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How TikTok influenced the results of the presidential election in Poland
On June 1, 2025, the second round of presidential elections took place in Poland. With a minimal margin (50.89%), the candidate from the PiS party –
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Digital soldiers of disinformation: botnets on Belarusian YouTube
In March 2025, a study was published that revealed extensive botnet activity in comments under Belarusian and international videos on YouTube.
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Artificial Intelligence vs. Manipulation: Comparing Approaches to Detecting Manipulative Content
In the era of information wars and mass disinformation, automatic content analysis systems are becoming an indispensable tool for fact-checkers and media researchers.
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How to Recognize Information Manipulation: Modern Methods for Detecting Disinformation Campaigns
Modern manipulations have long ceased to be a set of disparate fake news. They represent carefully planned operations with a well-thought-out chronology
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How bots affect discussions: a study of YouTube comments in March 2025
Less than 1% of accounts, but almost 12% of comments: the scale of botnets in political YouTube. 39% of videos attacked by botnets. As part of this research
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Coordinated and effective: TikTok-botnets as a tool for influence
In the modern digital space, information wars go beyond traditional propaganda, turning into complex, high-tech operations. TikTok botnets have become
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Disinformation and Electoral Processes: Technologies for Manipulating Public Opinion
Disinformation represents one of the most serious threats to information security in modern society, undermining public trust and distorting the information space.
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Network manipulation: How a coordinated network of bots works in the comments of Belarusian YouTube channels
A study of comments on video materials posted in February 2025 on Belarusian democratic YouTube channels revealed a large-scale coordinated network of
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A Propaganda Pipeline: Belarusian State Media Help Russia Attack Ukraine Not Only with Weapons but with Lies
February 24, 2025 marks three years of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. As part of monitoring YouTube channels
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Discrediting and Manipulating: How Narratives Work Against USAID in Belarus
In the second half, the number of publications about the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Belarusian Telegram channels increased
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