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> Similar to how I like to look at scam/phishing emails to see how they work, I'm interested in seeing how sophisticated these are/are not. https://edmo.eu/pub
by jruohonen 5mo ago
> Similar to how I like to look at scam/phishing emails to see how they work, I'm interested in seeing how sophisticated these are/are not.
https://edmo.eu/publications/ai-political-influencers-the-new-gods-of-propaganda-and-disinformation/ https://edmo.eu/publications/ai-political-influencers-the-ne...
- stinkbeetle 5mo agoAre there any links to any of these Russian doppelganger propaganda sites? That seemed to just be a story about "influencers" and their AI slop.
- jruohonen 5mo agoIt is the world wide web so yes there should be plenty of links to those, but I do not have them.
- Brendinooo 5mo agoI did do some searching and any link I found was already dead (hence me asking here!), so it's not really helpful to say "there should be plenty of links".
- petre 5mo agoThey set up new ones, don't worry. And the propaganda is largely on brain rotting social media like tiktok and twitterx.
- reddozen 5mo agoDisinformation moved from page rank to the "feed" in 2018 when Douyin bought (read: acquired copyright they originally stole) Musically and rebranded to TikTok. Why does no one remember any of this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news_websites_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news_websites_in_the_Unit...
- mikeyouse 5mo agoThey were largely taken down after Biden-admin actions in 2024 -- a contemporaneous story about some: https://dfrlab.org/2024/09/18/doppelganger-us-election/ https://dfrlab.org/2024/09/18/doppelganger-us-election/ With a few preserved/archived stories e.g. from FoxNews.top: https://web.archive.org/web/20230922135430/https:/www.fox-news.top/world/US-Is-Turning-into-a-Giant-Pyramid-Scheme.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230922135430/https:/www.fox-ne...