Johanna Vehkoo
@vehkoo.bsky.social
Journo, non-fiction author, fact-checking & verification enthusiast, expert in online fakery. Speaker & trainer. Formerly: founder & editor of Long Play, fellow at RISJ & Wilson Center, professor of practice in journalism at Tampere Uni.
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"Kohtalonkysymys on se, annetaanko #ilmastoestäminen valtavirtaistua vai pidetäänkö kiinni tavoitteista toteuttaa nopeita kestävyystoimia", toteaa ILMEST-hankkeemme vetäjä @tttoivanen.bsky.social erinomaisessa @satuhelin.bsky.social & @vehkoo.bsky.social jutussa!
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Ilmastovalheet ovat muuttuneet, mutta eivät kadonneet – tällaisia väitteitä ilmastonmuutoksesta leviää somessa nyt
Löysimme sosiaalisesta mediasta merkkejä yrityksistä vaikuttaa päätöksiin ennen Brasiliassa pian alkavaa ilmastokokousta.
yle.fi
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"Kohtalonkysymys on se, annetaanko #ilmastoestäminen valtavirtaistua vai pidetäänkö kiinni tavoitteista toteuttaa nopeita kestävyystoimia", toteaa ILMEST-hankkeemme vetäjä @tttoivanen.bsky.social erinomaisessa @satuhelin.bsky.social & @vehkoo.bsky.social jutussa!
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Syntymän ja kuoleman kirja on todella hyvä sarjakuvaromaani, jota suosittelen kaikille läheisistään mitenkään välittäville aikuisille! Lukiessa kyyneliäkin vierähti, kiitos huipusta kirjasta @0emminieminen0.bsky.social ja @vehkoo.bsky.social ! Ja Suuri Kurpitsa!
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Syntymän ja kuoleman kirja on todella hyvä sarjakuvaromaani, jota suosittelen kaikille läheisistään mitenkään välittäville aikuisille! Lukiessa kyyneliäkin vierähti, kiitos huipusta kirjasta @0emminieminen0.bsky.social ja @vehkoo.bsky.social ! Ja Suuri Kurpitsa!
Ah well that's alright then
OpenAI no longer sees mass manipulation and #Misinformation as a critical risk and will address these risks through the terms of its service.
OpenAI no longer considers manipulation and mass disinformation campaigns a risk worth testing for before releasing its AI models
OpenAI’s new AI safety policy drops pre-release testing requirements for persuasive or manipulative capabilities, sparking concern among experts
fortune.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Ah well that's alright then
Lupaus: Aivo FM, tarjoaa itsenäisiä uutisia. Uutispainotteisuus erottaa kanavan kilpailijoista. Todellisuus: Pop FM, tarjoaa hyvän mielen musiikkia. www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
Media | Uusi valtakunnallinen radiokanava aloittaa tänään
Uusi kanava tarjoaa ”hyvän mielen musiikkia”. Uutisia on luvassa myöhemmin.
www.hs.fi
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Lupaus: Aivo FM, tarjoaa itsenäisiä uutisia. Uutispainotteisuus erottaa kanavan kilpailijoista. Todellisuus: Pop FM, tarjoaa hyvän mielen musiikkia. www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
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perfectly captures my feelings on the AGI breathlessness. the burden of proof is on these companies to show that there’s something beyond trend lines on a graph. what i’m more interested in is how this stuff is being used now (there already seems to be a lot of negative externalities)
The use cases of the most devoted AI enthusiasts are limited, more than half speculative, and come with massive social consequences. What am I supposed to be excited about exactly?
Better Q: why isn’t my being *mildly interested* not enough?
Better Q: why isn’t my being *mildly interested* not enough?
March 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
perfectly captures my feelings on the AGI breathlessness. the burden of proof is on these companies to show that there’s something beyond trend lines on a graph. what i’m more interested in is how this stuff is being used now (there already seems to be a lot of negative externalities)
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Renee DiResta explains how Musk and his fans exploit social media dynamics to sow and breed conspiracy theories, and (with Musk as special government representative) are now using those conspiracy theories to dismantle the US government, one agency after another.
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, he has been titillating his fans with conspiracy theories from supposedly secret files, Renée DiResta writes. Now that Donald Trump is back in office, Musk’s conspiracies are no longer just entertainment for the extremely online:
Elon Musk’s Soap Operas for Conspiracy Buffs
Online fantasies are now an excuse to take apart the government.
www.theatlantic.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Renee DiResta explains how Musk and his fans exploit social media dynamics to sow and breed conspiracy theories, and (with Musk as special government representative) are now using those conspiracy theories to dismantle the US government, one agency after another.
Jos sulla on vielä juttuni Internet Archivesta lukematta, nythän on juuri sopiva hetki! Tämä koskee meitä kaikkia www.longplay.fi/kulttuuri/in...
