Sohan Dsouza
@sohandsouza.info
🥼 @MPIB-Berlin.bsky.social;
📚 computational social science, disinformation/polarization, crowdsourcing, OSINT;
🎓 @MIT.edu @MediaLab.bsky.social, @DFRLab.bsky.social #DigitalSherlocks;
📍 London, England;
https://www.sohandsouza.info
📚 computational social science, disinformation/polarization, crowdsourcing, OSINT;
🎓 @MIT.edu @MediaLab.bsky.social, @DFRLab.bsky.social #DigitalSherlocks;
📍 London, England;
https://www.sohandsouza.info
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Sohan Dsouza
@sohandsouza.info
· Sep 26
🇬🇧🕵️🧑💻🧑🏫 The British Computer Society has published my recent presentation for them in London, on my investigations of international influence operations and misinformation spread affecting the UK, and OSINT/SOCMINT basics.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBhH...
#disinfo #misinfo #infops #OSINT #SOCMINT #UK
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBhH...
#disinfo #misinfo #infops #OSINT #SOCMINT #UK
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"Crying girls will make you rich."
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
“Crying girls will make you rich”: How marketers trick users with mass-produced "organic" content
Indicator analyzed UGC campaigns that generated over 2 billion TikTok views and found rampant violations of disclosure rules.
indicator.media
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Crying girls will make you rich."
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
«Slowing platforms is an effective kind of censorship because it feels technical instead of political. Videos never load, messages fail, creators leave. Users move to the platform that works normally. When a full ban arrives, most people have already switched.»
The Construction of Russia’s Digital Iron Curtain
Russia is tightening control over its internet again. This week Roskomnadzor started slowing down Telegram and YouTube. The pattern is familiar… | Pe...
The Construction of Russia’s Digital Iron Curtain
Russia is tightening control over its internet again. This week Roskomnadzor started slowing down Telegram and YouTube. The pattern is familiar. Firs...
www.linkedin.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
«Slowing platforms is an effective kind of censorship because it feels technical instead of political. Videos never load, messages fail, creators leave. Users move to the platform that works normally. When a full ban arrives, most people have already switched.»
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Welp.
Then again, it's not been a great year for (actual) patriots in America.
Then again, it's not been a great year for (actual) patriots in America.
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Welp.
Then again, it's not been a great year for (actual) patriots in America.
Then again, it's not been a great year for (actual) patriots in America.
"Why The Internet Is Terrified of London", by @evanedinger.bsky.social
#London #UK #AIslop #monetisation #misinfo #disinfo #platforms #BrandolinisLaw #bullshit #factCheck
#London #UK #AIslop #monetisation #misinfo #disinfo #platforms #BrandolinisLaw #bullshit #factCheck
Why The Internet Is Terrified of London
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"Why The Internet Is Terrified of London", by @evanedinger.bsky.social
#London #UK #AIslop #monetisation #misinfo #disinfo #platforms #BrandolinisLaw #bullshit #factCheck
#London #UK #AIslop #monetisation #misinfo #disinfo #platforms #BrandolinisLaw #bullshit #factCheck
Captain Freeze Peach on how we should imprison people for insufficiently pandering to (MAGA's definition of) patriotism.
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Captain Freeze Peach on how we should imprison people for insufficiently pandering to (MAGA's definition of) patriotism.
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John Mearsheimer fights to sift AI propaganda videos from his authentic propaganda videos...
"some depicted him making contentious remarks about heated geopolitical rivalries" - so hard to tell them apart.
'Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes' www.france24.com/en/live-news...
"some depicted him making contentious remarks about heated geopolitical rivalries" - so hard to tell them apart.
'Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes' www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes
As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on a grueling fight that laid bare the challenges of combating AI-driv...
www.france24.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
John Mearsheimer fights to sift AI propaganda videos from his authentic propaganda videos...
"some depicted him making contentious remarks about heated geopolitical rivalries" - so hard to tell them apart.
'Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes' www.france24.com/en/live-news...
"some depicted him making contentious remarks about heated geopolitical rivalries" - so hard to tell them apart.
'Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes' www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu on how we're the people asking for more competition and freedom, actually.
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yepn...
#enshittification #extraction #internet #platforms #economics
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yepn...
#enshittification #extraction #internet #platforms #economics
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu on how we're the people asking for more competition and freedom, actually.
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yepn...
#enshittification #extraction #internet #platforms #economics
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yepn...
#enshittification #extraction #internet #platforms #economics
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i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
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Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he
Uhhhh, what happened to /about_profile_transparency/ on Facebook Pages?
#OSINT #SOCMINT #transparency #Facebook #Meta
#OSINT #SOCMINT #transparency #Facebook #Meta
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Uhhhh, what happened to /about_profile_transparency/ on Facebook Pages?
#OSINT #SOCMINT #transparency #Facebook #Meta
#OSINT #SOCMINT #transparency #Facebook #Meta
GenAI fake testimony theo-grift network found by @talhagin.bsky.social.
A template that could easily be repurposed to astroturf claims of "conversion" to political ideologies/movements, instead of faiths.
Full article: x.com/talhagin/sta...
A template that could easily be repurposed to astroturf claims of "conversion" to political ideologies/movements, instead of faiths.
