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State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war A deluge of misrepresented or fabricated videos has spread widely online since the Iran war began last weekend, fueled in part by state-linked propaganda influence campaigns — particularly around who ...

"A deluge of misrepresented or fabricated videos has spread widely online since the Iran war began last weekend, fueled in part by state-linked propaganda and influence campaigns — particularly around who is winning the war and how many casualties there have been." apnews.com/article/iran...

Exploding DHL Parcels Target Europe, Linked to Russian Intelligence Network Authorities say Russian military intelligence is suspected in European air-cargo parcel attacks; 22 possible operatives identified in Lithuania and Poland.

🔴 BREAKING: Russian intelligence is suspected of sending exploding DHL parcels across Europe.

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Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network spreading terrorist attack scares ahead of Germany’s regional elections The Kremlin-linked Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a campaign targeting German voters ahead of the upcoming regional elections in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the Bot Blocker Project ...

Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network spreading terrorist attack scares ahead of Germany’s regional elections

The campaign on X includes 10 unique videos related in one way or another to the election, the Bot Blocker Project
@antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.

Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by...

Moscow has sent a team to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The US has also shared intelligence with allies on the task force overseen by Sergei Kiriyenko. vsquare.org/putins-gru-l...

"Le centre Pompidou pourrait accueillir tous les migrants" : Pierre-Yves Bournazel, candidat aux municipales à Paris, visé par une opération d'ingérence liée à un groupe russe Viginum, le service chargé de lutter contre ces manipulations en ligne, a annoncé ce vendredi 6 mars que le candidat Horizons aux municipales à Paris, Pierre-Yves Bournazel, a été victime d'une opération d'ingérence liée à un groupe russe.

"Le centre Pompidou pourrait accueillir tous les migrants" : Pierre-Yves Bournazel, candidat aux municipales à Paris, visé par une opération d'ingérence liée à un groupe russe

Starlink shutdown exposes Russia’s military dependence - EUvsDisinfo Russia’s dependence on American technology shatters the Kremlin’s invincibility narrative, leading to a slowdown in advance on the front.

It seems Russian forces in Ukraine were heavily dependent on American technology.

Unauthorized Starlink terminals were used for battlefield communication, drones, and logistics. When the connections were cut, coordination faltered and Ukraine quickly exploited it.

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J’ai eu le plaisir de parler désinformation et élection municipale, mode opératoire informationnel et protection de la démocratie au micro du podcast de @guillaumeled.it.

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All of this indicates that Americans may have drawn overly broad lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq. Each of these interventions can be broken down into two components: regime change and nation-building. When the Taliban and Saddam Hussein were overthrown, many in the Bush administration advocated for, or at least assumed there would be, relatively fast handovers to local authorities. Instead, the president decided on prolonged nation-building efforts, trying to micromanage transitions to completely new kinds of societies, which eventually would involve establishing a free press, female quotas in parliament, sexual harassment policies for reconstituted police forces, postmodern art exhibits, and study groups to examine misogyny among Afghan locals. In the end, the United States had no idea how to import Western institutions and attitudes into poor Muslim societies. Yet this does not mean that American power cannot be used decisively for more limited ends. The US military is bad at nation-building and social engineering, but as we’ve seen recently, it is very good at killing people. How far can that get you toward accomplishing American goals? We are in the process of finding out.

Bit concerned when the right wing have dropped ‘nation-building’ and are saying they can kill anyone without consequence while still fixated on their ‘culture war’ phantasms archive.is/F97iD

https://www.tiktok.com/@ah_y2213/video/7610066316413734151

THREAD: Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war - 3 March

This viral video claims to show the aftermath of a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight.

But the video was posted last week to TikTok, and shows an unrelated car accident in Riyadh.

L’absence de régulation des plateformes de réseaux sociaux et la prolifération des discours haineux en ligne qui en découle ont un effet concret : l’exclusion progressive de certains citoyens français du débat public et de la vie démocratique.

The transatlantic battle over free speech EU efforts to regulate the digital sphere are under attack from the Trump administration and, increasingly, Silicon Valley

Deep dive in the transatlantic censorship debate.

In Brussels, the US' attacks have been met with disbelief and anger. For Silicon Valley, the spat presents opportunities and risks to appease both the US and European regulators.

With @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social

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L’absence de régulation des plateformes de réseaux sociaux et la prolifération des discours haineux en ligne qui en découle ont un effet concret : l’exclusion progressive de certains citoyens français du débat public et de la vie démocratique.

The value of Russia's promises:

Just two months ago, Lavrov promised that if there is a war against Iran, Russia will always support and side with Tehran.

A Russian Esoteric Sect Goes West—with a Putinist Running Its Hub in Poland - VSquare.org The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, patriarchal ideology. For several years, its colonies have been quietly emerging across Poland.

