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Jean le Roux

@jeanleroux.bsky.social

Senior Investigator, Graphika. Cape Town, South Africa.

2,875 Followers  |  215 Following  |  2 Posts  |  Joined: 25.06.2023  |  1.6436

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At #Disinfo2025 learning that the Kremlin isnโ€™t deconflicting its influence opsโ€”so now itโ€™s just Telegram bots arguing with each other in circles ๐Ÿคฃ.

Would love to see their OpenAI bill ๐Ÿ‘€
Great investigation by @jeanleroux.bsky.social and @learonzaud.bsky.social with some great #osint techniques!

15.10.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Graphika's @jeanleroux.bsky.social recently shared his insights on information integrity and elections at South African Human Rights Commission's Summit on Disinformation.

Thank you to event organizers for featuring us alongside experts from @ciia-africa.bsky.social and @mediamatterza.bsky.social.

15.07.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ho ho ho ho...ld up a second, and wait before you click. ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿ’ฐ

Working with industry partners at Meta, we picked apart a few festive frauds in the hopes of making our online spaces a little bit safer.

Report available in the link below:

10.12.2024 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In the Central African Republic, a former propagandist lifts the veil on the inner workings of Russian disinformation Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike offers evidence revealing, for the first time, the relentless influence exerted in his country by Russia.

A must read from Forbidden Stories, confirming what many African IO researchers could only see the silhouette of:

forbiddenstories.org/in-the-centr...

21.11.2024 06:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.

20.11.2024 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34810    ๐Ÿ” 2746    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 575    ๐Ÿ“Œ 271
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Here come the fake impersonator accounts. A trust and safety challenge will be dealing with making lists of politicians, figuring out what accounts are harmful impersonators versus satire, etc.

20.11.2024 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
legal filing alleges expert testimony in case cited a nonexistent article

legal filing alleges expert testimony in case cited a nonexistent article

Checked in on how the lawsuit against Minnesota for its law banning certain "deep fake" content around elections was going and the plaintiff's counsel is alleging that an expert witness offered by the state cited an academic article that doesn't exist and that the citation may be an AI hallucination

20.11.2024 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 450    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

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