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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 21/08/2026
#water #printonpaper
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 18/08/2026
#nature #printedonpaper
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 17/08/2026
#windmills #printonpaper
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 13/08/2026
Sunflowers
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 18/04/2026
#PortalKombat #Pravda
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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
4/4 If you find our work important, please consider supporting it. For your donations: BTC: 12MoEGwmEaQUWPK1GHJvrypYGKwxiPREKP ETH: 0x96e25dc68a0379300e1142a7351e546d170671f6
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 09/04/2026
#Yandex holds direct advertising access to 23 Hungarian news sites. Every one is pro-government. This report documents the infrastructure. It establishes that the capability exists and was deliberately built. #Hungary #Election
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Russian Advertising Infrastructure in Hungarian Pro-Government Media · Amaury Lesplingart
Yandex holds direct advertising access to 23 Hungarian news sites. Every one is pro-government. Not one independent outlet in the sample carries a Yandex entry. This report documents the infrastructure. It establishes that the capability exists and was deliberately built.
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 20/03/2026
@nithou.net
bulles.app
Bulles — Catalogue de bandes dessinées franco-belges
Cataloguez votre collection de bandes dessinées en quelques secondes. Scannez un code-barres, Bulles fait le reste.
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 30/09/2025
One of the toughest challenges in tackling disinformation isn’t just spotting it — it’s understanding its impact.
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RADAR @radar.checkfirst.network · 17/09/2025
🔹 Now that we have introduced RADAR, it's time to have a closer look at the framework's functionalities. This short, step-by-step guide will help you properly implement the tagging system in your workflow. More info: radar.checkfirst.network/help
How to use RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act Risks)The RADAR framework is divided in 12 infringements categories: illegal content-related, transparency and reporting, consumer protection and market fairness, platform accountability and cooperation, minor protection and safety online, illegal content and goods, disinformation and manipulated media, dark patterns an manipulative design, targeted adertisements & profiling, data access and scrutiny, compliance function, and cyber violence. 
Each infringement has a unique ID (eg., cr_01 for “Platform failure to take action against Illegal Content”), a description, and observables that help identify DSA violations. You can use the search feature (CTRL+K) to find a specific infringement.After finding matching infringements, it’s time to complete your report by using the RADAR tag generator: 
- Remember to use the latest version of RADAR.
- Be as precise as possible.
- Evidences must be referenced in your main report.
- Add all relevant infringements.
When your template is generated, copy it and use it as an annex at the end of your report.Do’s: 

Be specific about what you observed.
Tag all relevant infringements.
Reference evidence in your main report.
Use the latest RADAR version.
Include dates and platform versions.

Don’t: 

Force-fit observations to tags.
Use tags without evidence.
Modify the tag IDs.
Skip the observable matching step.
Forget to specify RADAR version.
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 05/09/2025
🔵 We're excited to announce the launch of the 1.8 version of @radar.checkfirst.network! This practical, open framework is designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the #DigitalServicesAct. 🔗 checkfirst.network/radar-1-8-i...
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RADAR 1.8: Identify, assess and address potential DSA infringements - CheckFirst
CheckFirst is excited to announce the release of the latest version of RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act), a practical framework designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the Digital Services Act (DSA). 
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 31/07/2025
I don't even have the words ....
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 28/07/2025
Let’s use #Grok to do some #OSINT on #X (because why not)! I’ve probed claims of France-Hamas ties (N12 News, Jul 2025) using Grok. He is actually a good X analyst and found a bunch of accounts hinting at a pro-Israel FIMI campaign. 🤷
A screenshot of a conversation with Grok to analyse an Israel FIMI campaign.
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 18/07/2025
Some have fun with flags. We @checkfirst.network have fun with medals! Do you know what is phaleristic? It’s the art of Russian to leak secret locations for years and years. Read our last investigation into the secrets of medals! #osint #Russia #FSB
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Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst
Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 18/07/2025
Today, we are proud to publish our latest investigation into the FSB’s 16th Center, publicly accused of operating some of Russia's most sophisticated cyber-espionage groups. 🔗 checkfirst.network/decoding-se...
Cover of our research "Decoding Secrets With Medals:  How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network"
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 18/07/2025
Some have fun with flags. We @checkfirst.network have fun with medals! Do you know what is phaleristic? It’s the art of Russian to leak secret locations for years and years. Read our last investigation into the secrets of medals! #osint #Russia #FSB
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Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst
Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 15/07/2025
Fact.
The greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 29/06/2025
Quick question to my community… How would you host CSV files of over 200MB to share ( #Github style but where I can have multi large files) #help #openData
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Francesco Poldi @noneprivacy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📊 Operation Overload on Telegram: • 673 channels analysed • 7M+ messages • 2M+ media collisions (39% of 5.5M total) • 550+ channels share admins • 70% of Overload-linked emails point to Telegram • 10 verified channels drive core narratives
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Operation Overload: An AI fuelled escalation of the Kremlin-linked propaganda effort - CheckFirst
The Russian propaganda operation targeted at media organisations and fact-checkers is still going strong. Operation Overload, which we first documented in June 2024 is now leveraging AI generated cont...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 26/06/2025
Google is killing the ClaimReview structured data so factchecks won’t appear as such in search results. I guess they have warned @ec.europa.eu
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Simplifying the search results page  |  Google Search Central Blog  |  Google for Developers
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Kevin Limonier @kevinlimonier.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Pendant plusieurs semaines, j'ai travaillé sur l'une des plus grosses fuites de données de l'histoire du complexe russe de manipulation de l'information.J'en ai tiré cet article, qui "teste" l'articulation qu'on peut construire entre leaks et démarche géopolitique legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/06/1...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 18/06/2025
@paulbouchaud.com uncovered some bizarre targeting options on #X that let advertisers do pretty much whatever they want. Want to exclude #LGBT users or target only #Christians? Apparently, it’s possible and done. Have you been targeted like this? 👉 aiforensics.org/work/sensiti...
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Have I been Targeted?
Have I Been Targeted? is a tool built by AI Forensics that lets you see whether you have been targeted based on your sensitive characteristics on X
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 10/06/2025
The #DSA might be the most important internet law ever, but it's impenetrable without a law degree. That's why we've built RADAR, an open-source framework that breaks down DSA requirements into clear categories and measurable indicators. Making compliance accessible to all!
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 05/06/2025
#oups
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New research highlights privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex | Radboud University
An international research collaboration discovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex bridging persistent identifiers to browsing histories. Native Android apps, such as Facebook or I...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 01/06/2025
⚠️ 👇
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MCC Brussels, ou comment l'extrême droite pro-Orbán et pro-Trump s'organise pour affaiblir l'Europe de l'intérieur
Dans une capitale européenne où l'extrême droite est plus influente que jamais, MCC Brussels, think tank financé par l'État hongrois, est la tête de pont de l'internationale des « nationalistes (…)
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Hervé Letoqueux @herve.checkfirst.network · 09/05/2025
3 months ago, we released an opensource tool called D3lta, library for detecting duplicate verbatim contents within a vast amount of documents. github.com/VIGINUM-FR/D... Guess what? D3lta is now available as a pypi package. pypi.org/project/d3lta pip install d3lta
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GitHub - VIGINUM-FR/D3lta
Contribute to VIGINUM-FR/D3lta development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Yesterday we released our report on Storm-1516, a Russian information manipulation set responsible of at least 77 information operations targeting Ukraine and Western countries’ interests.
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 24/04/2025
So after X and Bluesky #Overload have now moved to #Tiktok Full focused on the upcoming election in #Moldova
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А, по-моему, ей все как корове седло!#молдова#санду#майясанду#молдавия#кишинев#гардероб#одежда#фикция#хочуврек #хочувтоп #моирек #политика#ес#дорого
TikTok video by Liu1970
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 18/04/2025
Ever wondered how many “Pravda” articles go live every hour, where they originate or the paths they take? With @vchatelet.bsky.social we decided to build the first Pravda Dashboard offering real‑time windows into Russia’s “Portal Kombat” disinformation network #osint #russia #disinformation
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Pravda in numbers - Content and Network analysis
Interactive dashboard visualizing patterns, language distribution, domain connections and more across the Pravda Russian network.
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 18/04/2025
Today, in collaboration with @dfrlab.bsky.social, we pull back the curtain with the #Pravda Dashboard, a live, hour‑by‑hour tracker of #Russia’s Portal Kombat network. Follow each article’s journey, trace domain footprints, spot language‑shifts and watch targeting patterns unfold! portal-kombat.com
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Pravda in numbers - Content and Network analysis
Interactive dashboard visualizing patterns, language distribution, domain connections and more across the Pravda Russian network.
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Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu · 11/04/2025
Our team takes the floor to state the obvious: we will not waste time on false debates laid out by anti-democratic movements. What we, as a counter-disinformation community, must do is organise, expose, and hold disinformers and their enablers accountable.
