Peter Benzoni
@benzoni.bsky.social
50/50 shitposts vs actual analysis, good luck picking out which is which.
I do: // OSINT // meme analysis // FIMI //
I do: // OSINT // meme analysis // FIMI //
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Russia's influence campaigns don't only rely on words.
📷 Images cross borders quickly and shape narratives that cannot be captured in single-language text alone, @benzoni.bsky.social shows. ⤵️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/whos-reusing...
📷 Images cross borders quickly and shape narratives that cannot be captured in single-language text alone, @benzoni.bsky.social shows. ⤵️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/whos-reusing...
Who’s Reusing Russian State Media’s Images?
Introduction
Threat actors increasingly operate across national boundaries, but information-operation detection rarely extends beyond single-language analysis, leaving blind spots in multilingual and...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Russia's influence campaigns don't only rely on words.
📷 Images cross borders quickly and shape narratives that cannot be captured in single-language text alone, @benzoni.bsky.social shows. ⤵️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/whos-reusing...
📷 Images cross borders quickly and shape narratives that cannot be captured in single-language text alone, @benzoni.bsky.social shows. ⤵️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/whos-reusing...
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Since the anti-ICE protests in LA began last week, false and misleading information has proliferated online.
Foreign adversaries like Russia seized on the unrest to promote conspiracies and narratives aimed at sowing chaos and undermining the US. 🧵
Foreign adversaries like Russia seized on the unrest to promote conspiracies and narratives aimed at sowing chaos and undermining the US. 🧵
Thinning the ICE: Russian and Chinese Messaging on the Los Angeles Protests
Since the protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles began last weekend, false and misleading information about the ongoing demonstrations and the Trump administration’s crackdown have proliferate...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org
June 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Since the anti-ICE protests in LA began last week, false and misleading information has proliferated online.
Foreign adversaries like Russia seized on the unrest to promote conspiracies and narratives aimed at sowing chaos and undermining the US. 🧵
Foreign adversaries like Russia seized on the unrest to promote conspiracies and narratives aimed at sowing chaos and undermining the US. 🧵
State-affiliated Russian media painted LA as a “war zone,” amplified debunked “civil war” narratives, slandered Democrats, mocked “peaceful” protestors, and lauded Trump’s tough crackdown—an unmistakable nod to Moscow’s own authoritarian playbook.
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/thinning-the...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/thinning-the...
Thinning the ICE: Russian and Chinese Messaging on the Los Angeles Protests
Introduction
Since the protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles began last weekend, false and misleading information about the ongoing demonstrations and the Trump administration’s crackdown hav...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org
June 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
State-affiliated Russian media painted LA as a “war zone,” amplified debunked “civil war” narratives, slandered Democrats, mocked “peaceful” protestors, and lauded Trump’s tough crackdown—an unmistakable nod to Moscow’s own authoritarian playbook.
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/thinning-the...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/thinning-the...
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian and Chinese influence actors seized on the anti-ICE protests in LA to promote conspiracies and narratives aimed at sowing chaos and denigrating the US, @krysiasikora.bsky.social , @etiennesoula.bsky.social , & @benzoni.bsky.social write in ASD’s new analysis. ⤵️
Thinning the ICE: Russian and Chinese Messaging on the Los Angeles Protests
Introduction
Since the protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles began last weekend, false and misleading information about the ongoing demonstrations and the Trump administration’s crackdown hav...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian and Chinese influence actors seized on the anti-ICE protests in LA to promote conspiracies and narratives aimed at sowing chaos and denigrating the US, @krysiasikora.bsky.social , @etiennesoula.bsky.social , & @benzoni.bsky.social write in ASD’s new analysis. ⤵️
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Russia's information tactics in Poland have evolved.
Overt channels like RT and Sputnik are banned, but the Kremlin now leverages covert proxies to infiltrate Polish media, @benzoni.bsky.social @doroshishka.bsky.social & @krysiasikora.bsky.social write ⬇️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/new-proxy-sa...
Overt channels like RT and Sputnik are banned, but the Kremlin now leverages covert proxies to infiltrate Polish media, @benzoni.bsky.social @doroshishka.bsky.social & @krysiasikora.bsky.social write ⬇️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/new-proxy-sa...
New Proxy, Same as the Old Proxy: Key Sites of Russia’s Covert Influence in Poland
Poland was one of the first countries to take steps to curb Russian propaganda in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Days after the invasion, Poland’s broadcasting regulator banned f...
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org
June 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Russia's information tactics in Poland have evolved.
