Olga Belogolova 🌻
@olgs7.bsky.social
Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
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Olga Belogolova 🌻
@olgs7.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Starter pack of ppl working in influence operations, disinformation, propaganda, information environment space. This is an iteration of a list I maintained in the bad place called “disinformation braintrust.” I’m selective here to avoid the bs artists. Lemme know if I missed ppl
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Commented on this @nbcnews story on the chaos of the recent X location product rollout. As tempting as it is to dunk on the "United States" accounts posting from unexpected places, I would caution folks not to jump to conclusions. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
X’s new location labels unmask users. Insiders say the idea was rejected for years.
A new feature meant to boost transparency on Elon Musk’s platform relies on data that researchers say can be inaccurate or easily spoofed.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Commented on this @nbcnews story on the chaos of the recent X location product rollout. As tempting as it is to dunk on the "United States" accounts posting from unexpected places, I would caution folks not to jump to conclusions. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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Although social media was the spark for a revolution across the Middle East, it soon proved to be in journalist David Wolman's words, "a tool and like any tool, it can be used for good or bad, just like a hammer.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Although social media was the spark for a revolution across the Middle East, it soon proved to be in journalist David Wolman's words, "a tool and like any tool, it can be used for good or bad, just like a hammer.
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This is some lede: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is some lede: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
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mark kelly's wife was literally shot in the head bc of violent political rhetoric & now the president of the united states is calling for him to be executed.... but iTs tHe LeFt
Martha Blackburn defends Trump's call to arrest (and execute) Democratic elected officials
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
mark kelly's wife was literally shot in the head bc of violent political rhetoric & now the president of the united states is calling for him to be executed.... but iTs tHe LeFt
So far this morning, we’ve had an incredible kickoff with on attribution alphabet soup with the one and only @dmitri.silverado.org and then a fascinating meme-ful talk from @activemeasures.bsky.social and @wylienewmark.bsky.social on SVR cyber espionage and Russian analytic battlefields.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
So far this morning, we’ve had an incredible kickoff with on attribution alphabet soup with the one and only @dmitri.silverado.org and then a fascinating meme-ful talk from @activemeasures.bsky.social and @wylienewmark.bsky.social on SVR cyber espionage and Russian analytic battlefields.
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@activemeasures.bsky.social (which is a real llc!) and I assume @wylienewmark.bsky.social with a jaw dropping presentation. Best analysis of SVR vs GRU and history of the forgeries in 2016 leaks I’ve ever heard. #cyberwarcon
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@activemeasures.bsky.social (which is a real llc!) and I assume @wylienewmark.bsky.social with a jaw dropping presentation. Best analysis of SVR vs GRU and history of the forgeries in 2016 leaks I’ve ever heard. #cyberwarcon
So much fun to see my @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social students volunteering at @cyberwarcon.bsky.social this year! Come say hi to SAIS students focusing on tech and innovation in the two year MAIR program and one year MASCI program! And @alperovitch.institute professors are all around as well!
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So much fun to see my @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social students volunteering at @cyberwarcon.bsky.social this year! Come say hi to SAIS students focusing on tech and innovation in the two year MAIR program and one year MASCI program! And @alperovitch.institute professors are all around as well!
Happy @cyberwarcon.bsky.social day to all who celebrate!
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Happy @cyberwarcon.bsky.social day to all who celebrate!
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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“Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist”
apnews.com/article/arti...
apnews.com/article/arti...
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work
Judges around the world are seeing error-riddled legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist”
apnews.com/article/arti...
apnews.com/article/arti...
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“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
October 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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If this is "journalism" it's really bad journalism that fails measure of what would be lost if we lost Section 230.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
I don't believe or suggest Section 230 has only resulted in harms. I've been defensive of 230, personally, until pretty recently. There would be likely downsides to a rollback, depending on the reform; but it's hard to dispute there are downsides to the current paradigm. It's time to revisit it.
To suggest that Section 230 has only resulted in harms is activism not journalism.
This purposefully ignores the *many* benefits that stem not just from the law but from the modern Internet it created.
You can't tell an honest story if you're just blatantly leaving that side out.
This purposefully ignores the *many* benefits that stem not just from the law but from the modern Internet it created.
You can't tell an honest story if you're just blatantly leaving that side out.
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If this is "journalism" it's really bad journalism that fails measure of what would be lost if we lost Section 230.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
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Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
Netherlands curtails intelligence-sharing with US over ‘human rights’
Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
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Remember how conservative grifters started selling “anti woke” products at a premium to separate gullible conservatives from their money? Well under Trump that’s just the economy now, since we’re all paying more in the name of being “anti woke” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying
Better broke than woke, right?
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Remember how conservative grifters started selling “anti woke” products at a premium to separate gullible conservatives from their money? Well under Trump that’s just the economy now, since we’re all paying more in the name of being “anti woke” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
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As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
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Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”