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Russian spy plotted to use ‘true sexy bitch’ in journalist honeytrap, court told (cloned)

Jan Marsalek exchanged messages with Orlin Roussev about the operation against Bellingcat investigator Christo Grozev in 2021, the Old Bailey heard.

The Independent UK

Russian spy plotted to use ‘true sexy b***h’ in journalist honeytrap, court told

Jan Marsalek exchanged messages with Orlin Roussev about the operation against Bellingcat investigator Christo Grozev in 2021, the Old Bailey heard

Evening Standard

Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms

Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering

The Guardian - UK

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‘Designed to distress and deter’: the impact of Slapp lawsuits on journalists and free speech

Individuals and campaigners tell of damage done by powerful people using the courts to try to shut down investigative reporting

The Guardian - UK

How Adobe plans to help you spot a deepfake

Adobe’s chief trust officer, Dana Rao, says preventing bad actors from using A.I. to spread misinformation is an insoluble “arms race.”

Fortune

Misinformation, mistakes and the Pope in a puffer: what rapidly evolving AI can – and can’t – do

Experts have sounded a warning on artificial intelligence as it becomes increasingly sophisticated and harder to detect

The Guardian - AU

UK to clamp down on sanctions loopholes used by Wagner group head

Loophole meant mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin could sue journalist

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What is Midjourney? A.I. tool behind deepfake Pope in a puffer jacket

The small 11-person team around founder David Holz just released the fifth version of its A.I. image-generating software, promptly landing a deepfake hit.

Fortune

Donald Trump, the Pope and the disruptive power of AI images

Deepfake images of Donald Trump being arrested and the Pope in a puffer jacket have sparked concern that we could be at a tipping point in being able to distinguish whether something posted online is real or not.

The Week

Chilling AI deepfakes purporting to show Trump arrest take over Twitter

AI-generated images show officers restraining Trump as he tries to flee

The Independent UK

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

Fake images of former President Donald Trump being arrested by New York City police and Russian President Vladimir Putin behind prison bars have flooded social media in recent days

The Independent UK

Chilling AI deepfakes purporting to show Trump arrest take over Twitter

AI-generated images show officers restraining Trump as he tries to flee

The Independent UK

AI images of imagined Donald Trump arrest circulate on social media

One tweet, which features three images of Trump tussling with police, has been viewed more than eight million times

Evening Standard

Chilling AI deepfakes purporting to show Trump arrest take over Twitter

AI-generated images show officers restraining Trump as he tries to flee

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The Guardian - UK

Solicitors in UK warned not to act as ‘hired guns’ to silence critics of super-rich

Regulator investigating 40 alleged ‘Slapp’ cases, including action by firm on behalf of Russian oligarch who runs Wagner group

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war ‘opening eyes’ to need to reform England’s libel laws, says lawyer

Geoffrey Robertson says wealthy Russians using legal system to intimidate British journalists and publishers

The Guardian - UK

There is war in Ukraine. We have sanctions. So why would the UK Treasury help Putin’s brutal ally?

Claims that the boss of the Wagner Group, a key part of Russia’s military machine, was aided in a libel action must be run to ground, says shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Pat McFadden

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Labour asks why Treasury unit let oligarch under sanctions bring libel case

Key Putin ally who founded Wagner mercenaries attempted to ‘subvert sanctions and silence journalist’

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The Guardian - UK

UK government ‘let lawyers bypass sanctions’ to help Putin ally sue journalist

Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin

Crikey

Oligarchs and billionaires go after independent media by design

Investigative journalism outlets around the world face increasing strain from strategic, billionaire-backed lawsuits.

Reuters

Russia bans news outlet Bellingcat, labels it a security threat

Russia on Friday banned investigative news outlet Bellingcat and its main local partner from operating inside the country, branding them security threats.

The Guardian - UK

Did Russia really use chemical weapons in Ukraine? Experts are sceptical

Analysis: Little evidence thus far that civilians in Mariupol had fallen ill because of chemical attack

The Guardian - UK

Satellite images of corpses in Bucha contradict Russian claims

Analysis of the images date massacre to before Russian forces evacuated the Ukrainian city

The Guardian - UK

‘Dumb and lazy’: the flawed films of Ukrainian ‘attacks’ made by Russia’s ‘fake factory’

Bellingcat founder Elliot Higgins says Russia’s propaganda films have got worse but that Russian viewers, especially the older generation, tend to believe fake TV footage

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