Maria Giovanna Sessa

+ sur la désinformation genrée, (re)lire les travaux de @netosessa.bsky.social et Lucina Di Meco www.disinfo.eu/publications...

Happy to be at the CFI Dialogues 2025 @eui-eu.bsky.social, discussing how to detect and expose #FIMI and build the EU’s capability and active #defense 🛡️🇪🇺✊

🚩 From Code of Practice to Code of (Mis)conduct?

“Between 2022 and 2025, platforms reduced the number of measures committed to in the #CoP by 31%.” The most affected areas are #factchecking, political #ads & measures to empower the #research community

Tra guerra economica e diplomazia commerciale: il lusso nel mirino della propaganda “Made in China” Da qualche giorno TikTok è invaso da video virali in cui fabbricanti cinesi dichiarano di voler smantellare il mercato del lusso. Negli ultimi giorni,

💬✍️ Viral videos on #TikTok falsely claim that 80% of luxury brands produce in 🇨🇳 urging users to buy directly from them.

👜💸 This seems a coordinated response to US tariffs and a way to relaunch China as a quality manufacturer

Intelligenza artificiale: perché il nostro rapporto con la realtà è a rischio Che stiamo vivendo una crescita senza precedenti dell’intelligenza artificiale (IA) è ormai dato per assodato. Le reazioni a questi sviluppi sono spesso

✍️💬 In the era of #genAI, seeing is NOT believing anymore: between perception hacking & the liar’s dividend, AI-fueled #disinformation undermines our relationship with reality

🔎 An interesting brief by @cdteu.bsky.social on how platforms are handling their risk assessments under the #DSA 👇

✍️💬 #Climatechange #disinformation targeting the #GermanElections between denialism and delayism 🗳️⛈️

WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation Facebook and Instagram already have the same designation.

WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation

✍️💬 #Doppelganger actors continue to monetize via Meta ads @aiforensics.org @reset.tech @checkfirst.network estimated almost half a million dollars in revenue in 2 years despite sanctions! 💵

Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’ When equal coverage leads to uneven results

Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’
When equal coverage leads to uneven results www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bot...

Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: Identity Based Disinformation And Conspiracy Scammers with Maria Giovanna Sessa (EU DisinfoLab) Welcome to "Some Dare Call It Conspiracy," where we delve into the fascinating world of conspiracy theories and disinformation. In this episode, we're joined by the insightful Maria Giovanna Sessa,...

🚨Women -VS- Disinfo🚨

You really must listen to our interview with @netosessa.bsky.social of @disinfo.eu today

We discuss her role, current research on Identity-based Disinformation, Illuminati Scammers and a firsthand account of why media literacy matters

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Brian Driscoll, the acting director of the FBI, sporting curly hair, a kinda rakish jazz dirtbag moustache and beard combo, a faintly amused look in his eyes and a wry "whaddaya gonna do" smirk

I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI

*EARLY* Interview with Maria Giovanna Sessa (EU DisinfoLab) | Some Dare Call It Conspiracy Get more from Some Dare Call It Conspiracy on Patreon

Next week we'll be releasing another incredible interview with the DisinfoLab's Research Manager: Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social

Early access to this interview is available now on Patreon!

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✍️💬 Less than a month after the launch of #DeepSeek, doubts arise about declared costs, #AI training methods, data privacy, and #disinformation 🐋

My favorite since Bolkestein Vs. Bolkenstein

It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.

Here’s a recap of what’s happening:

Man: “Why are you a child?” Kid: “Because of when I was born”

Severance is so good

Report: Visual assessment of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour in disinformation campaigns VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

veraAI partner @disinfo.eu / Ana Romero-Vicente (@anicanaca.bsky.social) authored a report entitled "Visual assessment of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour in disinformation campaigns". Editor: @netosessa.bsky.social. We provide a summary and the full publication here. www.veraai.eu/posts/report...

Trump 2.0: una coalizione divisa tra nazionalisti e tecno-oligarchi “L’età d’oro d’America inizia ora” ha dichiarato Trump nel discorso inaugurale della quarantasettesima presidenza americana, con l’obiettivo di rendere

✍️💬 Somebody once told me: “Fascism is back, but it’s #technofascism, so let’s dance”

The call for proposals for #Disinfo2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15–16 October, is now open!

Share your ideas, research, or insights on disinformation with a diverse community of experts – submit your proposal now to be part of our 2025 annual conference! 👇
www.disinfo.eu/conference

Elon Musk vuole arruolare le pagine “bomberiste” italiane nella propaganda trumpiana? | Facta Ad annunciarlo è stata Welcome to Favelas, pagina consacrata al degrado che sostiene di aver incontrato gli emissari di Musk. Ma la notizia va...

Elon Musk vuole arruolare le pagine “bomberiste” italiane nella propaganda trumpiana? Ad annunciarlo è stata Welcome to Favelas, pagina consacrata al degrado che sostiene di aver incontrato gli emissari di Musk. Ma la notizia va presa con le pinze.

A year ago we published this @motherjones.com cover. It was basically a preview of the Trump inauguration stage. Oligarchy is the deeper story behind the distractions, and everyone should have been covering it. But it's not too late. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Aaaand TikTok removed themselves from the section of the EU Code of Practice covering political ads because they "don't allow them". 🤪

Addio TikTok, bentornato TikTok: esegesi della (breve) scomparsa dell’app negli USA “Ma visto che stiamo tutti per morire, c’è un altro segreto che sento di dover condividere con voi. Non me ne è mai importato niente de Il Padrino”. Negli

✍️💬 A few considerations on the (brief) #TikTok ban 🇺🇸

👮‍♀️ Forbidding an app does nothing for #nationaldefense
👷 Especially in lack of a #dataprotection law and sound #contentmoderation policies
🦸‍♂️ But what a success for #Trump to be the president who saved the clock app

Fact check: Trump made more than 20 false claims in his Inauguration Day remarks | CNN Politics President Donald Trump made only a smattering of false claims in his inaugural address on Monday, mostly sticking to vague rhetoric, subjective assertions and uncheckable promises of action. But then ...

Alternative facts thriving

Global Risks Report 2025: guerre, clima e disinformazione tra le preoccupazioni del World Economic Forum Il World Economic Forum ha recentemente pubblicato il “Global Risks Report 2025”, che offre una panoramica sui principali rischi attesi nel 2025, ma

According to WEF’s “Global Risks Report 2025”, top risks for this year are:
1. 🔫 Armed conflicts
2. 🌡️ Extreme weather events
3. ⚠️ Mis- and disinformation
4. 🪙 Geoconomic tensions
5. ➗ Social polarisation

Russian disinformation campaigns discover Bluesky Fake accounts are increasingly active on Bluesky, spreading disinformation and testing the network's countermeasures.

As @bsky.app grows, will it be able to address and counter #disinformation operations efficiently? 🤞🦋

Nulla di nuovo sul fronte della disinformazione di genere: il caso di Cecilia Sala Mentre l’8 gennaio scorso il Paese ha finalmente tirato un sospiro di sollievo per la liberazione di Cecilia Sala, detenuta per 20 giorni senza un’accusa

✍️💬 About #GBD (gender-based #disinformation) attacks against journalist #CeciliaSala, who was arrested in #Iran 🚺🇮🇹

“Freedom of speech” for the architects and beneficiaries of the bullshit industrial complex means the freedom to spread bullshit, but does not extend to the freedom to call bullshit.