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🚨 Historical members of the former staff of Didier Deschamps indeed tried to leverage their networks at the FFF to win over Zinédine Zidane. IN VAIN. ❌ The new coach knows he has created discontent, resulting in little to no follow-up on issues (or almost) but he has OWNED THE FACT OF CHANGING AN ERA! 🇫🇷 🗞️ @lequipe (translated)

UAE / Sudan – when an influence operation tried to enter the United Nations A network of roughly 300 apparently independent social-media influencers. A human-rights organisation borrowing the identity of a real NGO. Personal dossiers on European politicians and journalists. And testimony prepared for delivery at the United Nations without revealing the state interest behind it. These were elements of an influence operation uncovered by Anthropic and disclosed in September 2026. The company says it linked the activity with high confidence to UAE government officials. Tracked as GTG-84002, the operation targeted several overlapping issues: the Muslim Brotherhood, perceptions of the war in Sudan and international mechanisms examining the United Arab Emirates' role in the conflict. What distinguishes the case is not simply its use of artificial intelligence. It is the attempt to make state-aligned messaging appear to originate from independent influencers, human-rights organisations and potentially witnesses addressing an international institution. An influence network built around 300 fake voices Anthropic identified a single actor using Claude to support a sustained influence campaign. At its centre was an AI persona called “Deadshot”, running on the operator's own platform. A master doctrine file repeatedly instructed the system to support what it described as a coordinated international effort to dismantle the Muslim Brotherhood. The operator simultaneously managed several components of the campaign, including approximately 300 inauthentic influencer accounts across social-media platforms. Internal material examined by Anthropic described the apparent independence of this network as its greatest strategic advantage. That phrase captures the central method. The objective was not simply to broadcast a political position but to conceal where that position originated. One visible example appeared on 4 June 2026, when accounts participated in a coordinated campaign using #SudanIslamists and near-identical graphics connecting Sudanese Islamists and the Muslim Brotherhood with regional instability. Anthropic says the amplification network was centrally funded and coordinated. Its investigation also found that the operator financing the social-media network was connected to the wider influence operation. A human-rights organisation that was not what it appeared to be Social media was only one layer. The operator also created a front NGO that copied the identity of a genuine Swiss organisation and used that borrowed legitimacy to publish human-rights material produced for the campaign. Anthropic's description elsewhere also refers to the identity of a real Sudanese human-rights organisation being used in connection with the preparation of testimony. The public report does not fully clarify whether these references describe the same front or separate elements of the operation, so they should not be treated as definitively identical. The underlying technique, however, is clear: political material was designed to appear as if it originated from independent civil society rather than from actors linked to a government. This is particularly significant in the human-rights environment, where the perceived independence of an organisation or witness can determine how seriously evidence is received by journalists, diplomats and international institutions. The attempt to reach the UN The most consequential part of the operation concerned the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. According to Anthropic, the operator used Claude to ghost-write complete testimony intended to be delivered by two individuals during the session. The texts were prepared under explicit constraints ensuring that neither statement would mention the UAE. This did not amount to a conventional government submission. The intention, according to Anthropic's reconstruction, was for material serving the interests of a party connected to the Sudan conflict to reach an international forum through apparently independent voices. But an important limitation remains: Anthropic could not confirm that the testimony was ultimately delivered. The company similarly could not establish whether other dossiers produced by the operation reached their intended recipients or influenced policy. It therefore assessed the campaign as Category Three on the Brookings Breakout Scale – activity distributed across several platforms, but without evidence of broad public impact sufficient for a higher classification. The distinction matters. The evidence demonstrates a sophisticated attempt to influence international debate; it does not demonstrate that the attempt succeeded. Politicians, journalists and UN investigators became targets The operation was not limited to