsky.social, Martyna Hoffman & Saman Nazari , this joint report by the DFRLab, @alliance4europe.bsky.social & Political Accountability Foundation shows how a sanctioned actor penetrated Poland’s info space.
DFRLab 🔗 bit.ly/43rRIGM
A4E 🔗 bit.ly/3Z5CwxZ
DFRLab 🔗 bit.ly/43rRIGM
A4E 🔗 bit.ly/3Z5CwxZ
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🇵🇱🚨NEW: Belarusian state media is working to discredit #Poland2025Elections by amplifying candidates on #TikTok, #YouTube, #X & #Facebook while actively circumventing EU sanctions. DFRLab, Political Accountability Foundation & @alliance4europe.bsky.social reveal how: bit.ly/43rRIGM
Banned, yet broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian state media influencing the Polish elections
Belarusian state media uses digital platforms to promote candidates and shape narratives within Poland ahead of the 2025 presidential elections.
bit.ly
May 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🇵🇱🚨NEW: Belarusian state media is working to discredit #Poland2025Elections by amplifying candidates on #TikTok, #YouTube, #X & #Facebook while actively circumventing EU sanctions. DFRLab, Political Accountability Foundation & @alliance4europe.bsky.social reveal how: bit.ly/43rRIGM
⚠️ New Report: Banned, yet Broadcasting
Belarusian state media is trying to discredit the Polish Presidential elections and amplify candidates across social media.
Today, we publish this report w @dfrlab.bsky.social and the Political Accountability Foundation.
alliance4europe.eu/banned-yet-b...
Belarusian state media is trying to discredit the Polish Presidential elections and amplify candidates across social media.
Today, we publish this report w @dfrlab.bsky.social and the Political Accountability Foundation.
alliance4europe.eu/banned-yet-b...
Banned, Yet Broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian State Media Influencing the Polish Elections - Alliance4Europe
Sanctioned Belarusian state media is interfering in the Polish Presidential elections through social media, circumventing EU sanctions.
alliance4europe.eu
May 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
⚠️ New Report: Banned, yet Broadcasting
Belarusian state media is trying to discredit the Polish Presidential elections and amplify candidates across social media.
Today, we publish this report w @dfrlab.bsky.social and the Political Accountability Foundation.
alliance4europe.eu/banned-yet-b...
Belarusian state media is trying to discredit the Polish Presidential elections and amplify candidates across social media.
Today, we publish this report w @dfrlab.bsky.social and the Political Accountability Foundation.
alliance4europe.eu/banned-yet-b...
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New from @alliance4europe.bsky.social: Kremlin-linked infops and sabotage targeting the 2025 Polish elections with cyber-attacks, narrative relay (both automated and paid), zone flooding, and source impersonation.
#infops #Poland #elections #Kremlin #Europe #EU
#infops #Poland #elections #Kremlin #Europe #EU
Poland: Country Election Risk Assessment (2025) - Alliance4Europe
FIMI risks to the integrity of the upcoming Polish Presidential Elections in May 2025. This assessment identifies key threats and vulnerabilities
alliance4europe.eu
May 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New from @alliance4europe.bsky.social: Kremlin-linked infops and sabotage targeting the 2025 Polish elections with cyber-attacks, narrative relay (both automated and paid), zone flooding, and source impersonation.
#infops #Poland #elections #Kremlin #Europe #EU
#infops #Poland #elections #Kremlin #Europe #EU
🚨 Russian disinfo operation Doppelgänger is targeting Poland’s 2025 election, per new report from A4E & Debunk.org.
Run by sanctioned SDA, it’s operating on X:
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Run by sanctioned SDA, it’s operating on X:
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April 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🚨 Russian disinfo operation Doppelgänger is targeting Poland’s 2025 election, per new report from A4E & Debunk.org.
Run by sanctioned SDA, it’s operating on X:
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Run by sanctioned SDA, it’s operating on X:
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A4E’s MD Omri Preiss joined @tvpworld.bsky.social to break down how #disinformation influenced Germany’s #elections.
Topics include:
🔹 AI-fueled false narratives
🔹 Social media platforms' algorithmic chaos
🔹 Storm and Doppelganger
🔹 Germany’s mitigation
🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/GbGqDH5pM4A?...
Topics include:
🔹 AI-fueled false narratives
🔹 Social media platforms' algorithmic chaos
🔹 Storm and Doppelganger
🔹 Germany’s mitigation
🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/GbGqDH5pM4A?...