Full article: x.com/talhagin/sta...
February 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
GenAI fake testimony theo-grift network found by @talhagin.bsky.social.
A template that could easily be repurposed to astroturf claims of "conversion" to political ideologies/movements, instead of faiths.
Full article: x.com/talhagin/sta...
A template that could easily be repurposed to astroturf claims of "conversion" to political ideologies/movements, instead of faiths.
Full article: x.com/talhagin/sta...
The BBC's @shayan86.bsky.social at the Frontline Club yesterday, on how Iran punches above-weight in info warfare (though less sophisticated than China or Russia), while Iranians themselves are beyond caring, so the infops are mainly aimed at foreign audiences pliable towards softer stances on Iran.
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The BBC's @shayan86.bsky.social at the Frontline Club yesterday, on how Iran punches above-weight in info warfare (though less sophisticated than China or Russia), while Iranians themselves are beyond caring, so the infops are mainly aimed at foreign audiences pliable towards softer stances on Iran.
Prof @banaji.bsky.social at UCL yesterday, on the transmediality and intertextuality of hate content trope propagation on social media, including deep involvement of government entities, and the inefficacy of anti-hate speech laws and technocratic solutions.
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Prof @banaji.bsky.social at UCL yesterday, on the transmediality and intertextuality of hate content trope propagation on social media, including deep involvement of government entities, and the inefficacy of anti-hate speech laws and technocratic solutions.
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Party of free speech strikes again
Florida bill seeks to ban use of ‘West Bank’ in schools and state agencies
The bill would mandate use of the biblical term ‘Judea and Samaria’ after a similar effort passed in Arkansas
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Party of free speech strikes again
Great talk about government Freedom of Information regret and obstruction, by Merion West for @londonskeptics.bsky.social.
February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Great talk about government Freedom of Information regret and obstruction, by Merion West for @londonskeptics.bsky.social.
Those who confuse "burro" with "burrow" don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Those who confuse "burro" with "burrow" don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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You would think the 15-minute conspiracy is old news but here we are with the Telegraph amplifying more such conspiracies. My words in @granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
The Telegraph misrepresents 15-minute cities - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Despite extensive debunking of misinformation and conspiracy theories around 15-minute cities and Oxford traffic filters, some UK newspapers continue to misrepresent the concepts.
www.lse.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
You would think the 15-minute conspiracy is old news but here we are with the Telegraph amplifying more such conspiracies. My words in @granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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🧠🤖 Who’s most vulnerable to AI-generated mis/disinformation?
Today | 5 Feb, 14:30 CET
👉 Still time to register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr Jason Potel (Goldsmiths) on psychological drivers, trust in LLMs & emerging AI harms.
See you soon!
Today | 5 Feb, 14:30 CET
👉 Still time to register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr Jason Potel (Goldsmiths) on psychological drivers, trust in LLMs & emerging AI harms.
See you soon!
February 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
🧠🤖 Who’s most vulnerable to AI-generated mis/disinformation?
Today | 5 Feb, 14:30 CET
👉 Still time to register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr Jason Potel (Goldsmiths) on psychological drivers, trust in LLMs & emerging AI harms.
See you soon!
Today | 5 Feb, 14:30 CET
👉 Still time to register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr Jason Potel (Goldsmiths) on psychological drivers, trust in LLMs & emerging AI harms.
See you soon!
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If we care about polarization, public discourse, and trust, understanding who’s actually making the content is as important as what they’re seeing.
A new paper analyzes the “production-consumption gap” on social media, where a small subset of users produce most of the content, and considers its implications for the study of phenomena such as political polarization, and for the design of policy interventions. Prithvi Iyer considers the results:
What a New Study Reveals About the Production-Consumption Gap on Social Media | TechPolicy.Press
Prithvi Iyer considers new research on how online content reveals the tip of the iceberg, leading to incorrect inferences about online public opinion.
www.techpolicy.press
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
If we care about polarization, public discourse, and trust, understanding who’s actually making the content is as important as what they’re seeing.
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I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
Curse you, Bezos! ✊🤬
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Curse you, Bezos! ✊🤬
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2 of the witnesses testifying for Jordan are people penalized for speech illegal in their countries -- Graham Linehan, for example. An arrest that was simultaneously stupid and also completely unrelated to the DSA!
Jordan tries to blur the lines bt local enforcement & online laws to confuse ppl.
Jordan tries to blur the lines bt local enforcement & online laws to confuse ppl.
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
2 of the witnesses testifying for Jordan are people penalized for speech illegal in their countries -- Graham Linehan, for example. An arrest that was simultaneously stupid and also completely unrelated to the DSA!
Jordan tries to blur the lines bt local enforcement & online laws to confuse ppl.
Jordan tries to blur the lines bt local enforcement & online laws to confuse ppl.
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
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An anarcho-communist suddenly cared deeply about Philippine flood recovery. So did 26 other ‘Australians’ that are part of a pro-China influence campaign, according to a new report.
Fake 'Australian' social media army is pushing Chinese propaganda using stolen X accounts and AI, report claims
www.crikey.com.au
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 AM
An anarcho-communist suddenly cared deeply about Philippine flood recovery. So did 26 other ‘Australians’ that are part of a pro-China influence campaign, according to a new report.