112.UA: AI-Generated Deepfakes: Russia’s New Propaganda Tool Targets Ukrainian Soldiers.. “According to UATV: Russian propagandists are now employing artificial intelligence to fabricate convincing deepfake videos. These forgeries falsely depict Ukrainian soldiers complaining about a lack of resources, according to a report from Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under the […]

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.”

StopFake: Built To Lie: How New Pro-Russian Monuments Exploit Cultural Heritage. “Russia’s foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) operations are diverse, entrenched, well-resourced, and coordinated. They are also linked globally to culture through ‘Cultural Heritage Exploitation’, or CHX. CHX is a multi-institutional endeavour with spatial, temporal, cognitive, and […]

The Conversation: Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads. “As a security expert and data scientist, we see these examples [of AI-adjacent advertising] as harbingers of a future where AI companies profit from manipulating their users’ behavior for the benefit of their advertisers and investors. It’s also a reminder that […]

Mezha: Russia to Launch AI-Powered Internet Censorship System in 2026. “In 2026, Russia plans to launch a system for censoring internet traffic using artificial intelligence, with 2.27 billion rubles allocated for it…. In 2025 alone, the number of blocked materials rose by nearly 60% – to 1.29 million.”

New York Times: An A.I. Attack Ad Shows Texas Rivals Dancing the ‘Washington Waltz’. This link goes to a gift article. “A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.”

Lifehacker: ‘RageCheck’ Points Out Manipulative Language in News Articles. “Built using concepts from social science research, this website can analyze any link or screenshot. It points out examples of potentially manipulative language, from us-versus-them framing to emotionally loaded phrasing.”

New York Times: Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout. This link goes to a gift article. “Inauthentic accounts online — also known as bots — have spread false and conflicting narratives on X, Instagram and other social media platforms in recent days, according to several experts in disinformation flow and the Iranian information ecosystem. The bots have shared […]

Mezha: Ukraine’s Disinformation Center Exposes Russia’s False Claims on Donbas Damage. “Such statements indicate that Russia is preparing an information campaign for a prolonged decline of the occupied territories. By shifting responsibility for the large-scale destruction onto Ukraine, Russia justifies the lack of reconstruction, social collapse and the overall degradation of the region, […]

BBC: ‘We were tricked’: How one woman lures foreign men to fight on Russia’s front line. “A BBC Eye investigation has followed how [Polina Alexandrovna] Azarnykh, a 40-year-old former teacher, uses a Telegram channel to lure young men, often from poor countries, into joining Russia’s military.”

Mezha: Russia’s Psychological Operations Target Families of Ukrainian POWs with Fake Social Media Groups. “Russia has intensified its targeted information-psychological operation against the families of prisoners of war and the missing, using fake groups on social media that promise contacts for ‘bringing loved ones back’.”

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CEPA: Russian Propaganda Infects AI Chatbots . “Although Russia has been creating false narratives for decades, its disinformation is increasingly designed to hijack AI systems themselves by overwhelming them with false content. The tactic is successful. AI chatbots repeat false narratives about Ukraine that originate from Kremlin-backed influence operations about one-third of the time, […]

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 […]

ABC News: Finland’s battle against fake news starts in preschool classrooms. “The coursework is part of a robust anti-misinformation program to make Finns more resistant to propaganda and false claims, especially those crossing over the 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with neighboring Russia. Now, teachers are tasked with adding artificial intelligence literacy to their curriculum, especially […]

PsyPost: Scientists demonstrate how reliable news sources are weaponized to spread falsehoods. “A new study suggests that online misinformation is not limited to fabricated stories from unreliable websites but also includes factual reports from mainstream media that are repurposed to support false claims.”

ABC News (Australia): X payments incentivised misinformation in wake of Bondi shooting, expert says. “Disinformation expert Timothy Graham says X’s content monetisation program is providing an incentive for users to share misinformation. X and other social media platforms were flooded with false and misleading claims following the attack on Bondi Beach.”

PBS: Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow. “For extremist organizations, AI could be a powerful tool for recruiting new members, churning out realistic deepfake images and refining their cyberattacks, national security experts and spy agencies have warned.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/16/pbs-militant-groups-are-experimenting-with-ai-and-the-risks-are-expected-to-grow/

Odessa Journal: Center for Counteracting Disinformation: Russia rapidly expands its information and intelligence influence in Mexico. “After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian propaganda channels RT and Sputnik have significantly expanded their presence in Mexico, spreading anti-American and anti-Ukrainian narratives, according to the Center for Countering […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/15/odessa-journal-center-for-counteracting-disinformation-russia-rapidly-expands-its-information-and-intelligence-influence-in-mexico/