Today is releasing a six-part series on over 2,000 accounts promoting disinformation aligned w/the Chinese govt on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Read story from the great nyti.ms/3ejbcEq, full report at
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New report on emerging cyber-enabled influence operations (IO) from the DTAC Iran team
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/
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Iran has long been a significant threat actor with its cyberattack capabilities. Now it is working with a new playbook, adding cyber-enabled influence operations (IO) to achieve its geopolitical aims. Read the latest report here: blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/
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Was für einen wunderschönen artikel. Muss man auf jeden fall lesen. 這篇很有看頭，真媠！
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Wenn meine Mutter Chinesisch mit mir spricht, antworte ich auf Deutsch. Über Grammatik und Betonung muss ich nicht nachdenken, ich kann es einfach, fühle es. Was fehlt, sind die Worte.
Dieser Text ist mir sehr schwergefallen. Morgen erscheint er im @Tagesspiegel.
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Such a cool thread 🔥
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Have you ever wondered why certain Chinese names for countries sound so different from what you'd expect? Why Ruidian 瑞典 (Sweden), Ruishi 瑞士 (Switzerland), Xila 希臘 (Greece) or Moxige 墨西哥 (Mexico)? Well, because they are not from Beijing Mandarin! A quick 
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Latest from the team DTAC – Key cyber and influence threats from Russia in Ukraine and Europe at large in the past few months
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mdr 😂
« Le pire dictateur sanguinaire, on va réussir à dire qu’il n’est finalement pas si mal que ça ».
Témoignage exclusif d’un ancien salarié d’une agence d’influence à . #StoryKillers
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So much good Tang poetry left untranslated, fine gems collecting dust. How is it that no one's ever worked on this banger, "Ain't Nothin' to be Done Song"?
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This morning our Digital Threat Analysis Center attributed the recent influence operation targeting Charlie Hebdo to an Iranian nation-state actor. Here’s a blog post on the threat it poses to Charlie Hebdo, its customers, and free speech broadly.
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Check out the latest from the team at ’s digital threat analysis center (DTAC), attributing a recent influence operation to Iranian actor Neptunium
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足好啉!
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#Taiwan is home to some of the world's finest tea. We welcome you to take in Taiwan’s tea culture, from tea leaf to tea cup. #TaiwanIsOpen
真袂䆀!
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After about two years of on-and-off writing, Lord knows how much research, and two very gracious peer reviewers, I got this article up to official Good Article status on Wikipedia :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese
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We don’t say this enough: The is an amazing resource for journalists. I just went to look up an original web page I’d visited a few months ago – gone! Fortunately I quickly found it on the Wayback Machine.
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Trop cool!
A short history of the world in 13 maps & infographics:
1. Everybody alive today compared to everybody who has ever lived
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Really enjoyed participating in this panel on recent trends in disinfo in Taiwan🇹🇼 with 's and old friends , and Dean Jackson () last week!
If you missed it, catch the full panel recording @
youtube.com/watch?v=N-yYV9
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"China operates at a scale with disinformation that really no one else on earth can compete with." -@_NickMonaco youtu.be/N-yYV9xTaW4
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Very excited for this all-star line up next week on information operations and #Taiwan with Fi (), , Dean Jackson (), . Make sure to RSVP today to save your seat!
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Around the world, authoritarian governments are leveraging information operations to influence the democratic process. Join GTI on Nov. 30 for our seminar "Information Operations and Democracy: The Case of Taiwan" for a discussion on this and more: mailchi.mp/globaltaiwan/t
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台灣還在用的台式日語
蘋果：林狗（lìn-gòo）
りんご（ringo）
麵包：胖（pháng）
パン（pann）
啤酒：必魯（bì-lù）
ビール（biiru）
番茄：投馬偷（thoo-má-tooh）
トマト（tomato）
生魚片：沙西米（sa-sí-mih）
さしみ（sashimi）
山葵：哇沙米（ua-sá-bih）
わさび（wasabi）
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Aug. 27, 2022, is a momentous day for #Taiwan🇹🇼. Our much-heralded Ministry of Digital Affairs – 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮 – is all systems go! Watch Minister 's inauguration message & follow . Together, we can strengthen digital resilience, #DefendDemocracy & #FreeTheFuture🖖.
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Excited to see some of my and Lili Turner's work cited in the recent GEC report on the PRC's information manipulation strategy.
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The PRC silences online dissent and creates the artificial appearance of support for its crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. Learn more about the PRC’s information manipulation strategy including ‘astroturfing’: ow.ly/3k0050Ks2Pk
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1/ Our new book “Bots” is now out in the US! It’s an overview of how these automated profiles operate across the web: in politics, finance, art, and more. @_NickMonaco and I hope you’ll pick up a copy!Show this thread
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(1/2) Freedom House is pleased to share that we intend to open an office in Taipei, Taiwan. The office will enable us to expand and deepen our collaboration with individuals and groups supporting human rights and democracy across the Indo-Pacific region.
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“Online disinformation is just one small piece of the puzzle" and other researchers for surveyed the impact of election disinformation in three swing states: Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin.
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Exciting news: thrilled for me and the team to join the incredible team and continue doing cutting-edge work detecting and countering malign influence operations online. Much more to come soon!
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Today, Microsoft has announced plans to acquire Miburo, a threat analysis company specializing in the detection of foreign information operations.
Read more on the acquisition in the blog from @TomBurt45: msft.it/6000b9oZw
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My new book with “Bots” is out now in the UK 🇬🇧. Coming to the US next month, You can pre-order a copy here - wiley.com/en-us/Bots-p-9
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“A cogent and even-handed overview of automated software agents and how they act as extensions of human intention.”
Allison Parrish @aparrish, Poet, Bot Maker & Professor at NYU
@_NickMonaco & @samuelwoolley ‘s ‘Bots’ is out now!
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Our slim volume on all things “bot” is finally here 🤖! and I are delighted with the final product and hope you’ll pick up a copy of this new joint . Pre-order it here: wiley.com/en-us/Bots-p-9
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您可以從xinjiangpolicefiles.org/key-documents/ 下載全部12份新疆文件。作爲在國内生活過的人，這種文風和字體恐怕大家都不會陌生，BBC的手機版圖片反而顯得不真實了。如果網站打不開，可以使用web.archive.org/web/2022052409 網絡快照查看。我們所有人都有責任讓更多人讀到這些材料。
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Welcome to the newest member of Twitter's Research Team!🙃
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A new buzzword has entered the Chinese lexicon.
bailan 摆烂 “to let things rot.”
What does it mean? 1/7
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Congrats to for getting Arabic script backwards & disconnected during 's presentation on *Google Translate*, because small independent startups like Google can't afford to hire anyone with a 4 year olds' elementary school level knowledge of Arabic writing.
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Great opportunity to work with our team on information integrity issues, take a look, share and apply!
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know any brilliantpeople who want to help democracyby working for a strong, resilientinformation space? The Democracyand Technologyteam is hiring! ndi.secure.force.com/careers/apex/t2
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Finally made it to my own bookshelf. Bots is out soon! Many thanks to my co-author and who were a joy to work with. Pick yourself up a copy 🤖📚 barnesandnoble.com/w/bots-nick-mo
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Awesome analysis of how successful Russian state media is in languages throughout the world from . Fascinating to see where RT and Sputnik are putting their resources, where it's landing, and where it isn't
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To celebrate the first anniversary of the #MilkTeaAlliance, we designed an emoji featuring 3 different types of milk tea colours from regions where the Alliance first formed online. It automatically appears when you Tweet any of the hashtags below👇
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