🔎🇷🇺 NEW INVESTIGATION: A Russian sect is quietly spreading across Europe, promoting an anti-democratic, antisemitic and patriarchal ideology personally backed by Vladimir Putin. In Poland, its leader pushes pro-Kremlin propaganda. @VSquare_Project

People gathering in a square with Iranian flags and buildings in the background

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Algorithmic content on X increases #polarization

But downranking content that expresses partisan animosity or antidemocratic attitudes significantly reduces affective polarization equivalent "to 3 years of change in United States affective polarization"
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Russia’s Information Grip on Ukraine’s Occupied Territories - EUvsDisinfo Life under Russian occupation is not only a military reality – it is an information siege.

Read the guest article by Elina Beketova on EUvsDisinfo: euvsdisinfo.eu/russias-info...
Life under Russian occupation is not only a military reality – it is an information siege. How does this system of digital control actually work – and what does it do to people forced to live inside it?

« Compliquer le calcul de nos adversaires » : le plan d’Emmanuel Macron pour renforcer la dissuasion nucléaire

Depuis l’Île Longue, base de nos sous-marins nucléaires lanceurs d’engin, le président a présenté sa nouvelle doctrine de dissuasion. La France va permettre à plusieurs alliés européens de s’associer à des exercices de dissuasion nucléaire.

🇫🇷 Incredible acapella Marseillaise after Macron's nuclear speech at Île Longue. Almost makes you want to join the French Foreign Legion.

🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Patrizia Schlosser’s reporting delves into neo-Nazi networks, far-left Red Army Faction extremists and the dark online economies built on revenge and deepfake porn Subscribe to OCCRP on YouTube ►… Protagonista Ep2: Patrizia Schlosser | Deepfake, Shame, and Anger

German investigative reporter Patrizia Schlosser is a new guest of Protagonista podcast.

Her reporting delves into neo-Nazi networks, far-left Red Army Faction extremists and the dark online economies built on revenge and deepfake porn.

Watch the full episode: buff.ly/Pjkbe3z

International Relations Is Not a Morality Play: What to Expect From the War With Iran The Trump administration has no plan and no path to a good outcome.

Pre-war CIA assessment predicted that killing Khamenei would likely lead to Revolutionary Guard hardliners taking over.

Would that be an improvement?

But whether or not it’s right, there’s little chance a stable democratic state arises from this chaos, let alone one friendly to the US and Israel.

Le blocage de Telegram en Russie se précise malgré l'opposition assez franche de la population à ce projet de loi

Spoiler alert: Cela ne marche pas comme ça, cela ne fait qu'engendrer plus de radicalisation/violences et c'est un artifice rhétorique pour dissimuler qu'on est fan de théories racistes et qu'on promeut l'idée d'un nettoyage ethnico-religieux de nos sociétés.

Partagée également par un certain nombre de groupes extrémistes accélérationnistes en Europe qui pensent que la guerre des civilisations est le seul moyen d'assurer leur sécurité.

Mort de Ali Khamenei, impitoyable gardien de la révolution iranienne Religieux secret devenu guide suprême, le successeur de Khomeiny a su écarter tous ses rivaux pour s’ériger en leader secret, intransigeant et brutal d’un régime obsédé par sa survie. Il est mort same...

« Un dirigeant qui se dit soumis à la volonté divine et à celle de ses semblables, mais se révélera être un décideur madré et sanguinaire, obsédé par la survie d’un régime dont il a dévoré toutes les institutions. »

Ma nécro de Khamenei est parue ce week-end dans @liberation.fr:

Comment on fait, nous, pour parodier ça ?

YouTube video by Ministère des Armées et des Anciens combattants [DISSUASION NUCLÉAIRE] Les cinq caractéristiques de la dissuasion nucléaire française

En prévision du discours de demain, une vidéo du MINARN 🇫🇷 sur la dissuasion nucléaire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXvu...

Belgium and France seized the "Ethera," a Russian shadow fleet tanker under a Guinean flag, now en route to Belgian port Zeebrugge. Defense Minister Theo Francken said Belgium is taking out these ships one by one until Putin's war stops.

L’embarras du Nigeria après le paiement d’une rançon à Boko Haram pour libérer des écoliers chrétiens Selon une enquête de l’Agence France-Presse, Abuja aurait livré plusieurs millions d’euros au groupe terroriste. Un paiement effectué dans un contexte de pressions diplomatiques américaines liées aux ...

Lorsque les pressions (et les nombreux mensonges) de groupes évangélistes sur Donald Trump précipitent le paiement par le Nigeria d'une rançon à Boko Haram... 🫣