Elon Musk's Role in Germany's Elections | Anatomy of Disinformation
YouTube video by TVP WORLD
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A4E’s MD Omri Preiss joined @tvpworld.bsky.social to break down how #disinformation influenced Germany’s #elections.
Topics include:
🔹 AI-fueled false narratives
🔹 Social media platforms' algorithmic chaos
🔹 Storm and Doppelganger
🔹 Germany’s mitigation
🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/GbGqDH5pM4A?...
Topics include:
🔹 AI-fueled false narratives
🔹 Social media platforms' algorithmic chaos
🔹 Storm and Doppelganger
🔹 Germany’s mitigation
🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/GbGqDH5pM4A?...
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🚨 NEW: The EU Digital Services Act requires Big Tech to be more transparent about platform harms + how they're mitigating them.
So a group of us took a deep dive into their latest reports on this, and let's just say...there's a lot of room for improvement. Get into it here 👀 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
So a group of us took a deep dive into their latest reports on this, and let's just say...there's a lot of room for improvement. Get into it here 👀 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
Civil Society Responds to DSA Risk Assessment Reports: An Initial Feedback Brief
The DSA Civil Society Coordination Group, in collaboration with the Recommender Systems Taskforce and People vs Big Tech, has released an initial analysis of the first Risk Assessment Reports submitte...
cdt.org
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 NEW: The EU Digital Services Act requires Big Tech to be more transparent about platform harms + how they're mitigating them.
So a group of us took a deep dive into their latest reports on this, and let's just say...there's a lot of room for improvement. Get into it here 👀 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
So a group of us took a deep dive into their latest reports on this, and let's just say...there's a lot of room for improvement. Get into it here 👀 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
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@cemas.io and @alliance4europe.bsky.social have recently published a report showing how the #Russian Storm-1516 and R-FBI influence operation is targeting the #German #elections.
The operation is spreading #disinformation about the #Greens, #CDU, and #FDP , using deepfakes and fabricated websites.
The operation is spreading #disinformation about the #Greens, #CDU, and #FDP , using deepfakes and fabricated websites.
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election
Russian influence operations Storm-1516 and R-FBI are targeting Germany’s federal election and managed to get amplified by AfD accounts.
alliance4europe.eu
February 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@cemas.io and @alliance4europe.bsky.social have recently published a report showing how the #Russian Storm-1516 and R-FBI influence operation is targeting the #German #elections.
The operation is spreading #disinformation about the #Greens, #CDU, and #FDP , using deepfakes and fabricated websites.
The operation is spreading #disinformation about the #Greens, #CDU, and #FDP , using deepfakes and fabricated websites.
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Federal Election ⚠️
Together with CeMAS, we've released a new report on Russian information manipulation and interference into the #German elections through #disinformation.
alliance4europe.eu/storm-1516-g... #Bundestagswahl
Together with CeMAS, we've released a new report on Russian information manipulation and interference into the #German elections through #disinformation.
alliance4europe.eu/storm-1516-g... #Bundestagswahl
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election
Russian influence operations Storm-1516 and R-FBI are targeting Germany’s federal election and managed to get amplified by AfD accounts.
alliance4europe.eu
February 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Federal Election ⚠️
Together with CeMAS, we've released a new report on Russian information manipulation and interference into the #German elections through #disinformation.
alliance4europe.eu/storm-1516-g... #Bundestagswahl
Together with CeMAS, we've released a new report on Russian information manipulation and interference into the #German elections through #disinformation.
alliance4europe.eu/storm-1516-g... #Bundestagswahl
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The #Russian influence operation #Doppelganger has moved to #Bluesky!
We analysed narratives targeting the #german #elections. The narratives use #sexism and #racism.
Read the latest report written by
@karolinschwarz.de and I published on
@alliance4europe.bsky.social
#Deutschen #Bundestag
We analysed narratives targeting the #german #elections. The narratives use #sexism and #racism.
Read the latest report written by
@karolinschwarz.de and I published on
@alliance4europe.bsky.social
#Deutschen #Bundestag
Sky's the Limit - Russian Influence Operation Doppelgänger Expands to Bluesky - Alliance4Europe
This flash report describes the key behaviours of what is likely the Russian influence operation Doppelgänger’s expansion to Bluesky.
alliance4europe.eu
January 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The #Russian influence operation #Doppelganger has moved to #Bluesky!
We analysed narratives targeting the #german #elections. The narratives use #sexism and #racism.
Read the latest report written by
@karolinschwarz.de and I published on
@alliance4europe.bsky.social
#Deutschen #Bundestag
We analysed narratives targeting the #german #elections. The narratives use #sexism and #racism.
