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As online platforms expand throughout the country, red tagging and fabricating Indigenous consent can spread faster, enabling land grabs and rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples, found research by nonprofit Asia Centre.
Supporters of prime minister Viktor ... March 16, 2026 ahead of April 12 parliamentary election - AP Photo/Denes Erdos ... Hungary's parliamentary election was a hotbed of disinformation, ranging from fabricated party platforms to Kremlin-linked influence operations....
Disinformation communicated by and on behalf of foreign powers is now part and parcel of digital statecraft in the information age, an expert from Cardiff University has said.
Hungary emerged as a new target for Storm-1516, Armenia and Ukraine remain in focus, Storm-1516's potential connections to Rybar and Rostec and more
AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and serving as propaganda, researchers say
As the video opens, Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico appears to stand in front of a Texas flag, beaming. Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist...
Sources say IRGC-linked Basij network isn’t targeting radicalisation in India but is shaping global narratives using misinformation, AI content, and amplification.
A network linked to pro-Kremlin actors is impersonating major media outlets to spread false claims about Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar ahead of parliamentary elections.
The first reporting round under the EU's Digital Services Act disinformation code has been published in the Code's Transparency Centre.
Researchers identified multiple ... Russian influence operations.[10][11][1] AFP fact-checkers debunked images of vehicles on fire in Tel Aviv as originating from the January 2026 anti-government protests in Tehran (Kaj Square). Reuters again debunked a “new” Iranian strike video on Tel Aviv as footage from June 2025...
EU says 27% of 2025 FIMI incidents used AI, with 29% attributed to Russia, as manipulation networks scaled across 10,500 channels.
The rise of such networks therefore ... users as influence actors and the growing relevance of political “idols” and fandom-like support bases in shaping contemporary political communication. ... Building on the analysis of shifting IO patterns, the RAIDAR project conducted an expert survey in 2025 using purposive sampling of one hundred respondents that RAIDAR selected for their high level of expertise on disinformation in Southeast ...
The operation aims not only to discredit specific individuals but to generate total cognitive chaos in Western societies ahead of major political events in 2026. EdgeTheory analysts warn that such automated disinformation renders traditional fact-checking methods almost useless, as the speed ...
European courts are beginning to activate the Digital Services Act. This edition looks at key rulings against Meta and X, the growing role of courts and civil society in enforcing platform rules, and new challenges from generative AI, election interference, and climate disinformation.
EU's External Action Service found that 88% of disinformation content targeting the EU in 2025 passed through X; politicians the main target
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.
In early 2026, there were numerous reports noting a significant increase in hybrid incidents linked to Russia in Europe since 2025, with more than 150 suspected cases across the European Union and NATO member states, particularly in relation to the Munich Security Report 2026.
Katharina Zuegel and Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat lay out recommendations to address disinformation on messaging platforms without undermining encryption.
The PIB Fact Check unit has flagged a deepfake video of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as part of a wider Pakistan-linked misinformation campaign during the West Asia crisis.
By Kanza Sohail The recent conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran is characterized by a surge of propaganda, disinformation, and narratives enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI), along with false videos disseminated through social media. The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has ...
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
Unlike traditional cyberattacks, which target systems and data, psychological warfare targets people. Here's what cybersecurity leaders need to know.
AI-generated videos, recycled footage, and propaganda flooded social media during the 2026 Iran–Israel–US war. A documented analysis of major disinformation cases.
German security services warn of Russian attempts to influence 2026 state elections via disinformation, cyberattacks, and trust-undermining narratives.
Enforcement under the DSA is advancing across EU institutions, national courts and regulators, though implementation gaps persist. Civil society remains central to accountability. The shift is evident in the response to #Disinfo2026, which received more than 350 proposals.
Unsurprisingly, 2026 starts where 2025 left off: with disinformation escalating, accountability under pressure, and the rules of a free, trustworthy and pluralistic information space openly contested. This first EU DisinfoLab newsletter of the year brings together the stories setting the tone: from US travel bans targeting European counter-disinfo practitioners, to Venezuela and the rapid spread of disinformation following the US operation, and to platforms ...
Security experts have warned that Western governments are poorly equipped to counter a new frontier of online disinformation.
Matryoshka, a Russian influence operation that publishes pro-Kremlin disinformation videos mimicking credible Western media outlets including the BBC and CNN, has published 57 videos targeting France and Germany in 2026 so far, compared to 45 in 2025, NewsGuard found.