Internet Archive on vaarassa kadota, kun levy-yhtiöt vaativat satojen miljoonien dollarien korvauksia
www.longplay.fi
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Jos sulla on vielä juttuni Internet Archivesta lukematta, nythän on juuri sopiva hetki! Tämä koskee meitä kaikkia www.longplay.fi/kulttuuri/in...
Who could've seen this coming...
The launch of Google’s AI-powered search summaries has led to a 19% drop in click-through to academic reference services according to OUP product strategy director John Campbell: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-sear...
AI search summaries cannibalise academic publishers’ web traffic
Rise of robot-written summaries should push publishers to articulate value and impact of research more clearly, argues Oxford University Press director
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Who could've seen this coming...
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what is a non-woke musical. bsky.app/profile/link...
March 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
what is a non-woke musical. bsky.app/profile/link...
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this is going to be a disaster www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Italian newspaper says it has published world’s first AI-generated edition
Il Foglio says artificial intelligence used ‘for everything – the writing, the headlines, the quotes … even the irony’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
this is going to be a disaster www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Worthwhile reading on the rise of the tech oligarchy www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
Opinion | It May Not Be Brainwashing, but It’s Not Democracy, Either
How the federal government became “an outdated software system that must be replaced.”
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Worthwhile reading on the rise of the tech oligarchy www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
Erinomainen kolumni. "Tavoiteajassa valmistuvasta maisterista yliopisto saa lähes kaksi kertaa niin paljon valtion rahaa kuin sellaisesta, joka valmistuu kolmessa vuodessa. Järjestelmä voi johtaa hassuihin priorisointeihin."
Hanna Weselius: Nopeutetut opinnot tuottavat järjestelmäuskollisia ihmisiä, jotka eivät osaa ajatella itse
Hanna Weselius: Nopeutetut opinnot tuottavat järjestelmäuskollisia ihmisiä, jotka eivät osaa ajatella itse
suomenkuvalehti.fi
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Erinomainen kolumni. "Tavoiteajassa valmistuvasta maisterista yliopisto saa lähes kaksi kertaa niin paljon valtion rahaa kuin sellaisesta, joka valmistuu kolmessa vuodessa. Järjestelmä voi johtaa hassuihin priorisointeihin."
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The UN’s World Meteorological Organization announced today that 2024 was the hottest on record and that over the year we faced 151 unprecedented extreme weather events across the globe. We recently shared a guide into visualizing climate data to help clarify the impact of future climate hazards.
Climate change is creating the perfect storm, with conflict and displacement issues increasingly intersecting with natural disasters. In this guide, Cornelia Scholz explains how to transform raw data into visualisations, revealing the impact of climate hazards. www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...
The Story of a Storm - Part 1: Visualising Climate Data with NASA’s Giovanni Tool - bellingcat
In this guide on visualising climate, conflict, and displacement data, we’ll show you how to turn raw climate data into visualisations using NASA’s Giovanni tool.
www.bellingcat.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization announced today that 2024 was the hottest on record and that over the year we faced 151 unprecedented extreme weather events across the globe. We recently shared a guide into visualizing climate data to help clarify the impact of future climate hazards.
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Visual Origins Detector by Henk Van Ess
Tool to quickly check the first mentions of an image in Google Lens and Google Fact Check Explorer + Exif viewer.
visualorigins.digitaldigging.org
#osint #socmint
Tool to quickly check the first mentions of an image in Google Lens and Google Fact Check Explorer + Exif viewer.
visualorigins.digitaldigging.org
#osint #socmint
March 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Visual Origins Detector by Henk Van Ess
Tool to quickly check the first mentions of an image in Google Lens and Google Fact Check Explorer + Exif viewer.
visualorigins.digitaldigging.org
#osint #socmint
Tool to quickly check the first mentions of an image in Google Lens and Google Fact Check Explorer + Exif viewer.
visualorigins.digitaldigging.org
#osint #socmint
Kirjoitin jutun Internet Archivesta, joka on tallentanut internetiä jälkipolville 29 vuoden ajan. Se on ollut valmiina taistelemaan myös Trumpin hallinnon sensurointioperaatioita vastaan. Nyt tämä korvaamaton kirjasto on vaarassa. Lue, ei maksumuuria!
www.longplay.fi/kulttuuri/in...
www.longplay.fi/kulttuuri/in...
Internet Archive on vaarassa kadota, kun levy-yhtiöt vaativat satojen miljoonien dollarien korvauksia
www.longplay.fi
March 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Kirjoitin jutun Internet Archivesta, joka on tallentanut internetiä jälkipolville 29 vuoden ajan. Se on ollut valmiina taistelemaan myös Trumpin hallinnon sensurointioperaatioita vastaan. Nyt tämä korvaamaton kirjasto on vaarassa. Lue, ei maksumuuria!
www.longplay.fi/kulttuuri/in...
www.longplay.fi/kulttuuri/in...
