AI Forensics
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Algorithmic investigations and platform accountability
Algorithmic investigations and platform accountability
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📢 In a joint civil society effort, we filed a formal DSA complaint against 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) for violating Article 26(3) — which bans targeting ads based on sensitive data like sexuality, politics, religion, health.
📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
⚖️ Last week, we welcomed the designation of ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act.
But we also cautioned that there is a continued need for stronger coordination around AI Search, which straddles both the DSA and the AI Act.
But we also cautioned that there is a continued need for stronger coordination around AI Search, which straddles both the DSA and the AI Act.
September 16, 2026 at 10:17 AM
⚖️ Last week, we welcomed the designation of ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act.
But we also cautioned that there is a continued need for stronger coordination around AI Search, which straddles both the DSA and the AI Act.
But we also cautioned that there is a continued need for stronger coordination around AI Search, which straddles both the DSA and the AI Act.
🚨 NEW: The French High Commissioner for Children, Sarah El Haïry, has referred the findings of our report on Hugging Face to the European Commission.
She also shared the findings with French regulatory agency @arcom.fr and to the reporting platform Pharos.
She also shared the findings with French regulatory agency @arcom.fr and to the reporting platform Pharos.
July 30, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🚨 NEW: The French High Commissioner for Children, Sarah El Haïry, has referred the findings of our report on Hugging Face to the European Commission.
She also shared the findings with French regulatory agency @arcom.fr and to the reporting platform Pharos.
She also shared the findings with French regulatory agency @arcom.fr and to the reporting platform Pharos.
🔍 New Investigation: How did Hugging Face's "Spaces," a platform designed for sharing open-source AI demos, become a hub for tools capable of generating non-consensual intimate imagery? 🧵
July 28, 2026 at 7:31 AM
🔍 New Investigation: How did Hugging Face's "Spaces," a platform designed for sharing open-source AI demos, become a hub for tools capable of generating non-consensual intimate imagery? 🧵
🗓️ Tomorrow: Can the #DigitalServicesAct keep up with generative AI?
Our Head of Policy Raziye Buse Çetin will join an important (online) discussion tomorrow hosted by @hiigberlin.bsky.social w/ @bredowinstitut.bsky.social and @dsaobservatory.bsky.social.
👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/npyxy6c6
Our Head of Policy Raziye Buse Çetin will join an important (online) discussion tomorrow hosted by @hiigberlin.bsky.social w/ @bredowinstitut.bsky.social and @dsaobservatory.bsky.social.
👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/npyxy6c6
Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (@bredowinstitut.bsky.social)
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bredowinstitut.bsky.social
June 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM
🗓️ Tomorrow: Can the #DigitalServicesAct keep up with generative AI?
Our Head of Policy Raziye Buse Çetin will join an important (online) discussion tomorrow hosted by @hiigberlin.bsky.social w/ @bredowinstitut.bsky.social and @dsaobservatory.bsky.social.
👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/npyxy6c6
Our Head of Policy Raziye Buse Çetin will join an important (online) discussion tomorrow hosted by @hiigberlin.bsky.social w/ @bredowinstitut.bsky.social and @dsaobservatory.bsky.social.
👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/npyxy6c6
Last week's EU ban on AI nudifiers was one of few positive outcomes from the "simplification" process that culminated in the Digital Omnibus package.
But as our researcher Silvia Semenzin noted recently in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, a ban alone cannot be the final answer to TFGBV.
But as our researcher Silvia Semenzin noted recently in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, a ban alone cannot be the final answer to TFGBV.
June 22, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Last week's EU ban on AI nudifiers was one of few positive outcomes from the "simplification" process that culminated in the Digital Omnibus package.
But as our researcher Silvia Semenzin noted recently in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, a ban alone cannot be the final answer to TFGBV.
But as our researcher Silvia Semenzin noted recently in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, a ban alone cannot be the final answer to TFGBV.
🔎 What does it take to make platform accountability possible?
Limelight Foundation's latest annual report features AI Forensics and traces our journey from Tracking Exposed to the adversarial audits that now help inform DSA enforcement.
Limelight Foundation's latest annual report features AI Forensics and traces our journey from Tracking Exposed to the adversarial audits that now help inform DSA enforcement.
June 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🔎 What does it take to make platform accountability possible?
Limelight Foundation's latest annual report features AI Forensics and traces our journey from Tracking Exposed to the adversarial audits that now help inform DSA enforcement.
Limelight Foundation's latest annual report features AI Forensics and traces our journey from Tracking Exposed to the adversarial audits that now help inform DSA enforcement.