generating public content. Anthropic found that the operator researched and compiled detailed profiles of 18 members of the European Parliament and prominent journalists. Some material was prepared for direct delivery to senior UAE officials. The network also assembled what Anthropic describes as “counter-accountability dossiers” on UN Special Rapporteurs who had criticised the UAE's conduct in relation to Sudan. This places the campaign in a broader context. Since Sudan's civil war began in April 2023, the role of external powers has become an increasingly important part of international scrutiny. Sudan has accused the UAE of supporting the Rapid Support Forces, allegations Abu Dhabi has repeatedly denied. In 2025, Sudan brought a case against the UAE before the International Court of Justice, accusing it of complicity in genocide against the Masalit through alleged support for the RSF. The UAE rejected the allegations. The ICJ subsequently removed the case from its list after finding that it lacked jurisdiction because of the UAE's reservation to the relevant provision of the Genocide Convention. The ruling therefore did not determine whether Sudan's substantive allegations were true or false. That contested international environment helps explain why narratives about Sudan, human rights and accountability were valuable targets for an influence operation. AI as an operating system for influence The role played by Claude is also important to understand accurately. Anthropic did not find that artificial intelligence independently conceived or directed the campaign. Human operators established the objectives, political doctrine and targets. AI instead helped operationalise them. Across hundreds of sessions, Claude was used to transform predetermined political objectives into social-media narratives, human-rights reports, testimony, intelligence-style briefs and detailed profiles of individuals. The same system could support narrative production, target research and preparation of material for different audiences. That represents a more significant development than simply using generative AI to produce propaganda faster. Traditional influence operations require different teams to research targets, write content, manage personas, adapt messages and prepare briefing material. Generative AI can compress several of those functions into a single operational workflow. The result is not necessarily more convincing propaganda. It is potentially cheaper, faster and more scalable influence infrastructure. From fake influencers to institutional influence Anthropic says it linked the operation to UAE government officials with high confidence. Its assessment was based partly on internal material naming senior Emirati officials as intended recipients of the work, alongside other evidence available to its investigators. That remains an attribution by Anthropic rather than a judicial finding or publicly released forensic attribution by a government agency. The distinction should be retained. The larger significance of GTG-84002 lies in the architecture of the campaign. A network of fake influencers could create the appearance of public opinion. A cloned human-rights organisation could provide institutional credibility. AI-generated reports could give political narratives the appearance of research. Profiles of journalists and politicians could support more precise targeting. And ghost-written testimony could potentially carry the same message into an international institution without revealing the political interest behind it. This is a different model from the familiar troll farm. The objective is no longer simply to make propaganda look popular. It is to make state-aligned messaging look independent – and, if possible, to move it from social media into the institutions where international policy and accountability are debated. SOURCES: Anthropic — Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026 International Court of Justice — Sudan v. United Arab Emirates https://www.icj-cij.org/case/197 International Court of Justice — press releases and case documents https://www.icj-cij.org/case/197/press-releases United Nations Geneva — Sudan v UAE proceedings at the ICJ https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2025/04/105241/world-court-begins-hearing-sudans-complicity-genocide-case-against UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs — UAE response to Sudan's allegations https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/MediaHub/News/2025/4/10/10-4-2025-UAE-UAE UN Digital Library — Sudan's letter concerning alleged UAE support for the RSF https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4091008?ln=en UN Digital Library — UAE response concerning allegations of support for the RSF https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4046224?ln=en Ultra Sudan — reporting on Anthropic's UAE-linked influence-operation findings https://ultrasudan.usawtiq.com/أنثروبيك-أحبطنا-عملية-تأثير-إماراتية-استخدمت-الذكاء-الاصطناعي-لاستهداف-السودان/عامر-صالح/أخبار KEYWORDS #DISINFORMED #Episode8 #UAE #Sudan #UnitedArabEmirates #UnitedNations #UNHumanRightsCouncil #HumanRights #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #ForeignInterference #FIMI #CoordinatedInauthenticBehaviour #CIB #FakeInfluencers #FakeNGO #NGOImpersonation #Astroturfing #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIPropaganda #AIGeneratedContent #SyntheticMedia #SocialMediaManipulation #DigitalInfluence #Propaganda #NarrativeManipulation #InstitutionalInfluence #SudanConflict #SudanWar #MuslimBrotherhood #InternationalRelations #Geopolitics #Anthropic #ClaudeAI #OSINT #WRLD