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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · 11/04/2025
In the face of disinformation, defenders of democracy are often drawn into endless battles against falsehoods. This is precisely the trap laid by anti-democratic movements. But we don’t have to play along. Read our our latest statement 👇 www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 10/04/2025
Everything is fine. #PortalKombat #Pravda
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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · 26/03/2025
🚨 𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳! 🚨 Curious about how Meta & Google keep failing to stop fake medicine ads? Join us tomorrow at 14:30 CET for a deep dive with @allxbo.bsky.social from @reset.tech on clickbait cures! Sign up here! 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 26/03/2025
You won't believe this... This morning, while enjoying my coffee, a truck passed by and dropped four IP addresses: 178.21.15.70, 178.21.15.47, 178.21.15.69, and 178.21.15.85. Turns out, these are linked to the servers hosting the Pravda-Network.... Crazy no? 🤷 #PortalKombat #Pravda
Screenshot showing a terminal with a list of country-specific Pravda news subdomains and their real IP addresses
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 20/03/2025
In one year, the Serbian edition of #Pravda published 220 343 articles. That's around 600 articles per day...
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 13/03/2025
🚨 NEW REPORT 🔎 The Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia.  🗒️ X’s Community notes are unable to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.
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“Pravda” Network: Worldwide Expansion and LLM, Wikipedia Pollution - CheckFirst
CheckFirst, in partnership with DFRLab, shows how the Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and...
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 28/02/2025
🇺🇦
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 25/02/2025
That escalated quickly
A poster of Elon m’Musk behind a Tesla stating Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds
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Brent Lee @brentlee.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
A trio of interviews you don't want to miss! Countering Disinformation: A Community Approach @aa.disinfo.eu Identity Based Disinformation and Conspiracy Scammers @netosessa.bsky.social Can Legal Fact Checking Counter Political Disinfo? @nellyp.bsky.social open.spotify.com/playlist/41H...
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Some Dare Call It Disinformation (Midnight In Riga: Prelude)
Playlist · Some Dare Call It Conspiracy · 3 items
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Hervé Letoqueux @herve.checkfirst.network · 24/02/2025
Very good read. FR/EN #disinformation
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 24/02/2025
🚨 New report! In collaboration with @dfrlab.bsky.social , we reveal the global expansion of #Russia’s so-called "Portal Kombat" network—an influence operation laundering pro-Kremlin content across Europe, Africa, and Asia. First exposed by @viginum.bsky.social a year ago.
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Russia’s so-called “Pravda” network expands worldwide
The network formerly known as Portal Kombat added new domains and expanded its geographic reach over the last year
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Felix Kartte @kartte.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In 2016, the U.S. launched a high-stakes investigation into Russian interference. Analysts went through mountains of social media data, trying to trace the Kremlin’s invisible influence on American discourse. Today, Kremlin trolls are out of a job—not because they failed, but because they won.
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 19/02/2025
You need to take a 30-minute break, breathe, and listen to @nellyp.bsky.social on the mic with @brentlee.bsky.social . Never tell her, but I might miss her a bit sometimes 🤫 #ForceHonneurCourageEtDevotion
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Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: Can Legal Fact Checking Counter Political Disinfo? with Nelly Pailleux (Les Surligneurs)
Welcome to “Some Dare Call It Conspiracy”, where we delve into the intricate world of conspiracy theories and explore the truth behind them. Today, we're joined by Nelly Pailleux, COO of Les Su...
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 12/02/2025
We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Community Notes Dashboard – a state-of-the-art, interactive platform that delivers deep insights into the evolution and distribution of Community Notes on #X
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Community Notes Dashboard | CheckFirst
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joe bodnar @joeabodnar.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Musk may love Operation Overload. But the feeling is not mutual. The campaign's new play for attention and division criticized Musk and Trump as "power-grabbing lunatics."
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The amount of engagement Ilya and SDA got off that fake USAID video is enough for the Kremlin to justify renewing its contract.
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Amaury @al.intheopen.eu · 05/02/2025
Smart guys chatting together. Recommended
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CheckFirst @checkfirst.network · 29/01/2025
Our new #OSINT open-source tool, #Wikipedia External Links Scanner, is now live on #GitHub! This project helps you search multiple Wikipedia language editions for external links to specific domains, pinpoint who introduced each link, and gather detailed user information
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GitHub - CheckFirstHQ/wikipedia-external-links-scanner: A Python script that searches multiple Wikipedia language editions for external links to specific domains, identifies the user who first introdu...
A Python script that searches multiple Wikipedia language editions for external links to specific domains, identifies the user who first introduced each link, and collects user information and rece...
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Hervé Letoqueux @herve.checkfirst.network · 20/01/2025
War against the Trolls. My take on how VIGINUM, the French state agency for vigilance and protection against digital interference, investigates foreign information operations and manipulation campaigns. #FIMI #disinfo #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1Ggx...
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S02E03 VIGINUM – Detecting and Characterizing Foreign Digital Interference
WAR AGAINST THE TROLLS · Episode
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