Exposing Very Large Online Marketplace Platforms’ Deliberate Frustration of Data Access Requests under DSA Article 40.12 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns And the lucky last speaker in the final session at the

and some great insights from several people around getting access to online platform data under the DSA (mainly 40.12 for public data), e.g. @giadam.bsky.social presenting their work on accessing data from large online shopping portals snurb.info/index.php/no... #smad2026 #digitalservicesact

Today I am attending the event Meet the Future of AI: Support for the European Democracy Shield: policy, practice and partnerships in Brussels. Good to see my colleagues from @vera-ai.bsky.social and @euprompt.bsky.social

I will attend in person. Looking forward to meeting and chatting!

Advancing Research on Disinformation and Digital Manipulation: The University of Urbino at two Key Conferences in Brazil VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

In October 2025, veraAI project members based at the University of Urbino (@giadam.bsky.social, @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and @brupar.bsky.social) went to Brazil to present and share their research findings at a variety of events. Find out what they did in this post.

Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:

This #AoIR2025 roundtable on data access is coming to an end. It started a very insightful discussion about the DSA, scraping and the future of accessing data for researchers. Thank all the speakers Josephine Lukito, Jessica Robinson, @snurb.info Richard Rogers @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social

No words #AoIR2025

This morning at #AoIR2025 in Niterói 🇧🇷 I presented a study that’s a joint effort with @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and colleagues. We examined how deceptive info operations evolve through cycles of trial & adaptation testing which tactics stick.

Feels great to be back at @aoir.bsky.social!

Presenting our research w/ @brupar.bsky.social & @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social this afternoon @ #SISCC2025 (Uni of Cagliari) exploring how emotional reactions and narratives fuel polarization and harm democratic debate in Facebook pro-Bolsonaro communities. Looking forward to discuss this!

vera.ai presents its outcomes - and invites you all to attend two webinars! VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

🚨Final #veraAI Event is approaching

2️⃣ Half-Day Online Sessions

1️⃣7️⃣ June: Tools + Social Science Research
2️⃣4️⃣ June: Research deep dive

Join us to explore AI vs disinformation from all angles!

ℹ️ and registration form @ veraai.eu/posts/two-ve...

#AoIR2025 is shaping up! Excited to coordinate a panel on platform polarization in Latin America with @brupar.bsky.social, present my work on LLMs + Brazilian social media and on deceptive information operations on Facebook with @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & team. Looking forward to it in Niterói! ☀️

Coordinated inauthentic behaviour surfaces again in the re-run of Romanian elections Annulled last year due to foreign interference, the re-run of Romania's presidential elections continues to be overshadowed by concerns over opaque affiliations, cyberattacks, and coordinated online c...

📢 New from @euprompt.bsky.social project: In Romania's election re-run, we detected multiple pages simultaneously posting identical content that mixes AI-generated material (read AI slop) with political messaging. Read our full investigation: www.euractiv.ro/facts-not-fa...

The session will be available on-demand on the veraAI website and YouTube channel in a few days!

Even if I have not the opportunity to celebrate properly due to a conference today, buona festa della liberazione a tutt*!

Excited to present tomorrow @ #COMPTEXT25 this 4-step workflow by me and @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social for SM discourse analysis: extracting text features using the 5Ws+H framework, generating embeddings and clustering features with LLMs, detecting narratives through network and qualitative analysis.

Detecting coordinated behaviour on social media with veraAI A webinar series on innovative AI-based fact-checking tools from the veraAI project

We are democratizing coordinated sharing detection! 🚀 Join us to discover the graphical user interface that makes using CooRTweet even easier: tech.ebu.ch/events/2025/...

AI-Generated Images of Pope Francis Drive Traffic to Network of Suspicious Websites in Coordinated Campaign VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

Researchers at Uni Urbino uncovered a significant #disinformation campaign on #Facebook pertaining to #PopeFrancis’ health. Here's what they found.
#InauthenticCoordinatedBehavior
By @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social, @giadam.bsky.social, @informativeicts.bsky.social @mterenzi.bsky.social.

Amid Meta Policy Changes, Neo-Nazis Monetize Hate on Instagram Over the past month, Meta has been undergoing a MAGA metamorphosis. In this new more permissive online environment, an investigation by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has discov...

Hate is very lucrative. A new investigation shows Meta's recent policy changes have created a breeding ground for neo-Nazi content on Instagram, where accounts freely promote hate, antisemitic rhetoric, and Nazi symbols—all while making a profit.
globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...

Ads with links to scammy websites about Bitcoin investments. They appear also in my fb feed using domains similar to real IT news outlets. I have been informally following this for a while, but I am unable to trace it back using the Meta Ads Library.

(1/4) We've dedicated countless hours to examining the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of the real-time APIs mandated by Article 40.12 (aka the CrowdTangle provision) of the Digital Services Act—so you don't have to.

Join Us as a Beta Tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service! VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

Want to help build a safer, more transparent digital world?
Interested in tech, testing, network analysis & #disinfomation?
Then become a beta tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service, powered by #CooRTweet, developed by @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & team www.veraai.eu/posts/beta-t...

Building on a report released in 2022, our new 2024 study, “Falling for Russian Propaganda: Understanding the Factors that Contribute to Belief in Pro-Kremlin Disinformation on Social Media,” examines factors that predict belief in pro-Kremlin disinfo narratives. socialmedialab.ca/2024/03/12/n...

Coordinated Sharing Behavior Detection (Conference): Report and Insights VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

Here's a summary of a conference organised by some of us. Topic: multimodal and cross-platform coordinated behavior detection. Held at the University of Sheffield on 29 October 2024, in conjunction with AoIR 2024.
www.veraai.eu/posts/coordi...

New article "Cracking Open the European Newsfeed" by @lrossi.bsky.social, @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and me available on @journalqd.bsky.social. It longitudinally (2019-2022) analyzes the spread and impact of low-quality info on FB in Italy, France, and Germany. t.ly/w4dPJ