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In the face of disinformation, defenders of democracy are often drawn into endless battles against falsehoods. This is precisely the trap laid by anti-democratic movements.

But we don’t have to play along.

Read our our latest statement 👇
www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...

Dear Community,

We wish to draw your attention to a concerning development in the tactics employed by #OperationOverload.

Our ongoing monitoring has uncovered a new technique involving the use of voice-generative AI.

🚨Our new paper is on arXiv! We’re excited to share 26 state-backed information operation (IO) datasets, each paired with a robust control set of 13M+ posts in total from non-IO accounts. You can reach the dataset here: zenodo.org/records/1418...

Beyond Disinformation Countermeasures: Building a Response-Impact Framework - EU DisinfoLab How to effectively respond to disinformation threats and FIMI campaigns? The emphasis has been on exposure and raising awareness, but the focus is now shifting towards exploring better response strate...

How do we respond to evolving disinformation threats and #FIMI campaigns?

Our new response-impact framework goes beyond individual #countermeasures and assess the broader #impact of #responses 💡

How could this framework be applied to an IO such as #Doppelganger? ⬇️
www.disinfo.eu/publications...

Welcome to all new Bsky membres 👋🏻 We're going to try to publish more regurarly here

Project Manager - OSINT - Employee - Centre for Information Resilience About CIRThe Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is an independent, non-profit social enterprise dedicated to identifying, countering and exposing influence operations. Our mission is to raise awa...

🚨 Interested in working in OSINT?

CIR is looking for a project manager, who will play a key role in managing the delivery of open source research projects. Read more about the role and how to apply here: apply.workable.com/centre-for-i...

#osintjobs

Disinfo Update 21/11/2024 - EU DisinfoLab Check out this new edition of the Disinfo Update! We’ll discuss the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, the appointment of RFK Jr, and the flooding in Spain.

💌 The #DisinfoUpdate is here!

We explore #COP29 in Azerbaijan, the #flooding in Spain, and RFK Jr's appointment to the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Read it here 👇
www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

Stay connected with the DFRLab team on #Bluesky 🦋 As the platform grows, we’re here with the same trusted insights and analysis you rely on 🕵️‍♂️ 🔎
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I'm really grateful to people who've created starter packs of accounts to follow. Here are three OSINT-related packs with great folks.

1. Bellingcat staff/contribs:
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2. Global OSINTers:
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3. Flight trackers/OSINT:
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Statement on the home raids of two Atlantic Council staff in Georgia Washington DC - The Atlantic Council

We are deeply concerned by the recent home raids involving two fellow @dfrlab.bsky.social staff members in Georgia. We stand by their commitment to unbiased research and transparency in this critical period.

About Black Box (CL)OSINT Tools Within the last decade or so I have the feeling that 'OSINT' simply has become a buzzword, and loads of companies and startups wan

#SundayMustRead Very nice article from @sector035.bsky.social Very aligned with our guidelines for Public Open Source Investigation obsint.eu

Hello Bluesky!

I’m Ross, and I’m the co-founder of CIR - the Centre for Information Resilience. We expose disinformation, and use open source to verify war crimes and other human rights abuses. Here’s a good example of the stuff we do👇

OSINT Uncovered: Enhancing Public Investigations with the ObSINT Guidelines - leHACK An insightful workshop that delves into the world of open-source intelligence (OSINT) through the lens of the newly established "OSINT Guidelines."

#OSINT aficionados, don't miss our CTO Amaury's workshop this Saturday night at #LeHACK in Paris! He'll be telling you all about the @obsint.eu guidelines (🔎 obsint.eu/guidelines-f...).

More info here ⤵️
lehack.org/track/osint-...

The OSINT Newsletter - Issue #43 Create a bookmarklet to extract a Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), or TikTok user ID in one click

✨ Our guidelines for public interest OSINT investigations have been featured in this week's edition of The OSINT Newsletter.

Our working group includes @disinfo.eu, @checkfirst.network, @cen4infores.bsky.social @dfrlab.bsky.social, @openfacto.bsky.social, OSINTCurious and Logically.

