Mastodawn

This highlights MAGA accounts, but it would be good practice to take a minute to look into the credentials of any social media account before boosting or engaging with them.

#misinfotmation #disinformation #infowars #medialiteracy #influnce #influencecampaign

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-accounts-based-outside-us-exposed-11097693

Full List of MAGA Accounts on X Exposed As Being Based Outside US

A number of accounts promoting a MAGA and America First agenda have been revealed as being located in Africa, Asia and Europe,

Newsweek

Nonilex Jun 6, 2024

The federal #government is facing a dwindling window to #regulate the use of #ArtificialIntelligence in campaigns before the #2024election. The #FCC chair announced a plan last month to require #politicians to disclose #AI use in TV & radio #ads. But the prop is facing opposition from a #FEC top ofcl, which has been considering its own new rules on AI campaign use.

#law #tech #disinformation #InfluenceCampaign #generativeAI #regulation #Congress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/06/ai-election-2024-us-misinformation-regulation/

The AI election is here. Regulators can’t decide whose problem it is.

The government’s window to regulate artificial intelligence on the 2024 campaign trail is closing, but the FCC and FEC are sparring over the responsibility.

The Washington Post

PrivacyDigest Jun 5, 2024

#Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With #InfluenceCampaign on #Gaza War

Israel’s Ministry of #Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/technology/israel-campaign-gaza-social-media.html

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War

Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.

The New York Times

linarphy Apr 2, 2024

@dan
@zeevy
@Smith007
@zeev2
@lewis12
@lettalk
@tokyo
@Joe12
@surfer

are sharing posts that are very similar/identical with the hashtag #StandWithIsrael. Lots of inspirational quotes with, sometimes, unrelated image, which have nothing to do with the hashtag. An example of exact same post:
https://expressional.social/@dan/112196258903787384 and https://c.im/@zeev2/112199325816163626 (which is one of the few message that's linked with the hashtag).
It seems to be a attempt of an influence campaign (which seems rather poor). I will be more than happy if the administration of all these instances can try to determine from which country it comes/try to find more accounts like this one for other subjects. #fediverse #influenceCampaign #fakeAccount

Danny (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbn3c4c1VjY The “dark side of the hard lef -- rememeber that #hamasIsISIS #StandWithIsrael is exposed in a video recorded on United States’ university campuses with a social experiment done to identify support for the killing of #Jews

Mastodon server hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Frédéric Jacobs Sep 25, 2023

“Loin d’être un mouvement spontané, la campagne en faveur du #CSAR a été largement orchestrée et financée par un réseau d’organisations liées à l’industrie technologique et aux services de sécurité.[...] La proposition de Mme Johansson est excessivement « influencée par des entreprises qui prétendent être des ONG, mais qui agissent plutôt comme des entreprises technologiques »”
https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/09/25/pedopornographie-en-ligne-bataille-d-influence-autour-d-un-texte-europeen-controverse_6190911_4355771.html
#ChatControl #InfluenceCampaign #FGSGlobal #Lobbying #AshtonKutcher #Thorn

Pédopornographie en ligne : bataille d’influence autour d’un texte européen controversé

Une proposition de règlement, bientôt examinée au Parlement européen, compte de fervents soutiens liés à l’industrie technologique et à l’appareil de sécurité. Les adversaires du texte redoutent que, au-delà du combat pour la protection des enfants, il n’ouvre la voie à une surveillance généralisée des messageries privées.

Le Monde

My Eyes Are Dim 👓Sep 23, 2023

What is Alberta's oil & gas "war room" doing in Nanaimo, #BC?

The CEC has launched a hardball #lobbying push... urging #oil and #gas supporters to flood #Nanaimo city council with letters to press the local government to reverse its decision [to ban #FortisBC’s natural gas hookups from new buildings]

The Canadian Energy Centre (CEC) is a publically funded provincial corporation created by former #Alberta premier Jason Kenney

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/09/22/news/alberta-fossil-fuels-war-room-singles-out-local-bc-government-battle

#AbPoli #BCPoli #InfluenceCampaign

Alberta’s fossil fuels ‘war room’ singles out a local B.C. government for battle

Nanaimo city councillors call the Canadian Energy Centre’s political campaign to reverse their decision to phase out natural gas hookups an "outrageous" attack on the democratic process.

Canada's National Observer

Ideal CH Sep 20, 2023

#FediHelp @fairsocialnet
I don't understand how a certain account has all its posts reaching my instance, with no public follow or boost links between them, no group, no relay server that I know of.

I find it improbable that a genuine user on tooting.ch has looked up all these posts manually by their url. The account's content [@peterrsjensen] matches what a #Russian #influenceCampaign could try to propagate.

#feditips #federation #mastodon
@feditips

Nonilex Sep 12, 2023

#China Sows #Disinformation About #Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques

Beijing’s #InfluenceCampaign using #ArtificialIntelligence is a rapid change in tactics

Until now, China’s #influence campaigns have been focused on amplifying #propaganda defending its policies on #Taiwan & other subjects. The most recent effort…, suggests that #Beijing is making more direct attempts to sow #discord in the #UnitedStates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques

Beijing’s influence campaign using artificial intelligence is a rapid change in tactics, researchers from Microsoft and other organizations say.

The New York Times

Show thread

Gayle J. Greenlea 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Feb 10, 2023

3/ Former Bernie Bro and Ultra MAGA convert Jackson Hinkle appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show last September. According to the Washington Post, sources linked to federal agencies say Hinkle is on the Kremlin payroll as an FSB SVR influencer.

https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1567311844427313154?s=61&t=xG4D_raFb2Ns7LH8MW9L7w

https://twitter.com/joelmonterrey8/status/1623397416497020930?s=61&t=QgH7vz4RE6VTszixh6qd1Q

#JacksonHinkle #TuckerCarlson #Putin #Kremlin #FSB #SVR #InfluenceCampaign #Propaganda #Disinformation #HybridWarfare