Adnan R
@ar23.bsky.social
PhD - Centre for Engineering in Society @Concordia
| Disinformation, Influence and Identity Online | Critical Data Studies + Emerging Tech (#AI) | Fellow @GNET_Research |
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Official Member of Raptors Nation
| Disinformation, Influence and Identity Online | Critical Data Studies + Emerging Tech (#AI) | Fellow @GNET_Research |
Twt-Follow ≠ endorse; Views = own | (he/il)
Official Member of Raptors Nation
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This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
On not attending the #inauguration - Michelle Obama is “not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol's sake."🙌🏽
#mlkday
people.com/michelle-oba...
#mlkday
people.com/michelle-oba...
Michelle Obama Encourages Followers to Honor MLK Day as She Skips Donald Trump's Inauguration
Michelle Obama is choosing to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy — and encouraging others to do the same.
people.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On not attending the #inauguration - Michelle Obama is “not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol's sake."🙌🏽
#mlkday
people.com/michelle-oba...
#mlkday
people.com/michelle-oba...
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Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues
A number of AI-altered clips spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives had circulated on X before appearing on the alternative Bluesky platform, noted @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
A number of AI-altered clips spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives had circulated on X before appearing on the alternative Bluesky platform, noted @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues
The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...
theins.press
January 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Libraries are not open on Sundays, there is never enough funding for public transit or protected bike lanes, composting programs are falling apart, CUNY buildings are in deep disrepair, but there is always state and city funds for more police. It's really depressing.
June 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Libraries are not open on Sundays, there is never enough funding for public transit or protected bike lanes, composting programs are falling apart, CUNY buildings are in deep disrepair, but there is always state and city funds for more police. It's really depressing.
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March 5, 2024 at 3:06 PM
London, Ont., truck murders were terrorism, judge rules in landmark first for white nationalist violence
#Canada
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
#Canada
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
London, Ont., truck murders were terrorism, judge rules in landmark first for white nationalist violence
The decision comes nearly three years after a white nationalist killer steered his truck off the road to strike a family of five because he wanted to “kill Muslims.”
www.thestar.com
February 22, 2024 at 4:16 PM
London, Ont., truck murders were terrorism, judge rules in landmark first for white nationalist violence
#Canada
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
#Canada
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Mexican Mayor’s deepfake audio scandal - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Trending, The Mexican mayor and a deepfake scandal
How a mayor in Mexico became embroiled in a deepfake audio scandal
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Mexican Mayor’s deepfake audio scandal - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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Our team analyzed one of the networks in here a few years back. It’s worth noting that every team mentioned in this article that does analysis work to *uncover* these operations is currently under fire, being investigated by Congress and getting sued.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Spy vs. spy: How Israelis tried to stop Russia’s information war in Africa
In the two years since an Israelis company first tried to thwart a Russian disinformation campaign in Burkina Faso, coups or rebels have removed the governments of five former French colonies, replaci...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Our team analyzed one of the networks in here a few years back. It’s worth noting that every team mentioned in this article that does analysis work to *uncover* these operations is currently under fire, being investigated by Congress and getting sued.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
New Report on “Foreign Information Maninpulation + Interference” targeting the LGBTQI+ community.
Really great work and valuable addition to the field - pretty sure I’ll be ref’ing in my next paper ;) - www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/fimi-ta...
Really great work and valuable addition to the field - pretty sure I’ll be ref’ing in my next paper ;) - www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/fimi-ta...
FIMI targeting LGBTIQ+ people: Well-informed analysis to protect human rights and diversity | EEAS
In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding and responding to FIMI. Nevertheless, analysis concerning specifically the LGBTIQ+ community has been scarce. This report – the f...
www.eeas.europa.eu
October 24, 2023 at 10:25 PM
New Report on “Foreign Information Maninpulation + Interference” targeting the LGBTQI+ community.
Really great work and valuable addition to the field - pretty sure I’ll be ref’ing in my next paper ;) - www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/fimi-ta...
Really great work and valuable addition to the field - pretty sure I’ll be ref’ing in my next paper ;) - www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/fimi-ta...
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I was hoping someone else would point out the problem with this “AI will drink all the water” claim. Yes, there are environmental impacts that we should be aware of. But there is something off about the water use narrative.
I love you all dearly, but the idea that AI is going to drink all our water is to this platform kind of what 5G and vaccines are to Truth Social.
October 8, 2023 at 8:02 PM
I was hoping someone else would point out the problem with this “AI will drink all the water” claim. Yes, there are environmental impacts that we should be aware of. But there is something off about the water use narrative.
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In AI we trust. "Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen ... even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source -- foreshadowing a new information battleground" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
October 8, 2023 at 12:42 AM
In AI we trust. "Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen ... even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source -- foreshadowing a new information battleground" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Many submarine experts have suddenly switched subject matter expertise
October 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Many submarine experts have suddenly switched subject matter expertise
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Thai police say they have apprehended a 14 year old following reports of gunshots at a luxury mall in Bangkok's city centre.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
14-year-old held over Bangkok shopping mall shooting
Videos on social media show crowds of shoppers evacuating the Siam Paragon mall the city's centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2023 at 10:54 AM
Thai police say they have apprehended a 14 year old following reports of gunshots at a luxury mall in Bangkok's city centre.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
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The @dfrlab.bsky.social's Cyber Statecraft Initiative team went live last week with 2 new updates on their work software supply chain work.