Guidelines for Public Interest OSINT Investigations | ObSINT These Guidelines have been produced by organisations conducting Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) based research for public interest in Europe. The organisations having participated in the redaction of...

We are proud that our guidelines for conducting OSINT research and investigations are mentioned in the second European External Action Service report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
FIMI threats.

💡You can find our guidelines here 👇🏽

Ensuring Safety in the Digital World: CIR unveils its Online Abuse Policy, Support Mechanisms, and G... In a time when our professional and personal lives are closely intertwined with the digital world, online abuse has become a terrible reality.

Recognizing the need to protect its staff from the dangers of online abuse, ObSINT founding member Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) has released, through the voice of VP Nina Jankowicz, a comprehensive Online Abuse Policy.

🔎 Read more about it here:

Massive Russian influence operation targeted former Ukrainian defense minister on TikTok Joint DFRLab-BBC Verify investigation exposes the largest information operation ever uncovered on popular social media platform TikTok.

The @dfrlab.bsky.social exposed the largest information operation *ever* uncovered on TikTok. This Russian influence operation targeted Ukrainian officials, accusing them of corruption and fueling mistrust in a country who remains in very clear and present danger.

In partnership with BBC Verify:

EDMO online Training: "OSINT Uncovered: Enhancing Investigations with the ObSINT Guidelines" Read more.

🗣️💻 Applications are now open for the online training "#OSINT Uncovered: Enhancing Investigations with the @obsint.eu Guidelines,” hosted by EDMO and delivered by @disinfo.eu.

🚀 Don't miss out on the chance to explore the groundbreaking ObSINT Guidelines!
edmo.eu/2023/12/18/e...

EDMO online Training: "OSINT Uncovered: Enhancing Investigations with the ObSINT Guidelines" Read more.

Join @aa.disinfo.eu & Kalina Bontcheva at EDMO's online training on 19 Jan 2024: 'OSINT Uncovered: Enhancing Investigations with ObSINT Guidelines.' Gain expert insights into OSINT techniques for improved investigative skills!

La Gaîté Lyrique | Festival OSINT OSINT pour "Open Source Intelligence" : un journalisme s'invente entre investigation, cinéma documentaire et sphères artistiques et militantes. Rendez-vous à la Gaîté Lyrique pour en poser les ba...

Professionals and enthusiasts in Paris from December 14-15, join @openfacto.bsky.social at La Gaîté Lyrique for the OSINT Festival. Deep dive into Open Source Intelligence, journalism, documentary cinema, and art. More information :

Amazon’s Risky Recommendations - CheckFirst In a landmark research collaboration, CheckFirst and AI Forensics publish a comprehensive study examining the intricate facets of Amazon's recommendation algorithm, unveiling concerning content amplif...

✨📚 CheckFirst and AI Forensics present an eye-opening study, "The Amazing Library".

We expose the harms of Amazon's algorithms, spanning from promoting anti-vaccine content to suggesting sexually explicit books on teenager books’ pages.
checkfirst.network/the-amazing-...

No more red-carpet treatment for Ukrainians! Apparently Hollywood hates them now, according to a naively conceptualised but heavily sponsored Facebook campaign.

Reset discovered some fun facts about the advertisers 🧵

CIR Pioneer Approach to Protect Team Well-Being in the Midst of Traumatic Content Exposure | ObSINT This Thursday, November 16, the Center for Information Resilience (CIR), one of the seven members of our working group at ObSINT, unveiled its visionary protocol for minimising the mental health impac...

Today the @cen4infores.bsky.social -one of the seven members of our working group at ObSINT- unveiled its visionary protocol for minimising the mental health impacts of traumatic exposure on its staff and partners.

Here are key takeaways:
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Yesterday our CEO Guillaume Kuster gave a talk at the OIF headquarters in Paris about our project CrossOver, and
@obsint.eu.

CrossOver tracks and measures the impact of content recommendation algorithms on social media. @obsint.eu offers guidelines for public interest #OSINT investigations.

Hello, Bluesky! We are ObSINT, the European Open Source Intelligence Organisations Observatory, dedicated to public-facing OSINT investigations. We aim to establish ethical guidelines and best practices for the OSINT community. Excited to engage, collaborate, and learn here! 🔍📚