Still marching on(line): How R-FBI Targets Moldova’s Elections - Alliance4Europe The Russian influence operation has extensively targeted the Moldovan elections with fabricated websites and videos spread by influencers.

📣 Happy to share that we have contributed to a new report mapping out the actions of the Russian influence operation Storm-1516, active during the recent Moldovan elections.
👉 The report covers activities from June 19 to Sept 25, 2025: alliance4europe.eu/still-marchi...
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A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home. Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.

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The Paris consigliere: Head of French company supplying arms to Ukraine flies to Moscow and manages the Kremlin’s slush fund Henri Édouard Proglio, a top executive at the French aerospace company Dassault Aviation — which supplies fighter jets and air defense systems to the Ukrainian military — is still doing business in Ru...

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Italy and Greece sound the alarm over Libya. But allies aren’t rushing to help. Rome and Athens have identified Turkish and Russian involvement in a growing security threat from North Africa.

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we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.” Carl Sagan “The Demon-Haunted World” 1995…. sounds familiar?

and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true,

"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few,

The end of drone supremacy Offensive drones have had a brief window of domination. But it was only a matter of time before effective counter-drone capabilities emerged.

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How terrorist groups are leveraging AI to recruit and finance their operations Counter-terrorism agencies are scrambling to maintain an advantage and thwart attacks as access to digital tools eases

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France launches criminal investigation into Musk’s X over algorithm manipulation The probe is based on complaints from a lawmaker and an unnamed senior civil servant.

www.politico.eu/article/fran...

Europe’s Bad Nuclear Options And why they may be the only path to security.

“Even if the moment for Europe to decouple its security from that of the United States has not yet arrived, the continent’s leaders must prepare for the possibility that it may before long,” write @florencegaub.bsky.social and Stefan Mair. Does Europe need its own nuclear deterrent?

Russia Today nonostante il divieto in Europa ricopre di manifesti sulla “verità” in Italia… siamo pieni di Putinversteher in Italia quinte colonne al servizio della Russia

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Kyiv woke up to horror. A Russian strike obliterated an entire apartment block entrance in Shevchenkivskyi district. Strikes also hit Podilskyi, Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Darnytskyi districts. So far: 6 dead, 19 injured.

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is forcing Europe to reckon with a major digital vulnerability: The US holds a kill switch over its internet.

Unsurprising alignment of US Brussels mission to MAGA narrative… dark times ahead

Episode 2. S+T+ARTS: Science, Technology and the Arts ecosystems - A conversation with Veronika Liebl Ecosystem Exchange · Episode

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2/ Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov explicitly identified large-scale Russian military reforms as preparations for a future conflict with NATO as Russian Security Council Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev threatened European countries that support Ukraine

U.K. targets 100 Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with new sanctions — Meduza The U.K. government has announced its most extensive sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” — a network of ships used to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil.

The U.K. government has announced its most extensive sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” — a network of ships used to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil.
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The AfD is a right-wing extremist group, German intelligence agency says The classification opens the door to deeper surveillance — and reignites a debate over whether the far-right party should be banned.

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US anti-disinformation guardrails fall in Trump's first 100 days From slashed federal funding for disinformation research to the closure of a key agency combating foreign influence operations, the United States has dismantled vital guardrails against falsehoods wit...

Proud to see @benmshultz.com / @americansunlight.org's work referenced in this excellent article from @anujchopra.bsky.social detailing the attacks on the counter-disinfo space in Trump's first 100 days

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Commentary: Russia Used to Deny Interfering. Now it’s Celebrating its Successes. With fewer guardrails and more reach, Moscow openly cheers its disinformation wins.

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🧵 In Italia sta succedendo qualcosa di molto grave per la sicurezza nazionale: le associazioni filorusse stanno infatti organizzando dei censimenti di "strutture legate alla NATO", invitando la popolazione ad effettuare azioni di spionaggio e sabotaggio.

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Putin’s Spies for Hire: What the U.K.’s Biggest Espionage Trial Revealed about Kremlin Tactics in Wartime Europe - War on the Rocks In early 2023, in the sleepy English seaside town of Great Yarmouth, a covert operation was quietly revving into gear. Second-hand Chryslers and a

Three convictions, three guilty pleas. Inside the “minions” spy cell and Russia’s push to develop espionage freelancers. warontherocks.com/2025/04/puti...

Over 160 Chinese nationals serve in Russian army, leaked documents allege The documents, obtained by the Kyiv Independent, list the names, personal data, place of service and position in the Russian army of Chinese nationals.

⚡️Over 160 Chinese nationals serve in Russian army, leaked documents allege.

At least 163 Chinese nationals are serving in Russia's Armed Forces as of early April, according to Ukrainian intelligence documents seen by the Kyiv Independent on April 9.

Null'altro da aggiungere.

The Kremlin continues to demonstrate its refusal to substantively engage with the United States on proposed ceasefire agreements and future peace negotiations in Ukraine. ⬇️ isw.pub/UkrWar040825

Europeans are waking up to their many dependencies on America - and one of those is the payment infrastructure we use every day to make purchases online and in person.

ECB chief Christine Lagarde says this needs to be urgently changed. But can a common European payment system be quickly developed?

'Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland' The 'many similarities' between the Trump administration and Putin's autocratic regime

Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland

By @mortenhammeken.bsky.social and Yours Truly:

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Russian spy sensors found hidden in UK waters The devices are designed to spy on Britain’s nuclear submarines and have been identified by the Army as a potential national security threat

🇬🇧 Russian spy sensors found in UK waters, posing a potential national security threat, The Telegraph. Several devices washed ashore and were sent for examination. Russia may have used them to gather intel on the UK’s Vanguard-class nuclear submarines.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...