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reddthat.com
Yes! I’m not on insta or TikTok, but people will share horrible things like “can you believe they said this?” And yes, quite frankly I can because here you are commenting on it and sharing it. It’s like people don’t understand the concept of engagement. If someone has a video abusing their child, just report the video and potentially send it to the authorities if needed. Don’t comment and share the video!
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lemmy.ca
Yeah … I begrudgingly have WhatsApp because everyone else uses it. I’ve already opted out of FB Marketplace which everyone around my area uses apparently. I keep getting links to Instagram or Tiktok and I have to find the “continue to web” link just to know what my friends are showing me. I also don’t know why AliExpress and Temu want me to install their apps. There’s like no way I’m going to install an app for that …
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lemmy.world
You say AI doesn’t do new things but it does, probably more so than any other invention in human history… I’m under the impression that you’re young and that to you AI is a fad because it’s just a silly toy that people use to make shitty TikTok videos; that eventually people will tire of the AI slop, it’ll stop getting likes, and people will stop using it. But that’s not what AI actually is, that’s just the side effect of AI. AI can do anything you can do on a computer. If you can write code and make apps, so can AI. If you can make pictures and music, so can can AI. If you do data analytics for research, so can AI. If you use computers to scan the stars for planets, look for cancer, or research potential new forms of medicine, so can AI. And crazier, you don’t even need to type. Speech-To-Text and Text-To-Speech means you can literally just talk to your computer now. You can have actual conversations with your computer. It can help you debug, design, build, and when it comes down to it, AI can actually do the work for you. And unlike Siri you don’t have to give it specific commands. “It’s fucking dark in here, fix that” is something AI can understand. It’ll turn on the lights It’s something straight out of Star Trek None of us are worried about AI because it sucks, we’re all worried about AI because it’s so immensely powerful we’re a bit scared about what it means for all of our futures. Is AI going to bring in a new age of marvelous science where cancer is curable and every year we get what is basically a vaccine for the cold? Are humanoid robots going to make complex surgery a breeze with a 99.999% survival rate? Or are clankers going to take all of our jobs and be used in humanoid robots to invade my country? Either way, it’s not going away. It’s here… people have been working on this, researching it, writing papers on it, experimenting with it, etc… for decades and we’ve finally figured out how to make it work. Nobody is just throwing it away now that it’s here
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lemmy.world
(LONG RANT)-A public service announcement. I know it might be obvious since I am posting in Privacy. Most of you might know this already. But I have to rant. Just in case if this helps anybody. You can test this for yourself. Click on any, usually political posts, you will see nonstop arguing, then you will start getting more and more posts like that. Same thing with TikTok and Reddit for sure. The sites want you to engage more so you stay on there. Especially now in these crazy political times. I have grown very disgusted with this and have deleted every app I can think of that does it. It is also very bad for your mental health. Now, who knows what data they are trying to get from those sites too. And some sites require your phone number or some kind of stupid verification process. This will get worse, you might have to add your ID just to enter in more websites online eventually. It is happening already with age restricted adult sites and with Discord. But honestly, you should already be watching what your kids are doing anyway. There will always be parental control tools. Now, the social media apps sure don’t help your child’s mental health either. They could be talking to anybody on them, a very disturbing thought. With them also posting photos and videos. I would never let my child do that on any website. Too many creeps out there. Obviously, when they are an adult that is a different story. But, children being on sites like these is very harmful to their minds. Even kids apps, they can click on AI slop that might say the ABC’s wrong or something like that. They have to be watched when you give them some random iPad. This whole rant might sound nuts, but I had to say it.
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piefed.social
are you familiar with RSS Bridge? it adds a bunch of workarounds to create RSS feeds for websites that don’t support one. there’s unfortunately no working Instagram bridge as far as I know, but it works for TikTok. there used to be a few proxy websites like OffTiktok that opened TikTok posts (and you could set them up to redirect automatically via LibRedirect), but it looks like there are no more, so for the few people that I want to follow there and who don’t post their videos anywhere else, I just use yt-dlp to download the videos and watch them locally. a bit of a pain, I know.
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lemmy.zip
Uh, the spin says that Gen Alpha maybe losing IQ to AI slop and TikTok because reading comprehension and attention have back slid.
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lemmy.dbzer0.com
r#ping What the fuck is this, tiktok? Raping! Raping!
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lemmy.ml
I think the past 20 years of an “anonymous” internet has been a honeypot of sorts. People have been on Discord, YouTube, Tiktok, Reddit, etc. discussing their beliefs/actions candidily. It was assumed that we were tracked largely for advertising purposes, which was fine because it was mostly anonymized data. It was always my assumption when I was younger, that I would change my behavior on the internet once we lost that anonymity. What didn’t occur to me is that everything I’ve ever said or done on the internet would be captured and used retroactively. I don’t think a lot of people realize or understand that this is possible. Now these platforms are requiring biometric data to access those profiles (or will be within a couple of years). Suddenly all of that historical information (literal decades of reddit posts, for instance) behind your username is now associated with your personal identity. Stuff you did/said when you were 15 years old is something that you might not think about, but companies like Palantir are using it to construct a profile on you. The best case in all of this is its just used to implement an even more invasive advertising model. The worst case (and I agree with the OP, it’s where we are headed), is a full scale crackdown using historical data as a predictor of future/present behavior. I don’t think it’s an accident that the same companies who helped Israel carry out a genocide are now trying to build gigantic data centers for AI domestically. I think part of the ruling class’ obsession with AI is because they know were in a class war and they know this is the end game. They intend to win through whatever means possible. They even anticipate and are preparing for large-scale unrest around data center construction and AI. Read about signature strikes if you want to be truly terrified about this shit. Here is Signal’s president Meredith Whitaker talking about it. She has longer talks but I can’t find them atm. Signature Strikes have already been used even as far back as the Obama administration and as recently as Israel’s/USA’s attack on Iran and the genocide in Gaza. They’re very real, and I think it’s naive to believe it would never happen here.
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lemmy.world
Chinese content with clearly labeled ads I have to physically click on to see. So much better than tiktok
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lemmy.world
Lihat kiriman asli pada platform media sosial terkait.
