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One of the toughest challenges in tackling disinformation isn’t just spotting it — it’s understanding its impact.

How to use RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act Risks)

The RADAR framework is divided in 12 infringements categories: illegal content-related, transparency and reporting, consumer protection and market fairness, platform accountability and cooperation, minor protection and safety online, illegal content and goods, disinformation and manipulated media, dark patterns an manipulative design, targeted adertisements & profiling, data access and scrutiny, compliance function, and cyber violence. Each infringement has a unique ID (eg., cr_01 for “Platform failure to take action against Illegal Content”), a description, and observables that help identify DSA violations. You can use the search feature (CTRL+K) to find a specific infringement.

After finding matching infringements, it’s time to complete your report by using the RADAR tag generator: - Remember to use the latest version of RADAR. - Be as precise as possible. - Evidences must be referenced in your main report. - Add all relevant infringements. When your template is generated, copy it and use it as an annex at the end of your report.

Do’s: Be specific about what you observed. Tag all relevant infringements. Reference evidence in your main report. Use the latest RADAR version. Include dates and platform versions. Don’t: Force-fit observations to tags. Use tags without evidence. Modify the tag IDs. Skip the observable matching step. Forget to specify RADAR version.

🔹 Now that we have introduced RADAR, it's time to have a closer look at the framework's functionalities. This short, step-by-step guide will help you properly implement the tagging system in your workflow.

More info: radar.checkfirst.network/help

RADAR 1.8: Identify, assess and address potential DSA infringements - CheckFirst CheckFirst is excited to announce the release of the latest version of RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act), a practical framework designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the Digital Services Act (DSA). 

🔵 We're excited to announce the launch of the 1.8 version of
@radar.checkfirst.network! This practical, open framework is designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the #DigitalServicesAct.

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Grok’s analysis reveals a likely pro-Israel FIMI network targeting France. \o/

If Grok says it, I believe in it. /D

The N12 News claim lacks independent verification. French denials and Israel’s history of FIMI (e.g., 2023 false hospital video) suggest potential manipulation.

@SimplySusie3, @cj_chep, @fredforthemets, and @Stwrsbrg furthered the narrative. @fredforthemets posted multiple times, showing active engagement in the campaign’s spread.

@beholdisrael, linked to Amir Tsarfati, is a central node, likely sharing via Telegram. @sabra_the and @Stwrsbrg amplified on X, reflecting a cross-platform pipeline seen in prior Israel FIMI efforts.

Posts with near-identical phrasing, e.g., “France’s secret Hamas ties exposed,” surged on 27 July 2025, post-N12 report. This mirrors 2023 Israel-Hamas CIB tactics, indicating coordinated behaviour.

@PalaczMarc and @AdlerJoelle posted in French, e.g., “La France collabore avec le Hamas,” targeting French audiences.

@Muslim4D, @neveragainlive1, @sabra_the, and @Adi13 posted similar content, criticising France or Macron. @sabra_the cited @beholdisrael, suggesting networked activity.

@JerusalemDiary, @beholdisrael, @israelnewspulse, and @CherylWroteIt shared the N12 News claim. @CherylWroteIt’s post reached 10,382 views, indicating significant amplification as key hubs.

N12 News reported France held secret Hamas meetings since 2020, based on Gaza documents. French officials deny the claims. No corroboration from Reuters or Le Monde exists, raising reliability concerns.

A screenshot of a conversation with Grok to analyse an Israel FIMI campaign.

Let’s use #Grok to do some #OSINT on #X (because why not)!

I’ve probed claims of France-Hamas ties (N12 News, Jul 2025) using Grok. He is actually a good X analyst and found a bunch of accounts hinting at a pro-Israel FIMI campaign. 🤷

Operation Overload: An AI fuelled escalation of the Kremlin-linked propaganda effort - CheckFirst The Russian propaganda operation targeted at media organisations and fact-checkers is still going strong. Operation Overload, which we first documented in June 2024 is now leveraging AI generated cont...

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Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...

Some have fun with flags. We @checkfirst.network have fun with medals! Do you know what is phaleristic? It’s the art of Russian to leak secret locations for years and years. Read our last investigation into the secrets of medals!

#osint #Russia #FSB

Cover of our research "Decoding Secrets With Medals: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network"

Today, we are proud to publish our latest investigation into the FSB’s 16th Center, publicly accused of operating some of Russia's most sophisticated cyber-espionage groups.
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Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...

Some have fun with flags. We @checkfirst.network have fun with medals! Do you know what is phaleristic? It’s the art of Russian to leak secret locations for years and years. Read our last investigation into the secrets of medals!

#osint #Russia #FSB

The greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out

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Quick question to my community… How would you host CSV files of over 200MB to share ( #Github style but where I can have multi large files) #help #openData

📊 Operation Overload on Telegram:
• 673 channels analysed
• 7M+ messages
• 2M+ media collisions (39% of 5.5M total)
• 550+ channels share admins
• 70% of Overload-linked emails point to Telegram
• 10 verified channels drive core narratives

Simplifying the search results page  |  Google Search Central Blog  |  Google for Developers

Google is killing the ClaimReview structured data so factchecks won’t appear as such in search results. I guess they have warned @ec.europa.eu

Pendant plusieurs semaines, j'ai travaillé sur l'une des plus grosses fuites de données de l'histoire du complexe russe de manipulation de l'information.J'en ai tiré cet article, qui "teste" l'articulation qu'on peut construire entre leaks et démarche géopolitique legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/06/1...

Have I been Targeted? Have I Been Targeted? is a tool built by AI Forensics that lets you see whether you have been targeted based on your sensitive characteristics on X

@paulbouchaud.com uncovered some bizarre targeting options on #X that let advertisers do pretty much whatever they want. Want to exclude #LGBT users or target only #Christians? Apparently, it’s possible and done.

Have you been targeted like this?

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The #DSA might be the most important internet law ever, but it's impenetrable without a law degree. That's why we've built RADAR, an open-source framework that breaks down DSA requirements into clear categories and measurable indicators. Making compliance accessible to all!

New research highlights privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex | Radboud University An international research collaboration discovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex bridging persistent identifiers to browsing histories. Native Android apps, such as Facebook or I...

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MCC Brussels, ou comment l'extrême droite pro-Orbán et pro-Trump s'organise pour affaiblir l'Europe de l'intérieur Dans une capitale européenne où l'extrême droite est plus influente que jamais, MCC Brussels, think tank financé par l'État hongrois, est la tête de pont de l'internationale des « nationalistes (…)

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