Overt channels like RT and Sputnik are banned, but the Kremlin now leverages covert proxies to infiltrate Polish media, @benzoni.bsky.social @doroshishka.bsky.social & @krysiasikora.bsky.social write ⬇️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/new-proxy-sa...
Overt channels like RT and Sputnik are banned, but the Kremlin now leverages covert proxies to infiltrate Polish media, @benzoni.bsky.social @doroshishka.bsky.social & @krysiasikora.bsky.social write ⬇️
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/new-proxy-sa...
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📻 A White House-ordered shutdown of US Agency for Global Media aids authoritarian interference & diminishes America's power, write GMF's @nanagongadze.bsky.social & Bret Schafer of @securedemocracy.bsky.social.
🔗 Read their insight on how supporters should respond: www.gmfus.org/news/washing...
🔗 Read their insight on how supporters should respond: www.gmfus.org/news/washing...
Washington Silences Its Own Voice
www.gmfus.org
April 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📻 A White House-ordered shutdown of US Agency for Global Media aids authoritarian interference & diminishes America's power, write GMF's @nanagongadze.bsky.social & Bret Schafer of @securedemocracy.bsky.social.
🔗 Read their insight on how supporters should respond: www.gmfus.org/news/washing...
🔗 Read their insight on how supporters should respond: www.gmfus.org/news/washing...
What can Venezuela's TeleSUR reposting a listicle from Xinhua tell us about how propaganda spreads in Latin America? Watch or read below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.gmfus.org/news/media-v...
www.gmfus.org/news/media-v...
April 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What can Venezuela's TeleSUR reposting a listicle from Xinhua tell us about how propaganda spreads in Latin America? Watch or read below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.gmfus.org/news/media-v...
www.gmfus.org/news/media-v...
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⁉️ What is “media vassalage”? @securedemocracy.bsky.social's @benzoni.bsky.social explains in this video.
🗣️ According to the expert, Venezuelan media amplifies Russian, Chinese, and other authoritarian narratives in Latin America, further eroding democracy.
↘️ Learn more: bit.ly/3XwxdH1
🗣️ According to the expert, Venezuelan media amplifies Russian, Chinese, and other authoritarian narratives in Latin America, further eroding democracy.
↘️ Learn more: bit.ly/3XwxdH1
What Is Media Vassalage? Peter Benzoni Explains
YouTube video by The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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April 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
⁉️ What is “media vassalage”? @securedemocracy.bsky.social's @benzoni.bsky.social explains in this video.
🗣️ According to the expert, Venezuelan media amplifies Russian, Chinese, and other authoritarian narratives in Latin America, further eroding democracy.
↘️ Learn more: bit.ly/3XwxdH1
🗣️ According to the expert, Venezuelan media amplifies Russian, Chinese, and other authoritarian narratives in Latin America, further eroding democracy.
↘️ Learn more: bit.ly/3XwxdH1
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A running list of career ending actions here:
1) discussing military operations (including classified info) on a consumer messaging app.
2) likely discussing military ops (including classified info) *on personal devices* (as signal is not allowed on USG phones)
3) adding a journalist to said chat
1) discussing military operations (including classified info) on a consumer messaging app.
2) likely discussing military ops (including classified info) *on personal devices* (as signal is not allowed on USG phones)
3) adding a journalist to said chat
March 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A running list of career ending actions here:
1) discussing military operations (including classified info) on a consumer messaging app.
2) likely discussing military ops (including classified info) *on personal devices* (as signal is not allowed on USG phones)
3) adding a journalist to said chat
1) discussing military operations (including classified info) on a consumer messaging app.
2) likely discussing military ops (including classified info) *on personal devices* (as signal is not allowed on USG phones)
3) adding a journalist to said chat
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🇻🇪 Through information laundering, Venezuela’s premier state media outlet, TeleSUR, amplifies narratives from Russian and Chinese state media.
🔗 A new analysis by @benzoni.bsky.social from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF examines TeleSUR's “media vassalage" dynamic: bit.ly/3DDh0sH
🔗 A new analysis by @benzoni.bsky.social from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF examines TeleSUR's “media vassalage" dynamic: bit.ly/3DDh0sH
Media Vassalage: How Venezuela’s TeleSUR Acts as Russia and China’s Information-Laundering Front
After a contested July presidential election in which Nicolás Maduro claimed victory with 51% of the vote—amid allegations of irregularities, limited oversight, and too few international observers—Ven...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🇻🇪 Through information laundering, Venezuela’s premier state media outlet, TeleSUR, amplifies narratives from Russian and Chinese state media.