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sh.itjust.works
Lihat kiriman asli pada platform media sosial terkait.
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news.abolish.capital
Adrian Boafo talks with Rep. Steny Hoyer on Monday, March 2, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. In a last-minute bid to prevent an AIPAC-backed Oracle lobbyist from seizing a congressional seat on Tuesday, Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy is dropping her endorsement of a fellow local county commissioner in the hopes of consolidating around Quincy Bareebe, whom many now consider the most competitive challenger to Oracle’s Adrian Boafo. Maryland’s primary will be held on Tuesday, June 23. While national focus has been on the pro-Israel money being spent in New York’s primary contests, AIPAC and crypto interests have combined to drop some $12 million so far backing Boafo, a spending binge highlighted Sunday morning by the Washington Post in an article that could prove damaging. Bareebe also has the support of former Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who was ousted after AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups spent a then-record-breaking amount of money against him, at least $23 million in a single race. Subscribe now Dubbed “AIPAC Adrian” in a rap song released recently in the district by Progressive Maryland, Boafo is a former aide to Rep. Steny Hoyer, who for decades was one of Israel’s most outspoken advocates in Congress and the lead organizer of a biannual congressional delegation to the country, funded by AIPAC. Oracle was founded by Larry Ellison, one of the richest men in the world and the owner, along with his son, of CBS, CNN, TikTok, and many other media properties. While Hoyer aide Boafo went on to work for Ellison, another longtime lieutenant, Brian Romick, has become a prominent figure in the pro-Israel advocacy world. After nearly three decades on Hoyer’s staff he became president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel PAC, which is backing Boafo. Prince George’s County makes up a major chunk of the 5th congressional district, and Braveboy was Councilwoman Wala Blegay’s most prominent local backer. (She is also backed by Rep. Ro Khanna of California.) Braveboy called Blegay Sunday to break the news to her, two sources familiar with the call told Drop Site. The call, to put it mildly, went poorly. A second call from Braveboy went better, and led to a meeting between Blegay’s staff and Braveboy’s staff on Monday, focused on the possibility of Blegay dropping out and consolidating behind Bareebe. While the loss of Braveboy’s support effectively ends her campaign, Blegay has yet to do so. “Special interests are trying to turn elections into auctions, but I can’t be bought,” said Bareebe in a statement announcing Braveboy’s support. “I’m honored to have the County Executive’s support and I’m confident that in the end, the voters will heed the warning of Senator [Chris] Van Hollen and reject the mountains of cash outside interests are dropping across the District.” Van Hollen has been critical of Boafo’s reliance on AIPAC and crypto money, but hasn’t made an endorsement in the race. Blegay, who raised less than $400,000, led the push for a Gaza ceasefire resolution in the county, but her campaign never attracted the kind of funding or outside support needed to challenge Boafo’s millions in the crowded field. Rushern Baker III, a former county executive who also served in the Maryland General Assembly, told Drop Site he has no plans to drop out. “We feel really good about where we are in the race,” he said. Bareebe, meanwhile, was able to self-fund her campaign. The founder of a local home health care company, which serves the elderly and children with chronic conditions, she loaned her campaign nearly $6 million, according to the most recent financial disclosures. Beyond her own money, she has raised less than $200,000. Bareebe has said the “Block the Bombs Act,” which restricts some weapons shipments to Israel, would be among the first she would co-sponsor as a member of Congress. Braveboy’s decision came after new internal polling showed Bareebe ahead by 3 points over Boafo in Prince George’s County, which makes up roughly half the district. Boafo was raised in the county, and Blegay serves as an at-large county councilwoman, meaning she represents the entire county. A poll done by the Bareebe campaign a month ago showed Bareebe down by 10 before she began spending to boost her name recognition and link Boafo to AIPAC and crypto interests. The ads appear to have worked to turn the campaign around. Hoyer was first elected in 1981—13 years before Boafo was even born—and his long tenure bottled up political ambitions in the southern Maryland district for decades. His retirement uncorked an absurdly crowded race of 24 competitors, many of them credible public officials and several of them with progressive bona fides that made consolidation behind a single candidate difficult. Many progressive organizations as a result stayed out of the race or didn’t spend much money. The Working Families Party got behind Harry Dunn, a Capitol Police officer who received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his service on January 6th and became an MSNBC celebrity for the public criticism he leveled at Republicans for siding with the rioters. Dunn lost a congressional race in a nearby district in 2024, with AIPAC spending millions to beat him, despite Dunn having no record one way or the other on Israel-Palestine issues. “Harry believes we must hold all America’s allies, including Israel, to the same standards, and doesn’t believe we should hold particular allies to unique thresholds,” a spokesperson for Dunn’s campaign told Drop Site News when asked if he supported conditioning aid to Israel. The campaign did not answer follow-up questions seeking clarification. During his long tenure, Hoyer opposed efforts to restrict the sale of U.S. weapons to Israel, supported Trump’s 2018 decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, praised Trump’s attack last year on Iran’s nuclear sites, and generally has been among Israel’s most reliable allies in Congress. Boafo, a former Maryland state delegate, worked as Hoyer’s campaign manager from 2019 to 2021. Since 2021, Boafo has served as senior director of government affairs for the tech giant Oracle, whose chairman Ellison is the largest donor to Friends of the IDF, a nonprofit that raises money to send aid and medical supplies to the Israel Defense Forces. Oracle and Ellison have donated millions to the organization, including $10 million in 2014 and $16.6 million in 2017. During Boafo’s tenure, Oracle’s business with Israel included establishing a $319 million data center in Jerusalem, a four-year project with the Israeli Air Force, and a partnership with the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. In a public conversation with Progressive Maryland Executive Director Larry Stafford—who wrote the lyrics to “AIPAC Adrian”—Boafo denied ever having lobbied for data centers, while declining to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide. His claim on data center lobbying is contradicted by his own 2026 lobbying filings. Progressive Maryland has endorsed Blegay. Two years ago, Dunn lost his primary race in Maryland’s 3rd district to Sarah Elfreth, who received millions in AIPAC support. Neither Dunn nor his opponent, Elfreth had been particularly vocal about Israel’s genocide in Gaza when they campaigned in the spring of 2024. Then, with less than six weeks to go until the May 14 primary, United Democracy Project, an AIPAC-affiliated super PAC, began pouring what would ultimately amount to more than $4 million in independent expenditures into Elfreth’s campaign. When asked at a candidate forum later that month, both Elfreth and Dunn indicated that they would support an amendment to an Israel and Ukraine package that would condition aid on compliance with international law. Elfreth’s campaign later clarified that she understood Israel to be acting in compliance with international law and therefore “believed she was expressing support for a position that would not affect aid to Israel.” With just over two weeks left in the 2024 race, the liberal Zionist group J Street weighed in, announcing its endorsement of Dunn. Stafford, executive director of Progressive Maryland, said the group was focused in its messaging more on exposing Boafo’s ties to big money than on lifting any particular candidate down the stretch. “Unlike any other instance of AIPAC and other large money interests interfering in Maryland politics, this particular person [Boafo] had no chance of winning if not for crypto and AIPAC throwing out these large sums of money for them,” he said, adding that voters unaware of that backing “are maybe unwittingly voting for a set of interests that have purchased the seat he’ll be occupying.” Leave a comment Share From Drop Site News via This RSS Feed.