In the days surrounding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's February election win, several dozen X accounts linked to a Chinese misinformation campaign attacked her deeply conservative views and hawkish approach to China, said a U.S. research institute focused on national security and ...
A new artificial intelligence (AI) agent could equip Europe to better defend itself against the barrage of Russian disinformation attacks. Cipher is Canadian-developed AI software that has proven to accurately and quickly detect Russian disinformation targeting Canadian networks, on both the ...
This edition focuses on three priorities: securing sustainable EU funding for counter-disinformation work, strengthening enforcement of the Digital Services Act, and tracking new national initiatives across Member States. As civil society faces mounting pressure, the focus shifts from policy ...
In this article, Daniel Haberfeld analyzes Iran's information-warfare strategy that reframed domestic unrest as a foreign conspiracy, using narrative control and external influence operations against Israel and the West as core tools of regime survival.
An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.
An Ohio man is the first person to be convicted under the Trump administration’s Take It Down Act, the Justice Department said.
Marie Seck and Magdalena Maier explore safeguards, challenges, and opportunities for an EU AI Act ban on AI-generated nudification.
Collien Fernandes accuses ex-husband Christian Ulmen of sharing sexually explicit deepfake images of her online
Germany's government is facing pressure to toughen laws against digital violence after a prominent television actor accused her former husband of posting AI-generated porn resembling her on fake online accounts purporting to belong to her.
Minnesota lawmakers are considering new legislation that would prohibit the creation of “deepfakes" using "nudification" tech while also paving the way for lawsuits against those who’ve created them.
Baltimore filed a lawsuit on March 24 accusing xAI and X of enabling mass creation of non-consensual intimate images via the Grok image generator, alleging violations of city consumer-protection laws and deceptive trade practices. The city cites a 'nudify' trend and Musk's posts as promoting ...
Following international regulatory probes, lawsuits are piling up in the U.S. against Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot.
The rise of accessible AI tools has intensified digital abuse, highlighting urgent calls for stronger legal frameworks and accountability for technology platforms.
Despite the scale of harm, women can’t get protection from artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake abuse because prosecutions are rare and platforms routinely fail to act, with survivors often re-traumatized when they try to seek help, according to the United Nations agency advancing women’s ...
She woke up to messages flooding her phone. Doctored images of her, sexualised and viral, had spread while she slept.
A new lawsuit filed Monday joins two others centered around nonconsensual explicit images allegedly made by the AI chatbot.
EU nations on Friday backed a ban on AI systems generating sexualised deepfakes, after an outcry over such images produced by Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok.
EU lawmakers reached a deal on 11 March to ban non-consensual AI deepfakes via AI Act amendments, a direct response to the Grok nudification scandal.
In “Enschittification 2.0,” social media has entered a new low. After degrading their services to exploit users for profit, these platforms are starting to become a cesspool of AI-generated slop and pornographic content.
Free-speech advocates and digital-rights groups say the bill is too broad and could lead to the censorship of legitimate images including legal pornography and LGBTQ content, as well as government critics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Problem Solvers Caucus announced its endorsement of the DEFIANCE Act (H.R. 3562), legislation to allow victims of non-consensual intimate deepfakes to sue people who create or distribute them. The bill unanimously passed out of the Senate last year and is currently ...
Kennedy Aikey explores the rapid rise of deepfake pornography and the real harms inflicted by fabricated intimate images in the digital age. She argues that the DEFIANCE Act is a critical federal response, urging Congress to equip survivors with a meaningful civil remedy and stronger tools ...
In a new series by CBC Podcasts, hosted by 404 Media's Sam Cole, join journalists, investigators, and targets of non-consensual intimate images on the hunt for the worlds’ most prolific deepfake mastermind.
Deepfake porn laws are changing fast. Learn what's illegal under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, state laws, and global regulations — and why these laws matter.
AI face-swapping and image-generation tools have supercharged non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII)—especially sexual deepfakes—at a pace that policy, schools, and platforms have not matched. The harms are immediate (blackmail, suicide risk, reputational ruin) and systemic (scaled ...
What is deepfake abuse and why laws, platforms, and justice systems are failing women
The Government is to introduce ... images (NCII), including deepfakes, within 48 hours of being notified: a move welcomed by domestic abuse charity Refuge as a “long-overdue step forward”. The announcement follows mounting concern about the scale of technology-facilitated abuse. Refuge, which operates a specialist Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Economic Empowerment team, reported a 62% increase in referrals in 2025 compared with ...
