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Ben Quinn — The Guardian

Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star

The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos.

Artificial Intelligence • Corruption • Democracy • Financial • Global • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology

A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria with xof-research.org — The Authoritarian Stack (11/21/2025)

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

Personal Resilience • Resistance • Social Media

Federick Joseph — In Retrospect

Presence As Survival

Being here in a time that pushes us toward performance and harm.

Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Fascism • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Media

Anne Applebaum — The Atlantic (Gift) October 27, 2025

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

Modern authoritarian regimes often offer not a unified propaganda line but rather contradictory versions of reality... The cumulative effect is to leave citizens with no clear idea of what is actually happening.

Artificial Intelligence • Cryptocurrency • Cyber Security • Executive Power • Fascism • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology

Chris Hedges — The Chris Hedges Report

The Rise of the Thielverse and the Construction of the Surveillance State

It’s clear that the architects of mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways within the Trump administration...

Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Press Freedom • Social Media • Surveillance • Threat Management

Jeffrey Chester — techpolicy.press

Trump’s TikTok Deal Would Further Entrench Big Tech Surveillance

The proposal would allow Trump’s political allies to operate TikTok in the US without significant reforms and safeguards.

Artificial Intelligence • Financial • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Media • Technology

Jake Lahut — Wired

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Cyber Security • Fascism • Human Rights • Safety • Social Media • Violence

Oliver Holmes and agencies — The Guardian

JD Vance backs mass ‘doxing’ campaign to find and harass Charlie Kirk critics

US vice-president encourages ‘calling out’ anyone who celebrates Kirk’s murder, including notifying employers

Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • Social Media • White Supremacy

Karen Attiah — The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Disinformation • Executive Power • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Media • Technology

Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson — Columbia Journalism Review

The White House Is Its Own Media Outlet

The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.

Cyber Security • Disinformation • Social Media • Technology

Sam Biddle — The Intercept

US Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda

The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.

Democracy • Digital Rights • Executive Power • Fascism • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • Social Media • Technology

Jeff Jarvis — Medium

Whither Colbert? Whither Democracy

Mass media are dead: corrupted, complicit, malign, worthless

Democracy • Disinformation • Featured • Social Media • Technology

David Gilbert — Wired

A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using AI to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’

Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.

Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Disinformation • Europe • Safety • Social Media • Technology • Threat Management

Anna Desmarais — euronews

Denmark Fights Back Against Deepfakes

Denmark will give people copyright over their own likenesses as a way to fight back against generated “deepfake” videos, as countries around the world grapple with the rapid rise of AI.

Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom • Russia • Social Media • Technology • Threat Management

Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson — The New York Times

A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

Content generated by AI has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.

Cyber Security • Human Rights • Safety • Social Media • Technology • Threat Management • Violence

Laura Bates — The Guardian