Techdirt: 37,000 Fake AI Comments Mysteriously Oppose Washington State’s Effort To Tax The Rich. ” Washington State has been exploring the RADICAL SOCIALIST ANTIFA EXTREMIST idea of having the state’s rich actually pay their taxes. That’s not been received particularly well by the extraction class, which has been making empty promises about leaving the state. Recently the state opened up […]

Mashable: Scammers are increasingly posing as loved ones, survey suggests. “Phone number verification tool ClarityCheck just conducted a survey of around 1,900 adults in the U.S., UK, and European Union, and found that 64 percent of respondents have encountered a suspicious message or call that seemed to come from someone they knew.”

PressGazette: Faces of fakery: More fake and AI generated experts con their way into media. “Out of a sample of 250 expert-quoting articles published in The Sun, Daily Express, Mirror, Daily Mail and Daily Star in 2025 and late 2024, 25 experts do not exist, are impossible to track down/verify online or were not named in the first place.”

I don't usually watch the NFL and watching the pre-game shows today reminds me why I don't. FFS the mindless dribble! 🤢🤮🏈

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Canary Media: Are faked public comments about to tank an Ohio solar farm?. “Ohio is poised to block a major solar farm because of local pushback — even though a substantial number of public comments opposing the installation appear to be fabricated.”

The Guardian: Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media. “Political leaders could soon launch swarms of human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy, a high profile group of experts in AI and online misinformation has warned.”

New-to-me, from University of Cambridge: Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms. “For the first time, the Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index (COTSI) allows the global community to monitor real-time market data for the ‘online manipulation economy’: the SIM farms that mass-produce fake accounts for scammers and social bots. These markets openly sell SMS message […]

Never trust sweet words, because nowadays people have sugar on their lips and poison in their heart.

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I'm so tired of fake friends 😮‍💨

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