Dispatches from the frontlines of the information war, where I’ll break down the latest in disinformation, deception, and the dark side of technology.
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Meta Still Won’t Explain Why It Suspended Democratic Campaign Account
The Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Florida says that Meta “suddenly took down” one of her campaign’s Instagram pages during a campaign rally on Tuesday evening. Nearly two days later , Meta still hasn’t explained why it suspended...
Exclusive: Elon Musk’s Starlink Narrative Is Being Amplified By Kremlin-Aligned Disinformation Campaign
An analysis of hundreds of tweets reveals how Elon Musk’s claims about Ukraine are being boosted by a disinformation campaign and one of Putin’s top allies.
Two unique disinformation campaigns emerged on X over the weekend, both centered a...
Meta Keeps “Accidentally” Silencing Trump’s Critics
For more than a decade, Meta has been censoring left-leaning accounts under the guise of “enforcement errors.”
As No Kings marches kicked off last weekend, the movement’s primary Instagram page — which was being used to post updates from m...
Why Did Russian Propaganda Outlets Ignore the CIA Director’s Visit?
The silence may reveal rare details about the chain-of-command behind Russian state media coverage.
Russian state media has never missed a chance to spin up a wild tale about the CIA, yet when the agency’s director reportedly arrived in Mo...
Fake Think Tanks, AI Influence Campaigns, and the Outbreak Nobody Is Watching
There’s plenty of news. Too much, actually. The hard part is figuring out what it actually means and what it may be setting in motion.
That’s the purpose of Weaponized: The Week, Decoded, a new weekly feature tracking the most consequentia...
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Dr. Caroline Orr Bueno is an assistant research scientist, investigator, writer, and internationally recognized expert in the study of cognitive security, disinformation, weaponized influence, extremism, and social media manipulation.
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