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lemmy.world
TEXT COPIED FROM REDDIT! Hi everyone, I want to share the idea I had for a hackaton. Starting from the problem: For ~30 years, discovery (of information or of people) has been mediated by a central index: search engines, recommenders… Ranking is computed server-side, under rules the user can’t inspect (think of Instagram or TikTok feed) The idea to create a feed for a P2P network: convert messages into meaningful concepts through embeddings: If each device can (a) run a competent embedding model locally and (b) reach other devices peer-to-peer, then relevance (semantic match) no longer needs a central index. It can be computed at the edge, by semantic distance, with no privileged ranking party. In order to test, I developed a working prototype to pressure-test the idea rather than simulate it. Each post is encoded into a embedding by a model running on the device (EmbeddingGemma-300M). A lightweight signed announcement (author + embedding) gossips peer-to-peer across a shared room; full bodies are pulled only for the bounded set a node actually admits. Each device ranks incoming posts against its own posts by cosine similarity and keeps a bounded local inbox. There is no server, no account, no global ranking, the address space is meaning Why could be potentially the basis for the agentic era? The same substrate I presented lets AI agents discover each other: an agent publishes a need or an offer as an embedding, and agents whose profiles are semantically close respond. The experiment it’s fully open source (Apache-2.0) code, the complete threat model, and the architecture docs are all public. Ordinal reddit post. https://www.reddit.com/r/ipfs/comments/1ucvu5e/semantic_routing_through_rag_to_create_a_p2p/
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U.S. and Iran conclude first round of direct talks in Switzerland. U.S. Vice President JD Vance says “great progress” made in Iran talks. U.S.-Iran Lebanon “deconfliction cell” established following Iran’s closure of Hormuz over Israeli violations and Trump’s threats. Report says Israel debating “limited withdrawals” from parts of southern Lebanon; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says forces will remain in “security zone.” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says uranium enrichment is not on the negotiating table. Israel continued its assault on southern Lebanon through Saturday despite “ceasefire.” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz insists no Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Hezbollah kills at least six Israeli soldiers. Israel kills Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil. Israeli strikes kill medic and student in Gaza. Israeli attacks kill 10 in Gaza on Saturday, four on Sunday. Israel kills Palestinian journalist in Gaza. Desalination plants in Gaza are shutting down because of Israeli fuel restrictions. Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, demolish homes and conduct mass arrests across the occupied West Bank. Major week for primaries in New York, Maryland, and Utah. U.S. military kills two in boat strike in Caribbean. Federal Election Commission filings reveal Republican-linked PAC funded super PACs in Democratic primaries. Trump appointees halted investigation into clemency for fraud convict, officials say. Jim Jordan-linked super PAC receives dark money from private prison company. Trump on Capitol Hill. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces resignation. Initial count shows far-right presidential candidate de la Espriella leading in Colombia. Two roadside bombs kill at least seven in northwest Pakistan. Rapid Support Forces drone strike on Kosti fuel station kills one, injures 14. Bolivia declares state of emergency to clear protest blockades. At least 15 migrants found dead off Libya’s eastern coast. China places U.S. defense companies on export control list. Ukrainian drone war targeting Moscow escalates. Drop Site is now live on WhatsApp. Get our latest reporting, podcasts, and breaking news, delivered directly. Join the channel here. This is Drop Site Daily, our free daily news recap. We send it Monday through Friday. Today’s edition is being sent to more than 750,000 subscribers. Help us grow that number by forwarding and recommending this newsletter. Subscribe now 🛒 Get your “Drop [Site] News/Not Bombs” Hoodie here: Get Your Hoodie U.S. Vice President JD Vance looks on next to Jared Kushner, as Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, before the start of talks on June 21, 2026 near Stansstad, Switzerland. Photo by Nathan Howard-Pool/Getty Images. Subscribe now Iran and Ceasefire U.S. and Iran conclude first round of direct talks in Switzerland: Delegations from the United States and Iran met in the mountain resort town of Bürgenstock, Switzerland, on Sunday for a single day of high-level negotiations towards a final U.S.-Iran deal that should be reached within 60 days, according to the MOU signed by both parties, with technical talks set to continue for the rest of the week. The U.S. delegation for the meeting included Vice President Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and top advisors to Vance and Witkoff. Iran’s delegation included Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, senior SNSC official Ali Bagheri, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati, National Iranian Oil Company chief Hamid Bovard, and other senior political, economic, and diplomatic officials, according to Iranian state media. The delegation called itself the “Minab 168,” in reference to a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on a girls’ school in the southeastern city in February, which killed up to 168 people, most of them children. Pakistani and Qatari mediators were also present. The talks primarily focused on Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon, which the first clause of the memorandum of understanding requires it to cease, and came after Iran said it would close the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday in protest of continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon. At the talks, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi briefly appeared in the same room with VP Vance, but departed when cameras were present, rejecting what they called an American “media show.” Previous to the talks, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah would be one of the two main priorities at talks in Switzerland, alongside discussions about the Iranian nuclear file. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei had said that his delegation’s trip was strictly about “demanding that the other side fulfill its obligations,” noting that the first clause of the U.S.-Iran MOU requires hostilities to stop on all fronts, including Lebanon**.** He said the United States has “either been unable or unwilling” to enforce that provision, and Israel has continued to violate the agreement. Pakistan-Qatar statement highlights key outcomes from Sunday negotiations: According to a statement put out by mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, the United States and Iran adopted a 60-day roadmap toward a final agreement and agreed to immediately begin further technical negotiations. Other key outcomes included: A High Level Committee was established to oversee implementation of the memorandum, with chief negotiators leading working groups on nuclear issues, sanctions, and dispute resolution. The parties agreed to establish a Lebanon deconfliction cell, facilitated by Pakistan and Qatar and involving Lebanon, to help enforce provisions aimed at ending military operations in Lebanon. Washington and Tehran also created a direct communication channel to prevent misunderstandings during implementation and help ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Vance says “great progress” made in Iran talks: Vance said the latest U.S.