A look at MrDeepFakes, a site with obscure ownership that hosts non-consensual deepfake porn, has close to 650K members, and gets millions of visits per month
This article is the result of a collaboration with German YouTube channel STRG_F. You can watch their documentary here. Bluesky: @mikefulk , @beaudonelly , @bellingcat.com , @herdaleg , @bellingcat.c...
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins says Midjourney seems to have banned him after he made images of Trump's arrest; the word “arrested” is now banned on the tool
“I suspect it was pushing my luck when I did the [Twitter] thread,” said Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins.
A look at Watchdog, a Sri Lanka-based research collective that built a fact-checking app and uses open source data to investigate the country's ongoing crises
From protests to power cuts, Watchdog uses open source research to investigate Sri Lanka's ongoing political and economic crisis. Tweets: @sarahbellelin , @aishnazim , @nilchristopher , @vickiturk , @...
El Paso, the third mass shooting announced on 8chan, shows how its /pol/ board deliberately radicalizes users into mass shooters and gamifies massacring people
lone shooter, assault rifle, online manifesto, a link to a live stream—appears to be contagious. https://www.newyorker.com/... Dave Zatz / @davezatz : @Techmeme 'Let's do nothing because it's just not...
WaPo's Russian propaganda story has dubious sources, little evidence, and too general claims that describe how any news is usually shared on social media
On Thanksgiving, the Washington Post dropped … Carrie Mihalcik / CNET : Russian propaganda may have fueled fake election news fiasco AOL : Report claims Russian propaganda campaign bolstered ‘fake’ U....
WaPo's Russian propaganda story has dubious sources, little evidence, and too general claims that describe how any news is usually shared on social media
On Thanksgiving, the Washington Post dropped … Carrie Mihalcik / CNET : Russian propaganda may have fueled fake election news fiasco Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge : Russian propaganda campaign reportedly...