The Cynic For the first time since the beginning of the war and in general the study of the foundations of information wars, media influence has encountered what happened today.Z-propagandists for several hours painted in detail all the details of how the Ukrainians almost take Moscow into a strategic encirclement, although the main military operations are still taking place mainly in the Bakhmut direction, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a stunning success, returning…

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Edited video contorts US official’s TSMC comments DISINFORMATION: The comments in the clipped video were used by some media to suggest that people in the US support the bombing of TSMC, Joseph Wu said The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “selectively clipped” a video in which US Representative Seth Moulton suggested “blow[ing] up” Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC) facilities in Taiwan, he said yesterday. “The CCP selectively clipped my comments, spread them on social media and…

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Most of the UAVs that attacked Sevastopol were destroyed in different regions of Crimea according to Rybar. Any other 'truth' shows the real weakness of Russian defenses. To date, Russia has not had to defend both its sovereign lands and the lands previously stolen. In the early morning, Ukrainian formations carried out another raid on the Crimean peninsula. Three groups of Mugin-5 drones (at least ten units), handicraft equipped with explosives, took off from the…

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The flow of false information through social media, along with the false truth effect, has been able to present social media as an emerging threat in the information war. It really makes them more visible. Artificial intelligence can create articles containing false information, which are then distributed to the public. These articles are completely computer-generated and require little input. Quantum computing, along with the ability to put false information into reliable online formats, can enter…

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The Chinese company Tencent Cloud launched the Deepfakes-as-a-Service (DFaaS) platform to create realistic digital copies of people with high detail and voice similarity.For a digital "image," you will need three minutes of live video with the "original" person and 100 phrases spoken by him.A copy will cost $145, and it takes 24 hours to generate such a "deepfake." In the future, the customer will be able to choose the background and make corrections to his…

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Yesterday, Putin's propagandists staged a clowning show about the seizure of villages, hostages, the shooting of a school bus in the Bryansk region. Question: What really happened?Answer: In fact, the operation was almost bloodless. As many as one border guard was neutralized, and the groups moved on without any active resistance. Question: Is it possible to draw conclusions about the real defense capability of the Russians based on the results of today's events? Or is…

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02/23/2023Chernihiv region, Ukraine. TRUTH OR FALSE FLAG?Ukrainian channels report on the movement of columns of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of the Chernihiv region.“The column without signs of identification and with military units dressed in a pixel similar to the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The occupiers are preparing possible provocations for the anniversary of the full-scale offensive. Most likely, the goal is to accuse the Ukrainian defenders of violating territorial…

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Ukraine is not run by Nazis. While there are some far right and nationalist political groups in Ukraine, the government of Ukraine is not controlled by Nazis or any other extremist ideology. In 2014, Ukraine underwent a revolution and change in government known as the Euromaidan, which led to the removal of the pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. Some far-right groups, including the Right Sector, were involved in the protests that led to Yanukovych's ousting. However,…

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Hello, this is Infowar! No, not the idiot from Texas. We fight against propaganda in social networks. In the last 9 months, we have written over 20,000 anti-war comments on VK.Many volunteers who came to us asked: “Can I safely comment from my smartphone while in Russia?”. Previously, we did not have an answer to this question, but now we do! We present to your attention a new Infowar bot. Now you can write anti-war…

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Anonymous sources as a way of legalizing false information. The Russian media is losing the trust of its readers. The Russian media too often cite anonymous sources to spread disinformation and push Authoritarian ideas. One clear example of such practices is the lies about Democrats during the Trump presidency. Russians now push slander during the Biden Presidency in the White House. And it is happening again with the story of the "not shooting down" and…

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