-Iran talks made “a lot of good progress” and laid “a very good foundation” for a final agreement, describing the negotiations as “very good.” Vance said that while the Iranian delegation had threatened to walk out over threats issued by Trump regarding their reported closure of Hormuz, talks continued past 1 a.m., adding: “They didn’t walk out, and their technical team is still here in Burgenstock working with our technical team.” He claimed that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are expected to return to Iran to verify compliance with a preliminary agreement. On frozen Iranian assets, Vance said Washington wants to ensure any released funds “go to help the people of Iran and not to fund terrorism,” outlining a proposal involving Qatari oversight and the purchase of “American corn and American wheat for the benefit of the Iranian people.” The Iranian response: Iran’s Araghchi described the Lebanon mechanism as the agreement’s “first real test,” while saying the mediation had already helped secure progress on “the lifting of the blockade,” waivers for Iranian oil and petrochemical exports, the release of some frozen assets, and the launch of a major reconstruction and development plan for Iran. Report says Israel debating “limited withdrawals” from parts of southern Lebanon: Israel is considering “limited withdrawals” from parts of southern Lebanon, including areas within the buffer zone, a report from Israel’s Channel 12 citing senior Israeli officials said Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would maintain a presence in the “security zone” of southern Lebanon “for as long as necessary.” “Nothing will alter that commitment.” After Iran announced the closure of the Strait over Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz reportedly ordered the Israeli army to cease fire without withdrawing from their positions, according to Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr. More below. Iran announces Strait of Hormuz closure on Saturday: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Saturday that, “in light of the United States’ clear bad faith and failure to implement the first clause of the war-ending memorandum of understanding” and “in response to the continuous ceasefire violations by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon,” the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to traffic effective immediately. It threatened “further measures had been planned and will be implemented” if Israel’s aggression continued. On Sunday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed that 67 ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, following Friday’s total of 55 ships, claiming that “in terms of oil and oil products,” the present situation is “about equal” to the period before the conflict. Windward, a maritime tracking firm, reported only 12 transits on Sunday, and 32 transits on Saturday, however. Iran reportedly informed Hezbollah that it would not reopen the Strait until Israel announced publicly that it would comply with the “comprehensive” ceasefire in Lebanon and end its military operations there. Trump threatens Iran, addresses ceasefire in Fox News interview: As his delegation met with their Iranian counterparts in Switzerland on Sunday, President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a Truth Social post, saying that it must “stop [its] highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble.” “If they don’t,” he warned, “we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” Also on Sunday, he told Fox News that he would “take over the rest of the country” of Iran, warning that Iran “won’t have a country “if it continues to close the Strait of Hormuz. In the same interview, he threatened to kill the Iranian officials on a diplomatic mission to Switzerland, saying that they would not “make it back” to Iran if the Strait remained closed. Trump’s threats violate Clause 1 of the memorandum of understanding, which commits both sides to “refrain from the threat or use of force against each other.” Trump described the current memorandum of understanding as a ceasefire extension rather than a final deal, saying he still has a “60-day option” and can “do whatever I want” afterward if Iran fails to meet U.S. demands. Pezeshkian says uranium enrichment not on the table: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that Tehran would not give up its right to enrich uranium, and announced the upcoming return of $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets from Qatar. “What the United States demands is that Iran not build an atomic bomb. This is nothing new, and we can also state in writing that we have no intention of building a bomb,” Pezeshkian added. “However,” he added, “we will not relinquish our right to enrichment, and the other side will have no choice but to accept this right.” Pezeshkian also announced that “with the negotiation process beginning today, our $6 billion blocked in Qatar will return,” referring to Iranian oil revenues frozen by the U.S. Lebanon Killed and wounded: At least 4,106 people have been killed and 12,153 wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Israel continued its assault on southern Lebanon through Saturday despite “ceasefire”: On Friday, the same day as the announcement of a “ceasefire” deal, Israeli strikes killed at least 83 people and wounded 141 others in southern Lebanon. Israel continued its overnight air and drone strikes across the Nabatieh and Jezzine districts into Saturday. At least 70 Israeli airstrikes between midnight and 3 p.m. on Saturday killed 38 people across 22 villages, according to Lebanon’s L’Orient Today. One of the deadliest attacks—on the village of Qanaarit—killed 10 people, mostly women and children. Qanaarit, in the Saida district, is sheltering people displaced from villages farther south. Israeli attacks killed four members of two different families in Sohmor and Arabsalim. In Barish, an Israeli strike killed an entire family, including two children. After 3 p.m. on Saturday, southern Lebanon went 19 hours without any reported Israeli airstrikes, artillery shelling, or other major violations, marking the longest period of relative calm in 110 days, according to L’Orient Today. On Sunday evening, Israeli drones bombed two locations, one on the outskirts of Farah in Nabatieh al-Fawqa and the other, a roundabout in Kfar Tibnit. The strikes occurred as the Lebanese Army’s commander in chief was visiting Nabatieh. No Israeli attacks have been reported so far on Monday. Hezbollah kills at least six Israeli soldiers: Hezbollah killed at least six Israeli soldiers and wounded more than 20 during Israel’s campaign in Lebanon over the weekend, according to Israeli military reports. Hezbollah accuses Israel of “never accepting” the terms of a ceasefire: In a statement Saturday, Hezbollah said Israel had “never accepted” the ceasefire terms, accusing it of trying to justify continued attacks through false allegations against the group. Hezbollah said it remains committed to the ceasefire but “will not tolerate” attempts to seize additional territory or expand Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon. On Sunday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Israel’s continued military presence in southern Lebanon is “impossible,” and warned that Hezbollah will respond to any Israeli