Emphasizing the power of the visual, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov once said: “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” At the root of his call to “show — not tell” sat the intuition that people are visual creatures, now strongly supported by science. Thanks to the [...]
TikTok has always been a privileged platform for spreading conspiracy theories: disinformation videos related to Qanon, Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Soros, etc, have been thriving on the Chinese social media platform. Recently a video* has gone viral on TikTok, asking the question of whether there is a possible glitter shortage. The video already reached millions of [...]
On October 10, the head of the French Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII) Didier Leschi announced that around 10,000 Ukrainian refugees had left the French territory by the end of September 2022. This is the first estimation of this departure movement, almost eight months after the start of the war in Ukraine. This figure [...]
Always think twice before sending or publishing any file, as it probably contains metadata you are not willing to share… What is metadata? The term Metadata refers to a piece of information that provides details on specific data. It generally constitutes a set of information (including technical details) on a file, often including creator, source, [...]
On July 20, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, commented that military focus in Ukraine is no longer “only” the east, implying that Russia has expanded its war objectives. Ukraine has lost over 20% of its territory, including the Crimean Peninsula and the Donbas region, and is struggling to take back these areas, in which Russian [...]
On July 9th the Sri Lankan crowd stormed the Presidential palace in the city capital Colombo. President (known as Gota) and his newly installed Prime Minister resigned in a moment of intense popular anger. This event, seen by many as a democratic impulse and a popular victory, is the result of a multitude of factors [...]
The War in Ukraine is Causing Damageable Effects on Developing Economies On April 1st 2022 former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev published on his official Telegram channel that Russia will “supply food and crops only to [its] friends” because the food is its “quiet weapon” (“наше тихое оружие”) — confirming Russia will not hesitate to weaponize [...]
What is the future of OSINT, cyber HUMINT, and online influence? One only needs to look Mark Zuckerberg, who decided to rebrand Facebook — now Meta, in reference to the Metaverse. What will the Metaverse look like? At this point, nobody knows for sure. At this point, it appears to be an augmented version of [...]
Elon Musk’s effort to acquire Twitter passed an important milestone yesterday when Twitter’s Board of Directors recommended to accept his offer to buy the company for 44 billion USD. It is no secret that Musk is unhappy with the direction Twitter is going in and decisions that have been made in how the platform is [...]
On February 24 2022, Vladimir Putin escalated the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war and ordered troops to attack Ukraine, with the goal of “denazifying” the country. The invasion has since been bogged down, and Russia has become the target of broad international sanctions while the international community has largely backed Ukraine. To maintain control of the situation, [...]
