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A dangerous beast has appeared, should I be concerned?

War, fake videos, and engagement farming AI-generated videos of war in the Middle East have gone viral in the wake of recent US/Israeli strikes on Iran

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AI-generated war videos posted by various Facebook accounts

name change histories for various Facebook accounts that post AI-generated war videos

As mentioned earlier, “Tech News World” is far from the only Facebook page posting AI-generated fake war footage. As with “Tech News World”, many (not all) of the other Facebook pages posting AI-generated videos of warfare have been repeatedly renamed and repurposed.

screenshots of "Tech News World" posts from different eras, showing a progression from cute dog photos to AI-generated movie posters to AI-generated war videos

The “Tech News World” page has been renamed repeatedly, and content from at least two of the page's prior eras is still visible. Until late 2024, it posted plagiarized dog photos, at which point it pivoted to AI-generated movie posters, which remained the theme until the recent fake war footage.

screenshot of a "Tech News World" Facebook post featuring an AI-generated war video, and Page Transparency info indicating that "Tech News World" has ben renamed multiple times

Meet “Tech News World”, a Facebook page that recently pivoted from spamming the platform with AI-generated movie posters to spamming the platform with AI-generated videos of war in the Middle East.

Sadly, “Tech News World” is not the only spammy account exploiting the violence for views and clicks.

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#Caturday is mandatory.

A cat relaxes in her nest on #CaturdayEve.

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"Beautiful USA", operated from Romania Many patriotic US-themed Facebook content farm pages are run by people or organizations in countries other than the United States

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screenshot of the "Beautiful USA" Facebook account, and screenshot of the Page Transparency section showing that the account is operated from Romania

Over on Facebook, a page named "Beautiful USA" has been spamming the platform with USA-themed posts featuring exaggerated patriotic imagery (often AI-generated). Although the page claims to be based in Los Angeles, Facebook’s Page Transparency feature indicates that it is operated from Romania.

"Beautiful USA", operated from Romania Many patriotic US-themed Facebook content farm pages are run by people or organizations in countries other than the United States

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collage of right-wing political posts from the content farm pages

In a possible sign of the actual goal of the spam pages, several periodically post right wing politial content. This includes (among other things) posts praising Charlie and Erika Kirk, and a racist meme insinuating that multiple elected U.S. Representatives should be ineligible for public office.

collage of posts containing large numbers of hashtags from the content farm pages

Most of the USA-themed Facebook spam pages make prolific use of hashtags. In some cases, the spam pages have flooded hashtags with off-topic content; for example, the #CaliforniaRealEstate hashtag has been largely taken over by "Beautiful USA" posts unrelated to California.

collage of posts containing unrealistic AI-generated images full of US flags

Many of the spam pages' posts include AI-generated patriotic imagery, frequently involving absurd displays of the US flag, such as the locomotive belching red, white, and blue smoke seen in the leftmost post in this collage. Plagiarized photographs of major US cities and landmarks turn up as well.

collage of the profiles of 20 USA-themed Facebook content farm pages

table of 20 USA-themed Facebook content farm pages

"Beautiful USA" follows several other USA-themed content farm pages; recursively mapping follow relationships yields a set of 20 USA-themed spam pages run from a variety of countries, including Sri Lanka, Greece, Pakistan, and others. Only 4 of the 20 pages (20%) have a US-based administrator.

screenshot of the "Beautiful USA" Facebook account, and screenshot of the Page Transparency section showing that the account is operated from Romania

Over on Facebook, a page named "Beautiful USA" has been spamming the platform with USA-themed posts featuring exaggerated patriotic imagery (often AI-generated). Although the page claims to be based in Los Angeles, Facebook’s Page Transparency feature indicates that it is operated from Romania.

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Keeping an eye on all the things on a #Caturday morning...

Here’s a thought: maybe we should *not* vote for candidates that embody toxic masculinity just because they put a D behind their name.

Maybe we do *not* need our own version of Trump.

Maybe the people who say we do are fucking stupid.

Sam Altman tweet: Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome. AI safety and wide distribution of benefits are the core of our mission. Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems. The DoW agrees with these principles, reflects them in law and policy, and we put them into our agreement. We also will build technical safeguards to ensure our models behave as they should, which the DoW also wanted. We will deploy FDEs to help with our models and to ensure their safety, we will deploy on cloud networks only. We are asking the DoW to offer these same terms to all AI companies, which in our opinion we think everyone should be willing to accept. We have expressed our strong desire to see things de-escalate away from legal and governmental actions and towards reasonable agreements. We remain committed to serve all of humanity as best we can. The world is a complicated, messy, and sometimes dangerous place.

My goodness.

Candace Owens spun conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death. Now she’s targeting his widow. The podcaster aired “Bride of Charlie” on YouTube and billed it as an investigation into Erika Kirk — but there is no evidence to support her fevered, fact-free claims.

I had to watch like 70 hours of Candace Owens for work. So the least you could do is read my dispatch from hell. www.ms.now/news/bride-o...

The demonization of Dearborn, Michigan Islamophobic attacks on Michigan's seventh-largest city are a long-running staple of online discourse

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bar chart showing the monthly volume of X posts containing "Dearborn" with at least 10 reposts

Dearborn, MI has often been subject to racist and Islamophobic scapegoating online, ranging from claims that the city is full of terrorist cells to complaints about a cop wearing a hijab.

As seen in this graph of X posts, this activity tends to occur in waves (often correlated to major events).

It is men who pervert religion.

It is men’s fault.

I’m just saying.

How advanced is Iran’s nuclear program? Here’s what we know. - WTOP News At the center of the recent US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran is Tehran’s intentions with its nuclear program. Here’s a breakdown on what’s known about Iran’s nuclear potential.

“How advanced is Iran’s nuclear program? Here’s what we know.”

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labeled screenshots of the real Tanya Shpachuk YouTube account, fake Facebook account, and real Tiktok account

In a scammy mix of impersonation and plagiarism, spammers on Facebook are impersonating a Ukraine-based luthier (Tanya Shpachuk) by lifting videos from her real YouTube and TikTok accounts. There are, however, multiple signs that the Facebook account in question is fake.

I’ve wanted to pet this feral cat since 2024. I have no idea why this happened today but Greyboy has turned a corner.