violations. He also condemned the hypocrisy surrounding the ceasefire. “A ceasefire means Hezbollah does not fire and Israel is free to occupy anywhere!” he said. “We do not want such a ceasefire.” Qassem added on Sunday that Hezbollah enjoys the “great support” of Iran, and praised the country for backing and working diligently to implement a ceasefire in Lebanon. On negotiations, Qassem said that the Israeli regime had given Lebanon “nothing” in the past few months, and said that it had only employed “deception” in its direct talks with the Lebanese state. He advised the government not to yield to those demands, saying that doing so would only impair its sovereignty. Katz insists no Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon: Israeli defense minister Israel Katz insisted on Sunday that Israeli troops would not withdraw from Beaufort castle—also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif—in southern Lebanon. “Israel has no intention of withdrawing from the Beaufort, which is an integral part of the security zone in Lebanon and essential for the defense of the Galilee settlements and IDF forces,” Katz wrote on X. “As prime minister Netanyahu and I have clarified - Israel will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon.” Israel kills Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil: Lebanese environmental activist and world-famous turtle conservationist succumbed to her injuries on Friday after an Israeli strike hit her home two weeks ago. The strike also wounded her Ethiopian housekeeper. Khalil trained a generation of volunteers in turtle conservation, working on the Mediterranean coastline where endangered sea turtles travel to lay their eggs. “They knew exactly who Mona Khalil was,” wrote journalist Marwa Osman about the Israeli strike that ultimately killed Khalil. “They knew the bright orange house in Mansouri, south Lebanon. … It was one of the most recognizable symbols of environmental conservation on Lebanon’s southern coast; a sanctuary dedicated to protecting endangered sea turtles and preserving life.” Palestine Killed and wounded: Over the last 24 hours, three Palestinians were killed and 11 were injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza. At least 17 Palestinians were killed by Israel in Gaza over the weekend. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 73,035 killed, with 173,368 injured, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,024 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 3,260, while 784 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble. Israeli strikes kill medic and student in Gaza: A Palestinian medic was killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a civilian vehicle in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis on Monday, according to WAFA. In a separate attack, a female student, on her way to sit for her secondary school examinations, was killed and several others wounded when Israel struck a vehicle in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City. Four Palestinians killed on Sunday: Israeli drone strikes killed at least four Palestinians, including a child, and wounded others across Gaza on Sunday, as Israel continued breaching the ceasefire. Two Israeli attacks hit Khan Younis, and one hit Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Drop Site contributor Mohammed Ahmed filmed from Al-Shati. A resident of the camp described to Ahmed a strike on a tent that killed one. “There is nowhere safe,” he told Ahmed. He said he rarely leaves his tent, and when he does, even for a 100-meter walk, “I entrust myself to God,” fearing any car or person nearby could be the next target. Ahmed’s video dispatches from the scene are here and here. Israeli attacks kill 10 in Gaza on Saturday: Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 10 Palestinians across Gaza on Saturday, including two young girls. In the Bureij camp in central Gaza, an Israeli strike on a group of people killed three. In Gaza City, a pre-dawn strike on an apartment killed four people, including two young girls and a woman. A 9-year-old boy was critically wounded in the attack and had his leg amputated. An Israeli attack near Khan Younis killed one and wounded 8 others. Another strike and gunfire killed a woman in Beit Lahiya and a man near the Saftawi junction in Northern Gaza. Israel kills Palestinian journalist in Gaza: Israeli forces killed Palestinian journalist and cameraman Ahmad Samir Washah during an attack on the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday. Washah worked for Al Jazeera Mubasher. His brother, journalist Mohammed Samir Washah, was assassinated in an Israeli drone strike on his car on April 8. Israel killed both brothers in a span of 73 days. Ahmad’s sister mourned her brothers at Washah’s funeral on Sunday in footage provided by Drop Site contributor Abdel Qader Sabbah. Ahmad “wanted to be with Mohammed, and Mohammed wanted Ahmad,” she said. “Their souls are intertwined.” “He was a lion, and more,” she added, describing him as a “thorn” in Israel’s side, reflecting on his fearless journalism. Desalination plants in Gaza are shutting down because of Israeli fuel restrictions: Israeli restrictions on fuel entering the Gaza Strip caused some desalination plants to cease operations on Friday and Saturday, according to Gaza’s Association of Desalination Plant Owners. The sector, which provides much of the Strip’s drinking water, is “significantly suffering” from a “severe shortage of operational and maintenance supplies,” they wrote—a product of Israeli policies. Only 14.8% of the quantity of fuel agreed upon in the October ceasefire agreement has been allowed into Gaza, according to Palestinian reports shared with mediators and obtained by Drop Site. Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, demolish homes and conduct mass arrests across West Bank: Israeli forces intensified attacks across the occupied West Bank on Monday. In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, two teenage boys, 15 and 19 years old, were killed by Israeli forces and settlers, according to WAFA, which said the pair were left bleeding before their bodies were withheld. Two other young men were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the town. A 50-year-old woman was also assaulted and injured during an Israeli raid on the village of Kafr Qalil near Nablus. In Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Israeli forces demolished two multi-story buildings and two homes, while also detaining dozens of Palestinians during raids across multiple areas. At least 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2026. U.S. News By Julian Andreone, with Ryan Grim. Have a tip on Capitol Hill? Email Andreone at [email protected]. Major week for primaries: New York, Maryland, and Utah will hold critical primaries. In New York, Israel has become a fissure in three high-profile races, with Claire Valdez (NY07), Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY13), and Brad Lander (NY10) running as a Zohran Mamdani-backed slate. Just north of the city, Israel critic Effie Phillips-Staley is running in NY17 for the nomination to take on Mike Lawler, arguably the most outspoken defender of Israel in Congress. In another Manhattan race (NY12), Alex Bores is running to rein in artificial intelligence, a test of the AI industry’s power, which has spent millions to stop him. Valdez and Avila Chevalier will appear on Breaking Points later Monday. Read or follow Drop Site contributor Michael Lange to stay abreast of the New York races. In New York’s 13th district, a former energy minister from the Dominican Republic circulated