A new Council of Europe recommendation offers a framework for platform regulation that places human rights and user empowerment first, writes Owen Bennett.
Drawing from the Digital Policy Alert’s daily monitoring of G20 countries, the roundup summarizes the highlights in four core areas of digital policy.
EU transparency data shows platforms remove vast amounts of content, yet users rarely challenge moderation decisions across social networks.
Meta and YouTube are held liable for addictive design after a landmark trial, X rejects that its algorithm is politically biased, and the UK is to pilot social media ban for under 16s – plus other key updates.
The report also recommends government do more to make tech companies liable for ‘psychosocial harms’
Panel proposes mandatory social media KYC, stricter intermediary rules, and a unified cybercrime law to curb online harms against women.
Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.
AI systems generating non-consensual sexual content face a ban under new EU proposals, following incidents such as the Grok chatbot scandal.
A raft of law changes have been passed to address how Jersey prosecutes violent and sexual offences including intimate image abuse, the creation of AI deepfakes, stalking and strangulation.
Metro got the inside scoop on what the government plan to do to tackle the digital Violence Against Women and Girls epidemic
Cambridge will end the use of X for official communications, ordering the City Manager to shutter city accounts within 60 days.
TikTok removed 112 million pieces of content – mainly with automated systems – that violated the platform's policies in the EU between July and December 2025, according to the platform's latest Digital Services Act transparency report.
The founders of HateAid, a German human-rights group that helps victims of online attacks, were accused by the Trump administration of being part of a “global censorship-industrial complex.”
How did the two directors of the German digital rights nonprofit HateAid become targets of the Trump administration? Here’s how they’re continuing their mission.
Examining the impact of AI on violence against women and girls, particularly concerning disinformation, online abuse, and women’s participation in public life.
16-17 February 2026 Amsterdam Law School (University of Amsterdam)
EU risk assessments and platform litigation in the US represent distinct approaches to governing and mitigating risks posed by social media platforms.
Addictive design remains substantively under-addressed in VLOPs’ systemic risk assessments under the Digital Services Act, writes Cecilia Isola.
X this week launched a landmark legal challenge against the €120 million fine it received in December under the Digital Services Act (DSA), an EU censorship law.
The Digital Services Act has empowered EU users, with platforms reversing nearly 50 million content moderation decisions in two years, challenging platform policies and restoring users' digital rights.
This report provides a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of verified hate speech events targeting religious minorities in India throughout 2025.
TikTok has released its first transparency report under the EU Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online. The report, published on April 10th, details the platform’s efforts to detect and remove hate speech in compliance with the EU Digital Services Act.
This research examines harmful online discourse targeting Jordanian influencers and public figures on Instagram over a 12-month period.
OTTAWA - The number of police-reported hate crimes stayed steady in 2024, after sharp increases in prior years, Statistics Canada said Monday.
UK News: LONDON: British MP Bob Blackman has described research by an independent non-profit research organisation in the US, which found that anti-Indian rhet.
Report finds anti-Indian posts on X gained 300 million views in 2025, fueled by H-1B policy debates online.
Pedro Sánchez presented HODIO, a system to analyse how hate speech is spread on social networks and to evaluate the impact of algorithms on digital polarisation.
Spanish prime minister says it’s aimed at holding platforms accountable for how their algorithms amplify polarizing content.
Spain will launch a tool to measure hate speech on digital platforms as part of a broader strategy to increase oversight of social media companies, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday.
Communities secretary tells MPs that government has to act against record levels of hate crimes
The government made a flurry of other policy announcements to distract from its 11th-hour changes to its hate speech laws, writes state political reporter Alex Brewster.
Social media users consider it "normal" to encounter online hate speech on social media and see it as part of the online environment. In certain contexts, they find it more normal than in others; for example, when it concerns prominent figures such as policymakers and content creators.
This study examines the capacity of secondary school students in Barcelona province to identify and counteract hate speech in digital media. Analyzing respon...
When it comes to hate speech online, India lacks a regulatory framework that matches the scale of what's documented, writes David David Sathuluri.
The online portal is set be hosted at Freedom.gov.
UpScrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including usernames and hashtags that contain racial slurs.
As the first case under new anti-deepfake legislation goes before the courts, authorities and experts say the rise in the creation of the non-consensual sexually explicit material is concerning.
Campaigners welcome criminalisation of non-consensual AI-generated explicit images but say law does not go far enough