Spain is done with AI slop and disinfo
｢ The Spanish bill, which needs to be approved by the lower house, classifies non-compliance with proper labelling of AI-generated content as a "serious offence" that can lead to fines of up to 35 million euros ($38.2 million) or 7% of their global annual turnover ｣
The #euvsdisinfo #dataset is a fantastic resource—well-structured, highly useful, and a great example of proactive #data sharing in the #research of #disinformation. I’ll be using it in an upcoming research project!
That said, the data collection #methodology remains a bit opaque. If anyone has insights on how the data is gathered, I’d love to hear more!
BAN #X in EUROPE! This is a call for an immediate ban on Elon #Musk 's social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) in the European Union. This platform has become a breeding ground for #disinformation, hate speech, and abuse that threaten the values of inclusivity and truth in our society.
https://www.change.org/p/ban-x-in-europe-elon-musk-must-be-stopped-in-eu?signed=true
I started the @leavex campaign on January 6, when the Open Letter was published. Before I created the petition on open petition, I first submitted it to the @EUCommission's petition website. I got an answer that they are analyzing this petition on the 22nd of January. It's already more than 2 months and no concrete feedback. I'll send an email after my work.
That's the sense of urgency we have in the European Parliament on disinformation campaigns undermining our democracies.
I wonder how much progress the #fediverse could have and grow in quality if the @EUCommission could seriously fund good non-profit projects that already make an interoperable web possible: @Mastodon , @pixelfed , @pleroma , @peertube , @gotosocial etc.
There are talks about BILLIONS of euros to rearm Europe, which seems justified to me. But it seems that no one puts on the table how to seriously address the problem of disinformation campaigns that undermine democracies. I found the EU project EU vs Disinfo https://euvsdisinfo.eu/, but they didn't dare to create at least a profile here.
Let's perpetuate the cycle of walled gardens run by cool tech bros and their profit seeking businesses. It is very comfortable.
10/10 
Want to dive deeper?
This paper breaks down the distinctions between FIMI, Cognitive Warfare & Hybrid Threats—and why they matter for democratic resilience.
Read here: https://tdhj.org/blog/post/disinformation-cognitive-warfare-hybrid/
Would love to hear your thoughts! How do you see these frameworks interacting?
4/10 
Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference (FIMI) is the EU’s approach. It treats disinfo as a tool used by external actors to influence politics, elections & policy debates.
Focus: Narrative shaping, malign influence, electoral interference.
Avoids military framing—staying in the civil/political domain.
Example: Russian disinfo campaigns in EU elections.
1/10 Disinformation is a persistent threat to democracies, but its impact differs across Cognitive Warfare, Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference (FIMI), and Hybrid Threats.
Rather than competing, these concepts complement each other—each targeting distinct vulnerabilities. Understanding their differences is key to designing better counterstrategies.
Read here: https://tdhj.org/blog/post/disinformation-cognitive-warfare-hybrid/
#Disinformation #CognitiveWarfare #FIMI #HybridThreats #politicalscience
@politicalscience
Update. "#Trump’s next #climate move: Show global warming benefits humanity"
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trumps-next-climate-move-show-global-warming-benefits-humanity/
"President Donald Trump has long rejected climate science. Now, his administration is grappling with how to assemble a body of federal climate research to show a warming world is benefiting humanity…Proposals include…conducting a hostile review of U.S. and international climate reports, and recruiting a White House-approved list of researchers to produce a National Climate Assessment based on partisan research and industry studies."
"*On March 9, a case was confirmed in the Maryland/metro D.C. area.
Measles is more contagious than many of the diseases we take far more seriously in the media and halls of Congress.
Measles infection can result in severe and sometimes permanent complications including pneumonia, lung damage, brain damage, and death."
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
/5
"According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of March 6, 2025, a total of 222 measles cases have been reported by twelve U.S. jurisdictions in just the first 65 days of 2025.
The current outbreaks are in:
Alaska
California
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York City
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Washington state"
~ Amelia Mavis Christnot
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
/4
https://auntiemavis.substack.com/p/measles-dangers-immunity-vaccination-testing
"Kennedy is a quack, and a dangerous one. These ideas are only the tip of the iceberg. Regardless of what he says for public consumption, he is an anti-vaxxer. So are his 'experts.' They ignore the reality that any vaccine can only be effective with mass administration. Voluntary vaccination won’t cut it. He knows that.
This perversion of science will cost many thousands of lives, perhaps more."
~ Mark Mansour
"He cheered on questionable treatments like cod liver oil, and said that local doctors had achieved 'almost miraculous and instantaneous' recoveries with steroids or antibiotics."
Note that shifting blame for contracting measles to lack of good diet and exercise blames victims in a particularly nasty way that makes invidious insinuations about social class and income. RFKJr. and his kind are models of good health?
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
/2
"[RFKJr] issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research. He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research."
~ Teddy Rosenbluth
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
/1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html
Romanian constitutional court unanimously rejects Călin Georgescu's candidacy.
Romania's constitutional court unanimously voted to uphold the decision rejecting "TikTok Messiah" ultranationalist politician Călin Georgescu's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections in May, sparking a fresh round of protests by his supporters in Bucharest on Tuesday.
My talk last week at @cbase about my motivations for starting the Leave X campaign, invited by @digiges thanks to @vgrass
https://fair.tube/w/957NowUT4XV8Keq1oLU9Mv
The slides are here
https://slides.com/everton137/deck-fc2ce7/fullscreen
What I know I could do better. I should:
- have made it shorter. It was too long, it shouldn't be more than 10 minutes
- not have read the response of the Brazilian judge of the Supreme Court answering the US will ban him from entering the country
- have mentioned the important legal case won by @Freiheitsrechte in a Berlin court against X and mentioned the importance of the European legislation on such cases (DPA and GDPR)
- have made it more fluid
Feedback and suggestions welcome.
P. S. I just discovered that the video is available on PeerTube, so I changed the previous link from YouTube. Nice!
@malwaretech That's one reason why the mainstream media should be more careful not to spread more of Musk's lies. But they will never learn.
The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube's algorithm
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250306-inside-youtubes-hidden-world-of-forgotten-videos
Anyone outside the right-wing #American / #russian #disinformation bubble can clearly see.
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at #war with a #dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a #traitor." - French Senator Claude Malhuret
Tonight, at @cbase, I'll be talking briefly about the @leavex campaign, my motivations for this little spare time project, other similar campaigns, and why I'm focusing on European politicians and leadership to leave X. Thanks to @vgrass and @digiges for the invitation!
It will take place at 20h and will be streamed from 20h30. There will be other interesting topics about regulation of Big Techs and the data gap on women. https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2025/02/144-netzpolitischer-abend/
Edit: the hashtag for today #npa144