🔗 A new analysis by @benzoni.bsky.social from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF examines TeleSUR's “media vassalage" dynamic: bit.ly/3DDh0sH
🔗 A new analysis by @benzoni.bsky.social from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF examines TeleSUR's “media vassalage" dynamic: bit.ly/3DDh0sH
We (ASD) analyzed TeleSUR’s entire 2024 archive—over 21,000 articles—and discovered extensive information laundering. Here's what our data revealed, a thread:
March 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We (ASD) analyzed TeleSUR’s entire 2024 archive—over 21,000 articles—and discovered extensive information laundering. Here's what our data revealed, a thread:
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US foreign adversaries know that state and local governments and communities are foundational to US democracy.
In Bret Schafer and my new report for @gmfus.bsky.social, we explore how foreign actors target Americans at the local level with examples from all 50 states and DC. 🧵
In Bret Schafer and my new report for @gmfus.bsky.social, we explore how foreign actors target Americans at the local level with examples from all 50 states and DC. 🧵
The State(s) of Foreign Information Operations
This report outlines an example of a foreign information operation targeting each of the 50 US states and the District of Columbia. This report outlines an example of a foreign information operation t...
www.gmfus.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
US foreign adversaries know that state and local governments and communities are foundational to US democracy.
In Bret Schafer and my new report for @gmfus.bsky.social, we explore how foreign actors target Americans at the local level with examples from all 50 states and DC. 🧵
In Bret Schafer and my new report for @gmfus.bsky.social, we explore how foreign actors target Americans at the local level with examples from all 50 states and DC. 🧵
Really proud of this one—I show how TV BRICS, a seemingly innocuous public diplomacy outlet is linked to sanctioned entities launched at the behest of Vladimir Putin. TV BRICS facilitates interstate influence through a network of partnerships across BRICS+ securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/what-is-tv-b...
What is TV BRICS? The Sanctions-Linked, Russia-Backed Influence Broker
What is TV BRICS? The Sanctions-Linked, Russia-Backed Influence Broker
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Really proud of this one—I show how TV BRICS, a seemingly innocuous public diplomacy outlet is linked to sanctioned entities launched at the behest of Vladimir Putin. TV BRICS facilitates interstate influence through a network of partnerships across BRICS+ securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/what-is-tv-b...
Pinkerton X Black Bloc fashion collab 2025
January 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pinkerton X Black Bloc fashion collab 2025
A good community (for you) has a place for you; a great community is willing to work to make a place for you
December 18, 2024 at 2:42 AM
A good community (for you) has a place for you; a great community is willing to work to make a place for you
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Deadline 29 Nov!
ISD is looking for several Digital Methods & Policy Managers/Senior Managers to support our Digital Analysis Unit in developing methods to monitor risks and assess platform mitigations using social media data under the EU’s DSA. More below 👇 isdglobal.recruitee.com/o/digital-me...
ISD is looking for several Digital Methods & Policy Managers/Senior Managers to support our Digital Analysis Unit in developing methods to monitor risks and assess platform mitigations using social media data under the EU’s DSA. More below 👇 isdglobal.recruitee.com/o/digital-me...
Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) - Digital Methods and Policy Manager/Senior Manager
ISD is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to safeguarding human rights and reversing the rising tide of polarisation, extremism and disinformation worldwide.Why work for ISD?ISD is not
isdglobal.recruitee.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Deadline 29 Nov!
ISD is looking for several Digital Methods & Policy Managers/Senior Managers to support our Digital Analysis Unit in developing methods to monitor risks and assess platform mitigations using social media data under the EU’s DSA. More below 👇 isdglobal.recruitee.com/o/digital-me...
ISD is looking for several Digital Methods & Policy Managers/Senior Managers to support our Digital Analysis Unit in developing methods to monitor risks and assess platform mitigations using social media data under the EU’s DSA. More below 👇 isdglobal.recruitee.com/o/digital-me...
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This is just intellectually dishonest and, frankly, disgusting equivocation that should be forcefully denounced by anyone who actually gives a shit about antisemitism in the US
CNN's Dana Bash on the neo-Nazis marching in Columbus: "We don‘t know what side of the aisle this comes from. I mean, typically, neo-Nazis are from the far right. You had protests from the far left at your house as a Jewish member."
November 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
This is just intellectually dishonest and, frankly, disgusting equivocation that should be forcefully denounced by anyone who actually gives a shit about antisemitism in the US