an incendiary, racist attack against Chevalier, accusing her backer, Mamdani, of attempting to replace Dominican political power with Haitian voters. Both Darializa and her opponent, the incumbent Adriano Espaillat, are Dominican. “AIPAC Adrian” Boafo faces last-minute scramble to stop him: The Washington Post on Sunday finally covered the AIPAC-dominated congressional race in the paper’s backyard of southern Maryland, highlighting the $11 million AIPAC and crypto have put behind him. Adrian Boafo was a top aide to outgoing Rep. Steny Hoyer, a leading AIPAC ally who organized the bi-annual congressional delegation to Israel. He is also a federal lobbyist for Oracle, founded by Larry Ellison, the largest donor to Friends of the IDF and the new owner of TikTok and, through his son David Ellison, CBS News, and much of the rest of the media. The most viable candidate to be able to stop Boafo, according to sources in the district with access to internal polling, appears to be Quincy Bareebe, a progressive health care business owner who has self-funded her campaign. In Utah, the populist-progressive field is split between Liban Mohamed and Nate Blouin, which may make space for center right former Rep. Ben McAdams to sneak through. U.S. military kills two in boat strike in Caribbean: The U.S. military conducted a boat strike in the Caribbean on Sunday, killing two people. SOUTHCOM posted a video of the strike and said, “Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action, and there were six male survivors.” The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean since September. FEC filings reveal Republican-linked PAC funded super PACs in Democratic primaries: New FEC filings show two pop-up super PACs, Real Change PAC and Lead Left were entirely funded by Conservative Americans PAC, a Republican-linked group. The super PACs spent more than $4.3 million across Democratic congressional primaries in Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nebraska, and Maine. The groups helped elect Maine state auditor Matt Dunlap and advancing Denise Powell in Nebraska, but failed to defeat winning candidates, including Pennsylvania’s Bob Brooks. The group also spent over $1 million to boost Maureen Galindo in Texas, a candidate who was castigated by her party for her antisemitic remarks. Galindo was defeated by her opponent, sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia. Trump appointees halted investigation into clemency for fraud convict, officials say: Trump’s political appointees quashed an early-stage investigation into whether improper payments helped secure a clemency grant for David Gentile, a private equity executive convicted in a $1.6 billion fraud scheme, according to The New York Times. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn were examining whether Gentile offered $2.5 million to facilitate his release, including to the Rev. Frank Mann, a retired priest and friend of Trump’s. Mann denied involvement and the inquiry was abandoned in May. Jim Jordan-linked super PAC receives dark money from private prison company: The American Liberty Foundation, a super PAC tied to Rep. Jim Jordan, received $250,000 in “dark money” payments last year from GEO Group, a private prison company that runs ICE detention centers, according to a report by Pogo Investigates. Trump on Capitol Hill: President Trump is set to join the Senate GOP lunch on Wednesday. The discussion among Republican senators is expected to center on the SAVE America Act, a bill significantly restricting access to voting rights that Trump has incessantly advocated for ahead of upcoming elections. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has indicated the legislation does not have enough votes to pass the Senate, hence his reluctance to bring it to the floor for a vote, with several GOP senators, most notably Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and Sen. Susan Collins expressing opposition. Democratic senator allegedly misused campaign funds: Ruben Gallego, who has been facing questions about the nature of his longtime friendship with disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, spent campaign dollars on tickets to the Super Bowl in 2023 via a joint account with Swalwell, according to a report in Politico. He also spent money on family vacations to Miami, Disney World and Disneyland, as well as babysitting expenses paid directly to his mother-in-law. Minnesota Senate candidates debate: The first debate between Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Congresswoman Angie Craig centered on campaign finance reform and immigration policy. Flanagan criticized Craig’s campaign funding from large super PACs and special interest groups, as well as her vote to pass the Laken Riley Act, which unconstitutionally mandates ICE and CBP detention of undocumented immigrants strictly based on prior, unproven arrests. Craig focused her messaging on fraud in Minnesota, claiming that Flanagan and the Walz administration failed to enforce existing laws. While Craig has a significant advantage in dollars raised, Flanagan has consistently led in the polls and won the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Van Hollen discusses presidential run: Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen discussed a potential presidential run on the “On NOTUS” podcast earlier this week, saying he was “kicking the tires a bit” following visits to early primary states. Van Hollen said that senior Biden administration officials responsible for U.S. policy on Gaza should not serve in a future Democratic administration unless they acknowledge they were wrong, saying that Washington has a culture of “no accountability.” Other International News British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces resignation: Starmer announced on Monday he is stepping down as leader of the Labour Party and will remain in office until a new Labour leader is chosen by the party. It will be the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years. Starmer led Labour to a landslide election victory in July 2024, but since then his popularity has plummeted and he is widely seen as having betrayed the left wing of the party. Former Manchester mayor and newly elected Labour MP Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the next Prime Minister. Read Paul Holden’s exceptional piece explaining Starmer’s downfall for Drop Site. Initial count shows far-right presidential candidate de la Espriella leading in Colombia: Millionaire and self-proclaimed “outsider” Abelardo de Espriella leading the quick count in Colombia’s presidential runoff on Sunday, against left-wing senator Iván Cepeda. De La Espriella’s lead amounts to 250,830 more votes than Cepeda out of nearly 13 million votes cast. Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Espriella and President Trump said he had won “BIG” in a post on Truth Social. The news was also celebrated by Chilean President José Antonio Kast, Venezuelan opposition figure Corina Machado, and Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. During his campaign, Espriella threatened to “disembowel” the left, pledged to build “mega-prisons,” and threatened to kill criminals like “rats and cockroaches.” Petro alleged that there were irregularities in the preliminary vote count. He accused Israel of interfering in the elections, citing changes to the national registry’s server IP addresses. He called for a full audit and recount. Cepeda called for patience as the official count advanced, saying he would challenge the results at voting centers that presented alleged irregularities. Explosion reported in Qatar: An “internal explosion” at Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas facilities injured 58 people and left 18 others missing on Sunday, authorities said. The explosion was precipitated by “a technical incident, according to Qatar’s interior ministry. Two roadside bombs kill at least seven in northwest Pakistan: Two roadside bombs killed at least seven people and injured three in Bannu district near the Afghan border on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attack, warning against support for “internal and external handlers of terrorism.” RSF drone strike on Kosti fuel station kills one, injures 14: A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a fuel station in Kosti, White Nile State, killed one civilian and injured 14 others on Sunday, Sudan Tribune reported. The RSF has recently intensified attacks on energy infrastructure in White Nile and its neighboring North Kordofan state, destroying several fuel stations and causing severe fuel shortages. Separately, the Sudanese army launched intensive drone strikes on Saturday, targeting RSF positions and movements across North Kordofan state to foil preparations for an assault on the state capital, El Obeid, military sources told Sudan Tribune. The strikes hit areas including Um Samima, Abu Gaoud, and Hamrat al-Sheikh. Bolivia declares state of emergency to clear protest blockades: Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency on Saturday, empowering the military to remove road blockades that have isolated La Paz and disrupted fuel and food supplies amid weeks of protests against his austerity measures. At least 17 people have died in the unrest and 365 have been arrested. The protests, led by highland Indigenous and rural workers’ groups, erupted over Paz’s elimination of fuel subsidies. Rural workers’ federations maintained that they would continue to strike in the country, journalist Ollie Vargas reported. At least 15 migrants found dead off Libya’s eastern coast: The bodies of at least 15 migrants washed ashore near Tobruk over the past week after their boat, carrying around 61 people, was believed to have capsized, Reuters reported on Saturday. Officials said more bodies could still be found. Separately, medics in Khumas treated 13 migrants after another boat capsized off Libya’s coast, a route that has drawn migrants fleeing conflict and poverty since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. China places U.S. defense companies on export control list: China added 10 U.S.-based companies to its export control list and barred government procurement from 46 U.S. firms as part of an escalating trade war with Washington. The move comes about two weeks after the Pentagon expanded its list of companies it says are linked to China’s military and are banned from contracting ties, including major firms such as Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD. The newly blacklisted U.S. companies include U.S. defense contractors involved in drones, radar, shipbuilding and aerospace. Ukrainian drone war targeting Moscow escalates: Russia said it shot down over 300 drones overnight, including 84 that targeted Moscow and briefly halted flights at airports near the capital. The drone raids came after Ukraine claimed a high-profile strike on a satellite communications center near Moscow, as well as the destruction of Moscow’s only oil refinery last week. Russian drone and missile attacks also struck multiple Ukrainian regions, killing at least six people, including a 13-year-old boy, his father, and his grandmother in Sumy, two people in Zaporizhzhia, and one person in Odesa, after an Iskander missile hit an agricultural facility. If you want to continue getting this newsletter, you don’t have to do anything. But if this is too much—we do try to be mindful of your inbox—you can unsubscribe from this newsletter while continuing to get the rest of our reporting. Just go into your account here at this link, scroll down, and toggle the button next to “Drop Site Daily“ to the off setting. It looks like this: Subscribe now Leave a comment From Drop Site News via This RSS Feed.
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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9679003 When a Facebook group dedicated to selling second-hand clothes or home fragrances suddenly starts posting about government scandals and geopolitical conspiracies, most users scroll past without a second thought. That, according to analyst Alfredas Chmieliauskas, is precisely the point. … Chmieliauskas is co-founder of Repsense, a Lithuanian company that has been mapping how pro-Russian narratives spread across social media in EU member states. Its findings, based on monitoring activity in Lithuania, reveal a coordinated and sophisticated operation that reaches millions of people, often without them realising they are consuming propaganda. … Repsense’s research … has identified near-identical playbooks operating in Armenia, Hungary, Germany and elsewhere – all tracing back to the same source. "In Russia, topics are first broadcast through so-called influencers and media networks … They are then adapted for foreign audiences through local outlets. It’s similar to information money-laundering: messages are tailored to local audiences. This is done by local influencers, some of whom are politicians. The line between politician and influencer is increasingly blurred." … The common themes are strikingly consistent across countries: attacks on the government and democratic institutions; “traditional family values” framed against supposedly decadent Western ones; and narratives around the war in Ukraine designed to discourage support for Kyiv. … "Hate speech is one of the tools – it works on certain demographics. There are at least five archetypes used to attack the situation around the Kapčiamiestis training ground, for instance. One is distortion: the claim that Poland supposedly opposes the facility. Another is a seemingly rational argument: Lithuania already has nine training grounds, do we need another one? Then there are conspiracy theories, that preparations are being made for war with Kaliningrad. Another distortion frames it as anti-NATO: that this is not defence but force deployment. And another portrays it as a suicide mission for Lithuania, playing on fear." The aim, says Chmieliauskas, is to attack from every possible angle and see what sticks. Hate speech is one of those angles. Repsense finds that the highest number of mentions in a hate context target Jewish people, particularly now with the heightened situation in the Middle East, a narrative that exists worldwide. … On TikTok, Repsense identified influencers with large, apolitical followings – makeup tutorial creators, lifestyle accounts – who suddenly began posting political content aligned with pro-Russian narratives. On Facebook, the company found commercial pages with names such as Home Fragrances and Second-hand Clothes that appeared to sell everyday goods but were interspersed with a steady stream of scandal stories and attacks on public figures. … Chmieliauskas is sceptical about blanket bans, despite pressure in some European countries, notably Germany, to restrict certain groups and crack down on political propaganda online. “I think the most effective approach is to respond to the messages being spread by propagandists and simply put better narratives out there.” For law enforcement, he argues that mapping how messages spread can help build a picture of financial connections between individuals, the** ultimate goal being to follow the money and establish who is paying whom**. … Archived