Read the latest report written by
@karolinschwarz.de and I published on
@alliance4europe.bsky.social
#Deutschen #Bundestag
🧵 ICYMI:
In December, Alliance4Europe & GLOBSEC convened a roundtable for media, civil society & institutional representatives.
We explored the elections in Moldova and Romania, diving into trends in influence operations, key takeaways and regional challenges
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In December, Alliance4Europe & GLOBSEC convened a roundtable for media, civil society & institutional representatives.
We explored the elections in Moldova and Romania, diving into trends in influence operations, key takeaways and regional challenges
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Event Report – Elections in Moldova and Romania: Influence Operations and Lessons Learned - Alliance4Europe
On Tuesday 17th December 2024, Alliance4Europe and GLOBSEC convened a Chatham House Rule Roundtable consisting of media, civil society, and institutional representatives. The session explored the rece...
alliance4europe.eu
January 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🧵 ICYMI:
In December, Alliance4Europe & GLOBSEC convened a roundtable for media, civil society & institutional representatives.
We explored the elections in Moldova and Romania, diving into trends in influence operations, key takeaways and regional challenges
1/5
In December, Alliance4Europe & GLOBSEC convened a roundtable for media, civil society & institutional representatives.
We explored the elections in Moldova and Romania, diving into trends in influence operations, key takeaways and regional challenges
1/5
THREAD!
Heard about ADAC.io? 'Attribution, Data Analysis, Countermeasures, and Interoperability!'
💡The mission: strengthen the ability to fight FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference), which threatens our democracies.
Heard about ADAC.io? 'Attribution, Data Analysis, Countermeasures, and Interoperability!'
💡The mission: strengthen the ability to fight FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference), which threatens our democracies.
January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
THREAD!
Heard about ADAC.io? 'Attribution, Data Analysis, Countermeasures, and Interoperability!'
💡The mission: strengthen the ability to fight FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference), which threatens our democracies.
Heard about ADAC.io? 'Attribution, Data Analysis, Countermeasures, and Interoperability!'
💡The mission: strengthen the ability to fight FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference), which threatens our democracies.
Social media giant #Telegram, long regarded for its hands-off moderation, recently announced that it will block access in the EU to a number of Russian sanctioned media, citing compliance with EU regulations such as the Digital Services Act #DSA
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Telegram takes unprecedented steps in blocking sanctioned Russian government media, but enforcement remains incomplete - Alliance4Europe
Social media giant Telegram, a platform long regarded for its hands-off approach to content moderation, announced on 30 December that it is blocking access within the EU to a number of Russian state-o...
alliance4europe.eu
January 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Social media giant #Telegram, long regarded for its hands-off moderation, recently announced that it will block access in the EU to a number of Russian sanctioned media, citing compliance with EU regulations such as the Digital Services Act #DSA
alliance4europe.eu/telegram-blo...
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In January, sanctioned outlet Russia Today Germany (RT DE) set up a new X channel. RT DE published an article stating that they wished to test Elon Musk’s promise of free speech. We alerted authorities yesterday, and it was shut down.
Takeaways thread below! 🧵👇
alliance4europe.eu/rt-germany-s...
Takeaways thread below! 🧵👇
alliance4europe.eu/rt-germany-s...
RT Germany sets up new X account, mocks sanctions and the EU - Alliance4Europe
The German-language branch of the Russian-sanctioned media RT set up a new X account in January and started posting on January 13.
alliance4europe.eu
January 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In January, sanctioned outlet Russia Today Germany (RT DE) set up a new X channel. RT DE published an article stating that they wished to test Elon Musk’s promise of free speech. We alerted authorities yesterday, and it was shut down.
Takeaways thread below! 🧵👇
alliance4europe.eu/rt-germany-s...
Takeaways thread below! 🧵👇
alliance4europe.eu/rt-germany-s...
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Science Feedback and @alliance4europe.bsky.social published a report exposing the systemic use of #Telegram and other platforms by sanctioned entities to bypass restrictions and reach millions of users.
🧾 Latest report uncovers: Despite EU sanctions, Russian propaganda content remains widely available on major platforms. A collaboration between Science Feedback, Alliance4Europe and 6 other organizations in the Counter Disinformation Network (CDN), reveals systemic failures to enforce bans:
January 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Science Feedback and @alliance4europe.bsky.social published a report exposing the systemic use of #Telegram and other platforms by sanctioned entities to bypass restrictions and reach millions of users.