This is getting personal... On Trump's latest list of entities to dismantle: The Wilson Center, where I spent half of the year 2015. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, which include one overseeing government-funded media outlets, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is getting personal... On Trump's latest list of entities to dismantle: The Wilson Center, where I spent half of the year 2015. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
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🧵 This is a perfect example of what I've be describing as disordered discourse, and it's threat to democracy. Politicians are afraid to speak openly about key issues.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
“Frightened for the safety of their families.”
America, 2025.
America, 2025.
March 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🧵 This is a perfect example of what I've be describing as disordered discourse, and it's threat to democracy. Politicians are afraid to speak openly about key issues.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
The language the official White House webpage uses these days: "The Fake News losers at CNN".
Are there actual grownups working there
Are there actual grownups working there
March 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The language the official White House webpage uses these days: "The Fake News losers at CNN".
Are there actual grownups working there
Are there actual grownups working there
Monetisation of misinformation is making a comeback on Facebook, reports @craigsilverman.bsky.social
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...
www.propublica.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Monetisation of misinformation is making a comeback on Facebook, reports @craigsilverman.bsky.social
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Ketju Apuna ry:stä ja Enkeli-Elisasta.
Olen ollut jäsenenä Apuna-yhteisössä melkein alusta asti. Syitä kiinnostukseeni on kaksi.
1: Suoran auttamisen kanavat ovat tärkeitä, kun hyvinvointivaltion rakenteita puretaan. Ihmisten tulee olla apuna toisen akuutissa hädässä, myös vieraille ihmisille.
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Olen ollut jäsenenä Apuna-yhteisössä melkein alusta asti. Syitä kiinnostukseeni on kaksi.
1: Suoran auttamisen kanavat ovat tärkeitä, kun hyvinvointivaltion rakenteita puretaan. Ihmisten tulee olla apuna toisen akuutissa hädässä, myös vieraille ihmisille.
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Somessa leviävän Pekka-pojan tarinan taustat ovat epäselvät – läheisten lahjoitusnumeroihin ei saa yhteyttä
Poliisi ja koulut eivät tunnista Pekan tarinaa. Yleen yhteyttä ottanut lahjoittaja kertoo maksaneensa 25 euroa perheelle.
yle.fi
February 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Ketju Apuna ry:stä ja Enkeli-Elisasta.
Olen ollut jäsenenä Apuna-yhteisössä melkein alusta asti. Syitä kiinnostukseeni on kaksi.
1: Suoran auttamisen kanavat ovat tärkeitä, kun hyvinvointivaltion rakenteita puretaan. Ihmisten tulee olla apuna toisen akuutissa hädässä, myös vieraille ihmisille.
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Olen ollut jäsenenä Apuna-yhteisössä melkein alusta asti. Syitä kiinnostukseeni on kaksi.
1: Suoran auttamisen kanavat ovat tärkeitä, kun hyvinvointivaltion rakenteita puretaan. Ihmisten tulee olla apuna toisen akuutissa hädässä, myös vieraille ihmisille.
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We're at a point where this seems only logical
This morning's WTF news - Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have left Romania for the US - reports news.sky.com/story/andrew...
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have left Romania for the US - reports
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are reportedly on a flight from Romania to the United States after previously having travel restrictions imposed on them.
news.sky.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
We're at a point where this seems only logical
So explain the Bezos logic to me. Why buy a newspaper for its prestige and then set out to destroy that prestige?
Very sad to see the demise of a fine institution.
Very sad to see the demise of a fine institution.
Jeff Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit
David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
So explain the Bezos logic to me. Why buy a newspaper for its prestige and then set out to destroy that prestige?
Very sad to see the demise of a fine institution.
Very sad to see the demise of a fine institution.
Cheers from Kirkenes! Today I paid a visit to @thebarentsobserver.com - a true beacon of light for press freedom, employing Russian journalists in exile. Support this journalist-owned independent outlet if you can.
February 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cheers from Kirkenes! Today I paid a visit to @thebarentsobserver.com - a true beacon of light for press freedom, employing Russian journalists in exile. Support this journalist-owned independent outlet if you can.
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Remember a fake video in October that showed a fake poll worker destroying pro-Trump election ballots in Pennsylvania?
There's now a copycat fake video with the same script about the German election, showing a fake poll worker destroying election ballots for the AfD in Hamburg.
There's now a copycat fake video with the same script about the German election, showing a fake poll worker destroying election ballots for the AfD in Hamburg.
February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Remember a fake video in October that showed a fake poll worker destroying pro-Trump election ballots in Pennsylvania?
There's now a copycat fake video with the same script about the German election, showing a fake poll worker destroying election ballots for the AfD in Hamburg.
There's now a copycat fake video with the same script about the German election, showing a fake poll worker destroying election ballots for the AfD in Hamburg.