1) An update to Breaking Trust Software Supply Chain Database - bringing the total number of tracked compromises to 250!
1) An update to Breaking Trust Software Supply Chain Database - bringing the total number of tracked compromises to 250!
Software Supply Chain Security: The Dataset
Want to dive deeper into the Breaking Trust database? You have come to the right place.
dfrlab.org
October 2, 2023 at 4:41 PM
The @dfrlab.bsky.social's Cyber Statecraft Initiative team went live last week with 2 new updates on their work software supply chain work.
1) An update to Breaking Trust Software Supply Chain Database - bringing the total number of tracked compromises to 250!
1) An update to Breaking Trust Software Supply Chain Database - bringing the total number of tracked compromises to 250!
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The ‘War Room’ is a private male-only network that costs thousands of dollars to access. Andrew Tate is the face of the operation. But as Michael Colborne reveals, there are other important figures who are not always so open about their War Room association.
Revealing Andrew Tate's Secretive War Room "Brothers" - bellingcat
A former soldier, a self-described hypnotist and an Antarctic ice landing instructor – meet some of the hidden figures that help promote Andrew Tate's War Room.
www.bellingcat.com
August 10, 2023 at 2:10 PM
The ‘War Room’ is a private male-only network that costs thousands of dollars to access. Andrew Tate is the face of the operation. But as Michael Colborne reveals, there are other important figures who are not always so open about their War Room association.
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It’s never been “the AI” we should worry about, it’s corporate greed. In Zoom‘s new TOS you grant Zoom a perpetual license to use your audio, your face, etc for AI unconditionally and irrevocably forever.
https://stackdiary.com/zoom-terms-now-allow-training-ai-on-user-content-with-no-opt-out/
https://stackdiary.com/zoom-terms-now-allow-training-ai-on-user-content-with-no-opt-out/
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. recently updated its Terms of Service to encompass what some critics are calling a significant invasion of user privacy.
stackdiary.com
August 7, 2023 at 10:30 AM
It’s never been “the AI” we should worry about, it’s corporate greed. In Zoom‘s new TOS you grant Zoom a perpetual license to use your audio, your face, etc for AI unconditionally and irrevocably forever.
https://stackdiary.com/zoom-terms-now-allow-training-ai-on-user-content-with-no-opt-out/
https://stackdiary.com/zoom-terms-now-allow-training-ai-on-user-content-with-no-opt-out/
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You guys gotta stop calling it “enshittification.”
You’re trying to talk about a serious problem of decay in the tools that we need to survive. And you’re using a word that mainstream press will not say or print.
Besides that that early ‘00s style of crass-cutesy speak is passé and uncool
You’re trying to talk about a serious problem of decay in the tools that we need to survive. And you’re using a word that mainstream press will not say or print.
Besides that that early ‘00s style of crass-cutesy speak is passé and uncool
August 5, 2023 at 3:25 PM
You guys gotta stop calling it “enshittification.”
You’re trying to talk about a serious problem of decay in the tools that we need to survive. And you’re using a word that mainstream press will not say or print.
Besides that that early ‘00s style of crass-cutesy speak is passé and uncool
You’re trying to talk about a serious problem of decay in the tools that we need to survive. And you’re using a word that mainstream press will not say or print.
Besides that that early ‘00s style of crass-cutesy speak is passé and uncool
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ICYMI last week, we did a deep dive into Blood & Honour and its financing, as part of our series exploring the violent extreme right. Check it out!
Blood and Honour
Group Profile
newsletter.insightthreatintel.com
August 7, 2023 at 11:14 AM
ICYMI last week, we did a deep dive into Blood & Honour and its financing, as part of our series exploring the violent extreme right. Check it out!
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DO NOT USE CSAM/CSE TO CHASE CLOUT!
it's a fucking felony.
it's a fucking felony.
July 27, 2023 at 1:27 AM
DO NOT USE CSAM/CSE TO CHASE CLOUT!
it's a fucking felony.
it's a fucking felony.
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The commitment to free speech is so inspiring
July 26, 2023 at 11:57 AM
The commitment to free speech is so inspiring
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In January last year, @cen4infores.bsky.social launched the Eyes on Russia project to collect, verify and archive crucial open source evidence of every facet of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here’s what's been found over 18 months on ...
Over 500 Days of the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map - bellingcat
This map of verified open source information on Russia's invasion of Ukraine now includes over 11,600 videos and images.
www.bellingcat.com
July 25, 2023 at 8:45 AM
In January last year, @cen4infores.bsky.social launched the Eyes on Russia project to collect, verify and archive crucial open source evidence of every facet of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here’s what's been found over 18 months on ...
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this is nuts
A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve
For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation after becoming the first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama.
capitalbnews.org
July 19, 2023 at 7:34 PM
this is nuts
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So apparently Charles Barkley is repeatedly going to bars doing this routine
July 17, 2023 at 8:25 PM
So apparently Charles Barkley is repeatedly going to bars doing this routine
Happening on the other platform “…Andrew Tate, for example, who was recently released from jail on rape and human trafficking charges, posted that he’d been paid over $20,000 by Twitter” [to post on the app]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/
Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme
The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile influencers like Andrew Tate, DC Draino, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson and Ashley St. Claire.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 14, 2023 at 1:38 PM
Happening on the other platform “…Andrew Tate, for example, who was recently released from jail on rape and human trafficking charges, posted that he’d been paid over $20,000 by Twitter” [to post on the app]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/