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Fear as a weapon: inside Russia’s Baltic escalation playbook
Russia turns Baltic immigration and defence measures into stories of pogroms and invasion prep. EEAS says fear is the strategy, not a side effect.
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How OpenAI Caught Russian Operations Using ChatGPT
OpenAI found and named a previously unknown Russian operation, “Bad Grammar,” using ChatGPT to write propaganda. Why the toolmaker sees what governments can’t.
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Leaked Files Expose the Firm Running Russia’s “Cognitive Strikes”
Leaked files expose the Social Design Agency, the firm behind Doppelganger, planning “cognitive strikes” and a pig-head attack on Paris mosques. New detail on a known operation.
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The Germs of “Russian World”. Version 2.0
At the beginning of December 2022, TEXTY published the material entitled “The Germs of “Russian World” — one of our most elaborate and important projects of the year. The study offered a comprehensive insight into the people and organizations that support Russia and its policy in various forms in 19 countries of Europe. We…
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Russia’s Troll Operation That Dressed Itself Up as a Newsroom
A Moscow “news agency” recruits African influencers to launder Kremlin talking points and turn Sahel anger at France into support for Russia. What ISD and VIGINUM found.
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The Russian Network That Stopped Chasing Readers and Started Feeding the Machines
Russia’s Pravda network floods the web with pro-Kremlin content aimed not at readers but at AI models and Wikipedia. How VIGINUM and others mapped “LLM grooming.”
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Days Before Slovakia Voted, a Fake Recording Went Viral. The Rules Meant Almost No One Could Answer It
Two days before Slovakia’s 2023 election, AI-faked audio of a party leader and a journalist went viral inside the silence period. Why the timing made it so hard to rebut.
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The Irony of the Kremlin’s Sudden Concern for Media Freedom in Serbia
The current narrative, which is being propagated by Russian-influence channels, aims to portray Serbia as a nation in which media pluralism is being systematically suppressed, particularly through the expansion of state-linked companies like Telekom Srbija. While some of the underlying concerns are legitimate and Serbia does genuinely have media problems involving political pressure, concentrated…
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How a Russian Operation Tried to Scare the World Away From Paris 2024
Russia’s Storm-1679 built a fake Tom Cruise documentary, forged CIA and DGSI warnings, and spoofed newscasts to scare people away from the Paris 2024 Olympics. What it achieved.
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How RT Paid American Influencers Millions Without Telling Them Where the Money Came From
The DOJ says RT funneled nearly $10 million through Tenet Media to pay US influencers via a fake European backer. How the scheme worked, and where it stands now.