Two French champions. Two torrents of insults and threats but only one investigation initiated by the public prosecutor for Teddy Riner. Teddy Riner talks politics: the Paris prosecutor awakens, opens, communicates, seizes the OCLCH. Léon Marchand refuses to talk politics: “dirty white,” coward, threats. Nothing. Not a statement. No opening of an investigation, not even an institutional raising of eyebrows. Translation: online hate is not a crime. It's a filter. The right discourse triggers justice. The wrong silence deactivates it. Riner is protected because he said what he had to. Marchand is abandoned because he said nothing. Same Republic, same prosecutor, same networks but not the same urgency. Judo has a file. Swimming has the right to pick up “dirty white” in silence and threats. Here’s the lesson, in France, we do not combat cyber harassment but we sort it out. Justice in France is definitely dead. (translated)

After boycotting the UN assembly, the new Colombian president begins his term with a significant gesture on the international stage: withdrawing the South Africa case against Israel before the ICJ for genocide. Everywhere, fascism in power turns its back on the law. (translated)

Dear people, It was to be expected, Prinsjesdag was a kind of coming out for this cabinet. Where there was initially the pretense that migration would be addressed, and that no less than 10 new cities would be built, and perhaps some rules for entrepreneurs would be scrapped, and that the nitrogen standards would be reviewed again etc. etc. … No, none of that, the citizen has to pay until he turns blue and then a little more. No new cities are coming, migration just continues. Farmers have to leave the land and taxes are rising everywhere. Yes, you read that right, autumn is in full swing, the days are getting shorter, the temperature is dropping; winter is coming. Energy prices could very well become the new 'pandemic'. The Epstein group is not making peace in the Middle East, prices are not going down and wars continue to fester. Fortunately, there is a momentum developing among the population regarding peace. Even the good cartel followers who took every jab during C19 are now scratching their heads when they see how much money is being sent to Ukraine, and especially how the Dutch State continues to collaborate militarily with Israel despite court bans and simply supplies and accepts weapons. There is always something positive to be found in the kaleidoscope of news that we, as an organization, have been closely monitoring and interpreting for over six years in the many articles on https://t.co/3TlgS5cTe6 and the broadcasts on https://t.co/g5oaJZf6JV. We see a large group of loyal readers and viewers in the Netherlands and abroad who thank us and are also actively participating in gathering news so that we can present as complete a picture as possible. When I say "we", that is of course not just Jeroen and Willem, but the loyal team of volunteers who have been working tirelessly for the foundation for years and are therefore of indispensable value. What strikes me, moreover, is that many new media hardly see the foundation VoorWaarheid as new media, a remarkable fact. Perhaps it is because we organized many actions and demonstrations from 2020 to 2022, or that we have been tirelessly carrying out lawsuits against the State since 2020. Whatever the case may be, we continue to interpret the news, especially on the 'crisis' files, because that's where the State really derails and the true nature emerges. The support of viewers and readers in sharing our broadcasts and articles is very much appreciated, it is our distribution network, our marketing machine, an unidentifiable group of people who bring truth against all algorithms. Stay in love, allow yourself a smile when you look at the Hague stage, life is meant to be lived with a laugh and a tear, but always with a warm heart and a cool head. (translated)

