🛡️ Défis et « opportunités » de l’intelligence artificielle dans la lutte contre les manipulations de l’information, un rapport de VIGINUM de février 2025

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I. L’IA, une technologie utilisée par les acteurs de la menace informationnelle

II. Enjeux et perspectives de l’impact de l’IA sur la menace informationnelle

III. L’IA comme opportunité en appui des opérations de lutte contre les manipulations de l’info

👉 https://www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/files/files/Publications/20250207_NP_SGDSN_VIGINUM_Rapport%20menace%20informationnelle%20IA_VF.pdf

#IA #intégrité #information #spamouflage #deepdoubt

Chinese influence operation urged Spaniards to overthrow the government

#HybridWar

Campaign is 1st time #Beijing linked ops has directly called for overthrow of a foreign government

#Chinese online influence ops impersonated human rights group spreading calls on social media for overthrow of Spanish govt

#China state-linked campaign dubbed #Spamouflage by analysts, posed as Spain-based #NGO on #SocialMedia including #Facebook, #TikTok & X

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/30/chinese-influence-operation-urged-spaniards-to-overthrow-the-government-intelligence-firm-

#disinformation #propaganda

Chinese operation tried to overthrow Spanish government, report says

Intelligence firm Graphika said a Beijing-linked campaign known as "Spamouflage" spread disinformation about Spain's deadly floods last year. #EuropeNews

euronews
While impersonating protesters criticizing flood relief efforts in Spain, a Chinese social media operation that aims to whip up political anger in the West called for Madrid's government to be overthrown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/world/politics/chinese-online-influence-spain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #spamouflage #misinformation #china #spain
Chinese online operation called for toppling Spain's government: report

The online operation from China, called Spamouflage, has been operating in several countries since 2017, online analysis outfit Graphika said.

The Japan Times

〝Patterns across groups of pages strongly suggested someone created the accounts in batches. Of the 124 inauthentic “Denise Jones” pages, 19 shared the name “Denise Jones Online” followed by a five-digit number. Many “Denise Jones” pages also included identical page descriptions. For example, 18 of them use the tagline “Hi there, want more beer?” in their description.〞

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/10/10/nip-the-bots-in-the-bud/

#Spamouflage #infops #disinfo #botnets #authenticity #socialMedia #platforms

Jeremy B. Merrill, et al.: How #China is using antisemitic conspiracies to influence down-ballot races: China is increasingly targeting down-ballot races in America, spreading divisive and antisemitic claims about politicians on the social media platform X.

"China is increasingly targeting down-ballot elections in America, according to a Washington Post analysis and senior U.S. intelligence officials, using fake accounts on social media to spread divisive and sometimes explicitly antisemitic claims and conspiracy theories about politicians — part of an effort to inflame tensions in the country just one month before the 2024 election."

#antisemitism #twitter #Spamouflage #2024Elections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/10/us-elections-china-influence-x/

A firehose of antisemitic disinformation from China is pointing at two Republican legislators

China is increasingly targeting down-ballot races in America, spreading divisive and antisemitic claims about politicians on the social media platform X.

The Washington Post

〝The batch accounts — the 10 new accounts — are not very active. Each account has roughly 100 posts or reposts over the last two years. The batch accounts were inactive for one year but were awoken after the first Trump assassination attempt.〞
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-s-influence-campaign-intensifies-as-us-election-nears/7788292.html

#China #PRC #USA #America #elections #infops #Spamouflage #MAGAflage #Trump

China’s influence campaign intensifies as US election nears

China’s Spamouflage network is a state-sponsored operation aimed at supporting the Chinese government and undermining its critics

Voice of America (VOA News)

〝The accounts Graphika identified bore many hallmarks of Spamouflage activity, including coordinated posting and sharing content that has previously been linked to the operation. Some accounts occasionally slipped up and posted in Chinese. One account on X, calling itself “Common fireman,” was previously branded as a pro-China media outlet, Graphika said.〞
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/03/nx-s1-5096151/china-tiktok-x-fake-voters-influence-campaign

#TikTok #platforms #disinfo #inauthentic #Spamouflage #China #PRC #America #USA #infops

Learned a new word today to describe fake emails, texts, and other online misinformation. Saw it in an AP news story. #Spamouflage

Who are you following, really? Canadians, Americans? Or Chinese, Russian, or Iranian bots? Maybe you follow a guy named Harlan who thinks jsut the way you do, but really is an AI creation.

#Spamouflage

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/china-linked-spamouflage-network-mimics-141136519.html

China-linked 'Spamouflage' network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — When he first emerged on social media, the user known as Harlan claimed to be a New Yorker and an Army veteran who supported Donald Trump...

Yahoo Finance
…researchers linked the new activity to a long-running network of accts connected w/ #China’s govt known as #Spamouflage. Several of the accts…previously posted pro-Beijing content in Mandarin— only to recently resurface under the guise of #Americans writing in English.
In a separate proj, the Foundation for #Defense of #Democracies …ID’ed 170 fake pgs & accts on #Facebook that have also pushed anti-American msgs, incl’g pointed attacks on #Biden.
[they clearly see Biden as a threat, not #Trump]