Union of Concerned Scientists: Your Anti-Disinformation Safety Chain for Danger Season. “We’re now officially in Danger Season 2026—the period between May and October when North America experiences its worst climate impacts—and we should expect disinformation to ramp up on social media and other platforms. It’s the time when maintaining what I call the ‘safety chain’ matters most.”

Interfax Ukraine: Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools’. “On Wednesday, May 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools.’… The event will take place at 8/5a Reitarska Street and will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine […]

Kyiv Post: ‘The White Book’ – Ukraine Launches Guide to Navigating Russian Propaganda Minefield. “The volume, produced by Media Center Ukraine with support from the EU, sets out to systematize Ukraine’s experience in confronting Russian disinformation and to make that essential knowledge usable for journalists, diplomats, policymakers, researchers and public figures far beyond Ukraine. […]

The Register: US to deny visas to foreign officials it says ‘censor’ social media . “The US government says it’ll refuse visas to foreign officials judged to have censored social media posts of American citizens – a move aimed at countries trying to stem the flow of online misinformation.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/01/the-register-us-to-deny-visas-to-foreign-officials-it-says-censor-social-media/

The Conversation: Weaponized storytelling: How AI is helping researchers sniff out disinformation campaigns. “At the Cognition, Narrative and Culture Lab at Florida International University, we are building AI tools to help detect disinformation campaigns that employ tools of narrative persuasion. We are training AI to go beyond surface-level language analysis to understand narrative […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/01/weaponized-storytelling-how-ai-is-helping-researchers-sniff-out-disinformation-campaigns-the-conversation/

The facts:
Canada's suicide helpline: 9-8-8
USA's suicide helpline: 9-8-8
Trans Lifeline Canada: (877) 330-6366
Trans Lifeline US: (877) 565-8860

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🔍 Microsoft diventa il nuovo sceriffo contro la disinformazione! 🌐 #Microsoft #AntiDisinformation

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