Did you know that Wojciech Balczun's official advisor at Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznyci) was Mrs. Olena Marchuk? Known more widely as Weronika Marczuk-Pazura, and currently as Weronika Marczuk? The same lady who started her Polish career in go-go clubs in the Tri-Cities under the supervision of a certain "Nikosia"? Well, now you know 🙃 The longer I look into the minister's dossier, the more I wonder how it is that Wojciech Balczun acts like a magnet for people from the broadly defined dark zone, suspicious interests, and corrupt arrangements. Let's take a look at this exceptional catalog of acquaintances and coincidences: Jacek Dębski - a sports minister shot in a gangland settlement. Balczun began his state career right at his side as chief of the political cabinet. Weronika Marczuk - the newspaper "Fakt" wrote about her in 2014 as follows: "She arrived in Poland at the age of 20. She ended up in Sopot. In the morning she studied law, and at night she danced in the Tri-City clubs 'Amazonka,' 'GoGo Land,' and in the hotels 'Posejdon' and 'Marina' - establishments then dominated by the Tri-City mafia. For an extra fee, she undressed at bachelor parties." I'm deliberately skipping the scandal with the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau and the "bribe" from "Agent Tomek" because Ms. Weronika was acquitted. However, there is another interesting thread here. The portal znaj.kropka.ua, in an article about numerous irregularities regarding Balczun's activities at Ukrainian Railways, provides the following information: "After arriving in Ukraine, Wojciech said he does not intend to bring his wife and child to Kyiv. This was due to the fact that the plane trip to them takes only an hour. The manager, however, arrived with his friend Weronika. Ukrainian journalists learned that the couple lived together in Pechersk in an expensive apartment." 🤡 The portal did not clarify whether it was Ms. Weronika Marczuk, but the coincidence of names and timing is rather clear. Balczun's entourage - Mr. Wojciech did not come to Ukraine to work alone. Along with Ms. Weronika, an entire entourage of "managers" from Poland, whom he had surrounded himself with in various companies, arrived with him. This resulted in a scandal in which accusations of extravagance and embezzlement arose. For example, in 2016, Balczun ordered corporate credit cards for himself and two other employees. They could spend up to 20 thousand hryvnias per day. These funds were allocated for hotels, tickets, meals, and participation in cultural events. One of these people was Remigiusz Paszkiewicz. Remigiusz Paszkiewicz has been the president of KGHM since February 2026...you won’t guess from whose appointment 🙃 Remind me which party went into the last elections under the banners of fighting cronyism and nepotism? Oh, shortly thereafter, the same members of the board at UZ decided to pay themselves salaries for the time worked BEFORE signing the contract. The cost of their services was estimated at three million hryvnias, and as if that wasn't enough, Balczun was to order a payment of 150 thousand hryvnias for a two-hour consultation to Polish expert Andrzej Kopci. Who prepared his opinion on the company...by hand. Curtain. The Dubnewych brothers (Jarosław and Bohdan) - a heavyweight Ukrainian oligarchy and parliament members who built their wealth on multi-billion contracts in Ukrzaliznyci. During Balczun's tenure at UZ, this setup continued to thrive, and the Dubnewych people dominated key positions in the company. Jarosław, after losing his immunity and facing prosecutorial charges, fled the country. When questioned by 🇺🇦 media about his acquaintance with the brothers, Balczun replied that he knows them but does not meet them. "I smoke, but I don't inhale" 🙃 Mykola Niemtsov - a well-known figure, described more widely yesterday. A man who was on the verge of a close friendship and almost familial relationship with Minister Wojciech. He was the head of the UBOZ (Office for Combating Organized Crime) in the Chernivtsi Region police, although he is most likely a career security officer because without connections in the secret services, he could never hold the position of director at Ukrainian Railways. The Antikor portal attributes to him from those years the protection of drug trafficking, illegal alcohol, smuggling, and assaults on activists. Under Balczun, he was the director of security at UZ and - according to investigative media - co-organized a massive arms smuggling operation from Ukraine to the EU. By rail, to be understood 🚂 Anatoliy Palaniychuk - deputy head of security at Lviv Railways, described as the architect of channels for smuggling goods into the European Union. The amber affair - Balczun's extraction business in Ukraine, where his partners became: Colonel Niemtsov (a known figure) and Jerzy Dominik K. - a Polish businessman detained by the CBA on charges of involvement in a criminal organization, money laundering, and VAT fraud (revealed by TVN24 and "Newsweek"). Bartłomiej Babuśka - a key figure in Balczun's shadow. Where one is, so is the other. Upper Silesian Fund, Industrial Development Agency, MAP, business in Ukraine. An activist of the Tarnów PO, during whose tenure in the state company Fabios S.A., there was a CBA operation and an investigation by the Kraków prosecutor's office regarding acting to the detriment of the company, strange declines in profits before privatization, and contracts with acquaintances - including the Ukrainian company Bogema (its owner was Babuśka's business partner). It is said that he lived in Ukraine for several years out of fear of the rain from the black clouds he had collected over his head. He waited out the worst and returned as Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Tarnów, only to manage billions of the State Treasury again