Congratulations to our researcher Dr. Paul Bouchaud, who was awarded the Innovation Prize at the @viginum.bsky.social × Inria Scientific Prize.
The prize recognized the paper “Beyond Guidelines: Assessing Meta’s Political Ad Moderation in the EU,” co-authored with VIGINUM.
The prize recognized the paper “Beyond Guidelines: Assessing Meta’s Political Ad Moderation in the EU,” co-authored with VIGINUM.
June 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Congratulations to our researcher Dr. Paul Bouchaud, who was awarded the Innovation Prize at the @viginum.bsky.social × Inria Scientific Prize.
The prize recognized the paper “Beyond Guidelines: Assessing Meta’s Political Ad Moderation in the EU,” co-authored with VIGINUM.
The prize recognized the paper “Beyond Guidelines: Assessing Meta’s Political Ad Moderation in the EU,” co-authored with VIGINUM.
📢 Ahead of a June 4 Dutch parliamentary debate on social media and electoral interference, AI Forensics and the wider HEIO collective (@postxsociety.bsky.social, Trollrensics, @uva.nl) have released preliminary findings from our social media monitoring of the 2026 Dutch municipal elections. 🧵
June 2, 2026 at 7:14 AM
📢 Ahead of a June 4 Dutch parliamentary debate on social media and electoral interference, AI Forensics and the wider HEIO collective (@postxsociety.bsky.social, Trollrensics, @uva.nl) have released preliminary findings from our social media monitoring of the 2026 Dutch municipal elections. 🧵
Heading to #TechAbuseConf in London?
Thursday @ 11 BTS: Senior Researcher @silviasemenzin.bsky.social will present work building on our report on IBSA networks on Telegram.
She'll explore the transformation of abusive practices, cross-platform dynamics + challenges to regulation.
See you there!
Thursday @ 11 BTS: Senior Researcher @silviasemenzin.bsky.social will present work building on our report on IBSA networks on Telegram.
She'll explore the transformation of abusive practices, cross-platform dynamics + challenges to regulation.
See you there!
May 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Heading to #TechAbuseConf in London?
Thursday @ 11 BTS: Senior Researcher @silviasemenzin.bsky.social will present work building on our report on IBSA networks on Telegram.
She'll explore the transformation of abusive practices, cross-platform dynamics + challenges to regulation.
See you there!
Thursday @ 11 BTS: Senior Researcher @silviasemenzin.bsky.social will present work building on our report on IBSA networks on Telegram.
She'll explore the transformation of abusive practices, cross-platform dynamics + challenges to regulation.
See you there!
🔎 Snapchat Ads Repository: A case study in independent auditing and platform accountability under the DSA
Our latest investigation, conducted in April, found that Snapchat’s advertising transparency tools fell far short of requirements for very large online platforms under the DSA. 🧵
Our latest investigation, conducted in April, found that Snapchat’s advertising transparency tools fell far short of requirements for very large online platforms under the DSA. 🧵
May 13, 2026 at 8:22 AM
🔎 Snapchat Ads Repository: A case study in independent auditing and platform accountability under the DSA
Our latest investigation, conducted in April, found that Snapchat’s advertising transparency tools fell far short of requirements for very large online platforms under the DSA. 🧵
Our latest investigation, conducted in April, found that Snapchat’s advertising transparency tools fell far short of requirements for very large online platforms under the DSA. 🧵
On April 8, we released "Harassment as Infrastructure,” detailing widespread networks of abuse against women and girls on Telegram.
In response, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov accused the EU of pushing for “surveillance and censorship” via “controlled NGOs and media.” 🧵👇
In response, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov accused the EU of pushing for “surveillance and censorship” via “controlled NGOs and media.” 🧵👇
April 23, 2026 at 8:29 AM
On April 8, we released "Harassment as Infrastructure,” detailing widespread networks of abuse against women and girls on Telegram.
In response, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov accused the EU of pushing for “surveillance and censorship” via “controlled NGOs and media.” 🧵👇
In response, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov accused the EU of pushing for “surveillance and censorship” via “controlled NGOs and media.” 🧵👇
🚨 NEW: Large-scale Telegram networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images (NCII), including CSAM, in Italy and Spain.
Our investigation reveals an organized ecosystem of abuse at scale — involving 25,000 users. 🧵
Our investigation reveals an organized ecosystem of abuse at scale — involving 25,000 users. 🧵
April 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
🚨 NEW: Large-scale Telegram networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images (NCII), including CSAM, in Italy and Spain.