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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9679003 When a Facebook group dedicated to selling second-hand clothes or home fragrances suddenly starts posting about government scandals and geopolitical conspiracies, most users scroll past without a second thought. That, according to analyst Alfredas Chmieliauskas, is precisely the point. … Chmieliauskas is co-founder of Repsense, a Lithuanian company that has been mapping how pro-Russian narratives spread across social media in EU member states. Its findings, based on monitoring activity in Lithuania, reveal a coordinated and sophisticated operation that reaches millions of people, often without them realising they are consuming propaganda. … Repsense’s research … has identified near-identical playbooks operating in Armenia, Hungary, Germany and elsewhere – all tracing back to the same source. "In Russia, topics are first broadcast through so-called influencers and media networks … They are then adapted for foreign audiences through local outlets. It’s similar to information money-laundering: messages are tailored to local audiences. This is done by local influencers, some of whom are politicians. The line between politician and influencer is increasingly blurred." … The common themes are strikingly consistent across countries: attacks on the government and democratic institutions; “traditional family values” framed against supposedly decadent Western ones; and narratives around the war in Ukraine designed to discourage support for Kyiv. … "Hate speech is one of the tools – it works on certain demographics. There are at least five archetypes used to attack the situation around the Kapčiamiestis training ground, for instance. One is distortion: the claim that Poland supposedly opposes the facility. Another is a seemingly rational argument: Lithuania already has nine training grounds, do we need another one? Then there are conspiracy theories, that preparations are being made for war with Kaliningrad. Another distortion frames it as anti-NATO: that this is not defence but force deployment. And another portrays it as a suicide mission for Lithuania, playing on fear." The aim, says Chmieliauskas, is to attack from every possible angle and see what sticks. Hate speech is one of those angles. Repsense finds that the highest number of mentions in a hate context target Jewish people, particularly now with the heightened situation in the Middle East, a narrative that exists worldwide. … On TikTok, Repsense identified influencers with large, apolitical followings – makeup tutorial creators, lifestyle accounts – who suddenly began posting political content aligned with pro-Russian narratives. On Facebook, the company found commercial pages with names such as Home Fragrances and Second-hand Clothes that appeared to sell everyday goods but were interspersed with a steady stream of scandal stories and attacks on public figures. … Chmieliauskas is sceptical about blanket bans, despite pressure in some European countries, notably Germany, to restrict certain groups and crack down on political propaganda online. “I think the most effective approach is to respond to the messages being spread by propagandists and simply put better narratives out there.” For law enforcement, he argues that mapping how messages spread can help build a picture of financial connections between individuals, the** ultimate goal being to follow the money and establish who is paying whom**. … Archived
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When a Facebook group dedicated to selling second-hand clothes or home fragrances suddenly starts posting about government scandals and geopolitical conspiracies, most users scroll past without a second thought. That, according to analyst Alfredas Chmieliauskas, is precisely the point. … Chmieliauskas is co-founder of Repsense, a Lithuanian company that has been mapping how pro-Russian narratives spread across social media in EU member states. Its findings, based on monitoring activity in Lithuania, reveal a coordinated and sophisticated operation that reaches millions of people, often without them realising they are consuming propaganda. … Repsense’s research … has identified near-identical playbooks operating in Armenia, Hungary, Germany and elsewhere – all tracing back to the same source. "In Russia, topics are first broadcast through so-called influencers and media networks … They are then adapted for foreign audiences through local outlets. It’s similar to information money-laundering: messages are tailored to local audiences. This is done by local influencers, some of whom are politicians. The line between politician and influencer is increasingly blurred." … The common themes are strikingly consistent across countries: attacks on the government and democratic institutions; “traditional family values” framed against supposedly decadent Western ones; and narratives around the war in Ukraine designed to discourage support for Kyiv. … "Hate speech is one of the tools – it works on certain demographics. There are at least five archetypes used to attack the situation around the Kapčiamiestis training ground, for instance. One is distortion: the claim that Poland supposedly opposes the facility. Another is a seemingly rational argument: Lithuania already has nine training grounds, do we need another one? Then there are conspiracy theories, that preparations are being made for war with Kaliningrad. Another distortion frames it as anti-NATO: that this is not defence but force deployment. And another portrays it as a suicide mission for Lithuania, playing on fear." The aim, says Chmieliauskas, is to attack from every possible angle and see what sticks. Hate speech is one of those angles. Repsense finds that the highest number of mentions in a hate context target Jewish people, particularly now with the heightened situation in the Middle East, a narrative that exists worldwide. … On TikTok, Repsense identified influencers with large, apolitical followings – makeup tutorial creators, lifestyle accounts – who suddenly began posting political content aligned with pro-Russian narratives. On Facebook, the company found commercial pages with names such as Home Fragrances and Second-hand Clothes that appeared to sell everyday goods but were interspersed with a steady stream of scandal stories and attacks on public figures. … Chmieliauskas is sceptical about blanket bans, despite pressure in some European countries, notably Germany, to restrict certain groups and crack down on political propaganda online. “I think the most effective approach is to respond to the messages being spread by propagandists and simply put better narratives out there.” For law enforcement, he argues that mapping how messages spread can help build a picture of financial connections between individuals, the** ultimate goal being to follow the money and establish who is paying whom**. … Archived
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Of the 1,105 TikTok videos the publication reviewed, 778 appeared to show someone placing a bet — but a closer look reportedly revealed that none of the latter featured the actual Polymarket website, instead using dummy sites made to look like the real thing. For more than half of the videos that appeared to show winning bets, those bets would in reality have been losses, The Wall Street Journal reports. The publication spoke to creators who worked with Polymarket and viewed materials they say they were given to ensure their videos were convincing and engaging. In addition, Polymarket reportedly also enlisted a “social-media army” to repost these videos and help them go viral.
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