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Hi everyone! Welcome if you just joined my feed 👋 I thought I'd just introduce myself. I am Dr. Emma L. Briant, a leading academic expert on information warfare and propaganda in a surveillance age. My work was central in exposing #CambridgeAnalytica and I hope to be your guide through this crazy...

Former FBI director James Comey has been charged with allegedly disclosing national defence information, the third criminal case brought against the outspoken critic of US President Donald Trump.

A Sept. national survey by telecomm company NumberBarn, which screened 1,000 adults, found 72% of people who replied STOP to a political text message kept getting political messages after. Nearly half said getting too many calls or texts made them view that candidate less favorably.

Uh.... but it's a total waste of money if they are making donors angry spamming their accounts like they're a human cash machine.

Some people are getting 10-20 texts a DAY. One guy said he basically can't use his text app anymore, it's too inundated with spammy fundraising requests. Several people said they've blocked numbers asking for donations, only to get the exact same message from other numbers.

"Under Brazilian federal law, all legislators have immunity...To run for President, Bolsonaro decided not to run for his Senate seat. Now, after losing the Presidential election, he no longer has legislative immunity when his Senate term expires in January 2027." Very Special Episode of no amnesty

In a closely watched election, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated right-wing and Trump-aligned challenger Flávio Bolsonaro. https://to.pbs.org/4kfSEIn

Owners of Elvis’ music rights are suing for $48.6 million in damages, and demanding that Anthropic cease the infringement of their copyright www.jezebel.com/anthropic-su...

NEW: US lawmakers say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding a secret court opinion about the surveillance of Americans, even as it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Jeez I bet they were told if they go into tech they'd got it made

Omg I am EATING and watching something while I munch a sandwich, it's 6 o'clock, and they put on an ad for dog 'anal gland supplements' with some dog licking its inflamed rear end 😳😱😖😫 WHY WHY WHY did I have to see that?!!!

Yet another Musk-funded political spoiler aimed at keeping him and his businesses unencumbered by any rules other than his own.

Unforeseen a year ago, Democrats now have a real chance at taking the majority in the U.S. Senate. https://to.pbs.org/4hMVJye

My god... now I've seen everything. FROZEN peanut butter and jam sandwiches... and they wonder why this country has problems.

One person doesn't want you to see "Musk," but the rest of America does. See it while you can in theaters and VOD(coming soon).

I like the word daft, why don't people use it anymore?

Omg I need this for Tozi

“Trump, who has cut U.S. aid to Ukraine by 99 percent, is sending American money to the Kremlin — and therefore to a Russian war machine that the United Nations says is killing Ukrainian civilians at a ‘new horrifying level.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/w...

“He has said he is moving his tax residency from Switzerland to the UK in order to make ‘regular payments’ of more than ‘one or two million’ to the party.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/22/reform-farage-donor-business-ties-iran-ayatollahs

Trump is selling Alaska back to russians? What happened needing Greenland for Arctic security?

It's quite disturbing to read a MoD spokesperson saying: “We utilise a range of international suppliers based on operational requirements, including Palantir, who is a longstanding technology investor in the UK economy.” Corporate profit models cannot define the way people interact with the state.

“People are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. Were making a frickin’ fortune.”

If this doesn’t kick off the largest anti-corruption movement this country has ever seen, democracy in America is doomed

Whether it's billionaire-funded election falsehoods, concentrated ownership, or taxpayer-funded ads... we all must learn to recognize tactics used for influencing us. Students from 44 countries have strengthened their armour against disinformation with my courses. I'm offering a discount today. 🔽

The US midterms are 3 weeks away and election misinformation is already spreading. As of Oct. 13, NewsGuard has debunked 25 viral false claims about the midterms, appearing across 268 websites and accounts. www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...

$25 BILLION CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA VERDICT Finally, a real penalty for the biggest data misuse scandal in political history! Thanks for supporting my work folks! dremmalbriant.substack.com/p/25-billion...

Lula's comeback fight in Brasil has been driven by a Carnaval-like atmosphere with people partying in the street. My look at how the happiness of these rallies is driving Lula's comeback fight paydayreport.com/watch-lulas-...

More than one million Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Canada is moving away from Elon Musk’s Starlink, committing roughly $5 billion to Telesat and expanding satellite partnerships with Europe, South Korea and Norway. Carney cited Ukraine’s Starshield restrictions as a warning against relying on one provider.

University of Glasgow (@glasgow.ac.uk) is hiring: Senior Lecturer (Research & Teaching) in Media Policy or Media Management #lecturer #associateprofessor #mediapolicy #management

This is such a crazy case. You can't stop two people with similar names from competing in an election. You have to just trust the voters. Trump administration sues to block certification of upcoming Alaska election www.bbc.com/news/article...

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

Stella Parton, sister of late musician Dolly Parton, was among voters who claimed a Tennessee voting machine repeatedly selected Marsha Blackburn for governor despite three attempts to change her vote.

"AI will destroy humanity" has always and only been an attempt to distract from "AI will leak your login credentials to the internet"

is nothing sacred?

The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with a Venezuelan energy baron who has faced money-laundering investigations in three countries. ProPublica reviewed a copy of the 18-page agreement.

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

yes this makes it weirder. personal favor? deserves serious reporting.

Controversial “Musk” @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social Documentary Pulled From Almost Every One of 472 Theaters After One Week by Newly Sold Bleecker Street Films www.showbiz411.com/2026/10/23/c...

NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1

This extraordinary story shows that Kushner sold out the foreign policy of the United States for fantastic sums to foreign despots, and that Trump was foursquare behind it. Treason for profit. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Holy cow. The Guinea-Bissau offices of the two Danish researchers who were funded by RFK Jr. to conduct an unethical experiment with the HepB vaccine just had their offices raided and vaccines seized by the police. Great work on reporting this story once again by @melodyschreiber.com.

NEW, from Bloomberg News: “Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle.”