Our investigation reveals an organized ecosystem of abuse at scale — involving 25,000 users. 🧵
Our investigation reveals an organized ecosystem of abuse at scale — involving 25,000 users. 🧵
“Generative AI has arrived in France’s local elections.”
That was Le Monde’s headline just a month before the 2026 municipal vote.
But what did that actually mean in practice? 👇
That was Le Monde’s headline just a month before the 2026 municipal vote.
But what did that actually mean in practice? 👇
April 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
“Generative AI has arrived in France’s local elections.”
That was Le Monde’s headline just a month before the 2026 municipal vote.
But what did that actually mean in practice? 👇
That was Le Monde’s headline just a month before the 2026 municipal vote.
But what did that actually mean in practice? 👇
In the final days of 2025, thousands of non-consensual AI-generated images spread across X.
We investigated it before regulators were even back from holiday.
We investigated it before regulators were even back from holiday.
March 24, 2026 at 10:08 AM
In the final days of 2025, thousands of non-consensual AI-generated images spread across X.
We investigated it before regulators were even back from holiday.
We investigated it before regulators were even back from holiday.
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Marc Faddoul considers all the ways that AI output can be influenced without transparency or accountability.
Who’s Whispering in Your Chatbot’s Ear?
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March 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Marc Faddoul considers all the ways that AI output can be influenced without transparency or accountability.
As elections unfold in both the NL and FR, use our updated Human Guide for AI Detection to make sense of the information around you.
🔎 Meanwhile, we’ll be monitoring TikTok to examine whose voices are amplified, if disinformation is spreading, and how GenAI is shaping what people see. Stay tuned!
🔎 Meanwhile, we’ll be monitoring TikTok to examine whose voices are amplified, if disinformation is spreading, and how GenAI is shaping what people see. Stay tuned!
Navigating between AI and non-AI content is becoming increasingly difficult. At @aiforensics.org we may not offer a magic formula but we can offer some tools. Today, we’re publishing an updated version of The Human Guide to Detecting AI Imagery, building on our continued work on AI-generated content
March 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
As elections unfold in both the NL and FR, use our updated Human Guide for AI Detection to make sense of the information around you.
🔎 Meanwhile, we’ll be monitoring TikTok to examine whose voices are amplified, if disinformation is spreading, and how GenAI is shaping what people see. Stay tuned!
🔎 Meanwhile, we’ll be monitoring TikTok to examine whose voices are amplified, if disinformation is spreading, and how GenAI is shaping what people see. Stay tuned!
Last week, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, our senior researcher Dr Silvia Semenzin presented AI Forensics’ research on technology-facilitated gender-based violence at several high-level events in Madrid, Paris, and Brussels.
March 11, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Last week, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, our senior researcher Dr Silvia Semenzin presented AI Forensics’ research on technology-facilitated gender-based violence at several high-level events in Madrid, Paris, and Brussels.
Are you a regulator or civil society expert working on disinformation?
📅 If so, mark your calendars!
On April 9, our director @marcfaddoul.com will join @disinfo.eu for a webinar: “Civil society evidence under the DSA: lessons from AI Forensics.”
📅 If so, mark your calendars!
On April 9, our director @marcfaddoul.com will join @disinfo.eu for a webinar: “Civil society evidence under the DSA: lessons from AI Forensics.”
March 10, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Are you a regulator or civil society expert working on disinformation?
📅 If so, mark your calendars!
On April 9, our director @marcfaddoul.com will join @disinfo.eu for a webinar: “Civil society evidence under the DSA: lessons from AI Forensics.”
📅 If so, mark your calendars!
On April 9, our director @marcfaddoul.com will join @disinfo.eu for a webinar: “Civil society evidence under the DSA: lessons from AI Forensics.”
For International Women’s Day, it’s worth acknowledging a troubling pattern we uncovered in our 2025 investigations of online harm: much of it disproportionately targets women and girls.
Unfortunately, this is not surprising.👇
Unfortunately, this is not surprising.👇
March 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
For International Women’s Day, it’s worth acknowledging a troubling pattern we uncovered in our 2025 investigations of online harm: much of it disproportionately targets women and girls.
Unfortunately, this is not surprising.👇
Unfortunately, this is not surprising.👇
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I had a great conversation with Paul Bouchaud at @aiforensics.org about their research tracking the proliferation of Grok-generated deepfakes across the internet, which disproportionately impacted women. Check it out in the most recent of AWO's newsletter here!