shortly thereafter 🤡 He speaks fluent Ukrainian and - as he claims - has lived in two countries for 20 years. A shadow over Cegielski - do you remember September 2025 and what happened at H. Cegielski - Railway Vehicles Factory? At the moment when Balczun and Babuśka were entering the structures of MAP and ARP, a businessman burdened with corruption charges committed suicide at the Cegielski Plant. According to unofficial reports from Onet, the events at FPS could be part of a larger corruption scandal related to ARP. A year has passed and silence - amba fatima, there was a scandal, now there's none. (I do not claim that Balczun and Babuśka are directly connected to this, but it is worth mentioning as a matter of public record.) --- That's enough for today, I laughed a lot while editing this text - that's my 😂 At the end, here’s a question with a wink: is there even one person in the immediate vicinity of the man managing the State Treasury's assets who has a clean record and has not brushed against the underworld, corruption, or prosecutorial investigations? 🤡 I understand the theatrical style and rock 'n' roll freedom. But one would expect that from a constitutional minister responsible for billions of the state’s assets, the surrounding environment should be closer to academic circles or honest business rather than characters straight out of stories about Al Capone. (translated)

Suspending the CEE obligation on fuels for six months is the best solution to lower fuel prices for everyone, for public finances, and without any "environmental" impact. Why? Because the system has a substantial stock of already established certificates, ongoing files under review, and projects underway that will continue to generate CEE in the coming months. This reserve can allow for a temporary suspension of the obligation without interrupting the energy renovation work it finances. By the way, these six months would also be an opportunity to finally conduct a serious audit of the system, to assess the stocks, costs, and effectiveness, before deciding on the next steps. Interesting, isn't it? It would be foolish to finance a bureaucratic nightmare in the name of ecology. But let's return to the objective: up to 17 cents less per liter of fuel, immediately, without sacrificing energy renovation! This is neither about eliminating the CEE without analysis, nor blindly defending the current system. It's about acting for the purchasing power of the French without reverting to the politics of insufficiently funded checks, and showing common sense: suspend, measure, and draw all conclusions based on objective criteria and the cost/benefit ratio. (translated)

Mendonça did not back down. He responded to Moraes asking for the filing of the case, full access to the Fake News inquiry, and investigation of his colleague for abuse of authority and false denunciation. He referred to the PF's dossiers as institutional espionage. The STF has turned into a battlefield. (translated)

🚨 Du laboratoire à la rue : la santé publique doit-elle renouer avec le mouvement social ? 📒 Pourquoi les preuves ne suffisent pas : pouvoir, politique et un changement de stratégie pour la santé publique ✍️ Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health - Jonathan C. Heller — Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin, et Health & Power Organizing Project. The Milbank Quarterly (Wiley Periodicals, pour le Milbank Memorial Fund)- 2026 Capsules Audio de Pratiques en Santé 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7wkB7ToilY 🔍💡 Santé publique & pouvoir : quand la preuve ne déplace plus les décisions, l’auteur propose une grille de huit formes de pouvoir et cinq leviers stratégiques. 🧭 Pouvoir citoyen, récit partagé, données co-construites : des repères pour agir sur les règles, pas seulement sur les comportements. Un cadre états-unien à transposer avec discernement. Analyse de Pratiques en Santé et lien vers la source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/pourquoi-les-preuves-ne-suffisent-pas-pouvoir-politique-et-un-changement-de-strategie-pour-la-sante-publique-6209 📌 Le texte déplace le regard : si des politiques favorables à la santé échouent malgré des preuves solides, le problème n’est pas le manque de données mais un rapport de forces défavorable. Il fournit une grille lisible — huit formes de pouvoir — pour repérer, sur un dossier concret, ce qui est mobilisé et ce qui reste sous-utilisé, puis un répertoire d’action (pouvoir citoyen, récit, désobéissance non-violente). Il fait écho à la tradition de la promotion de la santé (plaidoyer, action communautaire, empowerment), tout en assumant des tactiques discutées. C’est un texte de cadrage stratégique, à transposer et à débattre, pas une boîte à outils clé en main. 🇬🇧: Why evidence is not enough: power, politics and a change of strategy for public health - https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/why-evidence-is-not-enough-power-politics-and-a-change-of-strategy-for-public-health-6209 #️⃣ #pratiquesensante #SantéPublique #Plaidoyer #DéterminantsStructurels #PromotionSanté #Empowerment #OrganisationCommunautaire #ÉquitéEnSanté