AWO’s Algorithm Governance Roundup is out. This month we spoke with Dr Paul Bouchaud at @aiforensics.org about their audit of Grok which charted the rapid rise of sexualised deepfakes generated on X and Grok Imagine.👇
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Algorithm Governance Roundup #28
Community Spotlight: Paul Bouchaud, AI Forensics | Addictive design under scrutiny
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March 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I had a great conversation with Paul Bouchaud at @aiforensics.org about their research tracking the proliferation of Grok-generated deepfakes across the internet, which disproportionately impacted women. Check it out in the most recent of AWO's newsletter here!
Last week marked two years of the DSA.
To mark the occasion, AI Forensics joined the DSA & Platform Regulation Conference, organized by the @dsaobservatory.bsky.social, to share our research and reflect on the future of platform governance in the EU.
We contributed two presentations.👇
To mark the occasion, AI Forensics joined the DSA & Platform Regulation Conference, organized by the @dsaobservatory.bsky.social, to share our research and reflect on the future of platform governance in the EU.
We contributed two presentations.👇
February 23, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Last week marked two years of the DSA.
To mark the occasion, AI Forensics joined the DSA & Platform Regulation Conference, organized by the @dsaobservatory.bsky.social, to share our research and reflect on the future of platform governance in the EU.
We contributed two presentations.👇
To mark the occasion, AI Forensics joined the DSA & Platform Regulation Conference, organized by the @dsaobservatory.bsky.social, to share our research and reflect on the future of platform governance in the EU.
We contributed two presentations.👇
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Last Monday, I found a dinner invitation from Emmanuel Macron in my junk mail. It was for the AI Summit anniversary, 24 hours later. Almost missed it!
I jumped on a train and found myself at the Élysée the following evening. The room was filled with leading AI academics, startups, and big corps
I jumped on a train and found myself at the Élysée the following evening. The room was filled with leading AI academics, startups, and big corps
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Last Monday, I found a dinner invitation from Emmanuel Macron in my junk mail. It was for the AI Summit anniversary, 24 hours later. Almost missed it!
I jumped on a train and found myself at the Élysée the following evening. The room was filled with leading AI academics, startups, and big corps
I jumped on a train and found myself at the Élysée the following evening. The room was filled with leading AI academics, startups, and big corps
Planning on joining @dsaobservatory.bsky.social’s #DSA #Conference in #Amsterdam next week?
Come say hi and learn about some of our latest research on Tuesday, February 17 👇
Come say hi and learn about some of our latest research on Tuesday, February 17 👇
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Planning on joining @dsaobservatory.bsky.social’s #DSA #Conference in #Amsterdam next week?
Come say hi and learn about some of our latest research on Tuesday, February 17 👇
Come say hi and learn about some of our latest research on Tuesday, February 17 👇
🧵 AI bias isn’t just a chatbot problem.
It’s increasingly built into our phones 📱
Our new audit finds the core on-device model powering Apple Intelligence is far from neutral.
It’s increasingly built into our phones 📱
Our new audit finds the core on-device model powering Apple Intelligence is far from neutral.
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
🧵 AI bias isn’t just a chatbot problem.
It’s increasingly built into our phones 📱
Our new audit finds the core on-device model powering Apple Intelligence is far from neutral.
It’s increasingly built into our phones 📱
Our new audit finds the core on-device model powering Apple Intelligence is far from neutral.
🔍 What does TikTok US’s new ownership really mean for users?
The transition has raised concerns, from changes to privacy policies to potential censorship.
🗣️Our Head of Research, Salvatore Romano, breaks it down in a new interview with Thomas Bourdeau for
@rfi.fr: tinyurl.com/2v8zavmk
The transition has raised concerns, from changes to privacy policies to potential censorship.
🗣️Our Head of Research, Salvatore Romano, breaks it down in a new interview with Thomas Bourdeau for
@rfi.fr: tinyurl.com/2v8zavmk
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM
🔍 What does TikTok US’s new ownership really mean for users?
The transition has raised concerns, from changes to privacy policies to potential censorship.
🗣️Our Head of Research, Salvatore Romano, breaks it down in a new interview with Thomas Bourdeau for
@rfi.fr: tinyurl.com/2v8zavmk
The transition has raised concerns, from changes to privacy policies to potential censorship.
🗣️Our Head of Research, Salvatore Romano, breaks it down in a new interview with Thomas Bourdeau for
@rfi.fr: tinyurl.com/2v8zavmk