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Press Release: Defense statement from Antonio Tabet regarding the victory at the TSE The defense of actor, presenter, screenwriter, and comedian Antonio Tabet publicly celebrates the recent and paradigm-shifting victory in the Superior Electoral Court in favor of freedom of criticism, opinion, expression of thought, and religion. In judging the case, the TSE Collegiate overturned the concerning initial decisions made by Minister André Mendonça, which risked direct censorship of absolutely true content, humorous expressions, and, even more alarmingly, prayers and requests for blessings to Our Lady Aparecida. In line with the arguments upheld by this Defense from the beginning, the Electoral Court concluded the obvious; that is, it is not lawful for the State to censor factually true content; it is not lawful to censor prayers and acts of faith; it is not lawful to censor opinions or humor. The corrective action of Justice, expressed in the order to exclude content, should be strictly and exclusively limited to publications that are objectively false. We take this opportunity, in respect for the loyalty of public debate and to leave no doubts, to reiterate that: the legislative initiative to remove Our Lady Aparecida from the status of Patroness of Brazil is not authored or proposed by candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. On the other hand, it is a fact that allies (political and religious) of Flávio Bolsonaro publicly defend and promote such an initiative and, in public and notorious cases, promote attacks against institutions linked to the Catholic Church. The free scrutiny of the network of relationships of public figures is a pillar of democracy and cannot be silenced. Furthermore, let this October, the month of Our Lady Aparecida, be the time for the Brazilian people to make their own judgment. Lucas Mourão André Matheus Rodrigo Rollemberg (translated)

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Iran’s cognitive warfare – when AI becomes the operating layer of state propaganda Iranian state-linked influence operators were not using artificial intelligence simply to write faster social-media posts. According to Anthropic’s September 2026 threat intelligence report, three separate operations connected to Iranian propaganda institutions were using Claude to help construct the machinery behind what the operators themselves called “soft war” and “cognitive warfare” – non-military efforts intended to shape public opinion inside Iran and abroad. Anthropic linked the activity to the Islamic Culture and Communications Organization (ICCO), which operates under Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance; the Islamic Propaganda Office of Khorasan Razavi; and the Bina Cultural Observatory, part of the Islamic Propaganda Organization. The company said each operation was run by someone working within or on behalf of the named institution. The attribution was based on a combination of account telemetry, institutional references disclosed during conversations, branded documents and open-source corroboration. Anthropic subsequently removed the accounts. AI as an operational headquarters The most significant feature of the operation was the role assigned to AI. Claude was used to develop campaign plans, doctrine manuals, coded project portfolios, persona systems, target databases, early-warning protocols, amplification schedules and ministerial planning documents. Anthropic described the model as the principal administrative and operational layer supporting the three campaigns, allowing relatively small groups of operators to create organisational structures and planning material that would otherwise have required a much larger staff. This distinction matters. The reported use of AI went considerably beyond content generation. Operators were using the model to help organise how influence activity should function: which audiences to target, which identities should deliver particular narratives, how official material should be repackaged and when amplification should take place. Human operators still determined objectives and supplied the underlying political doctrine; AI helped translate those decisions into an operational system. Anthropic found that all three operations explicitly connected their activity to Jihad al-Tabyin, often translated as “explanatory jihad”, a concept used within the Iranian state system to frame information activity as both a strategic and ideological responsibility. In internal planning material examined by the company, this doctrine was not merely rhetorical: it informed manuals and campaign structures used by the operators. ‘Not the narrator, but the director’ One sentence contained in the ICCO material captures the model particularly clearly. According to Anthropic, an operator described the role of Iranian cultural attachés as being “not to be the narrator, but the director” of the narrative. The distinction reveals the logic of attribution laundering. Instead of publishing an overt state message and asking foreign audiences to believe it, the operator attempts to create the appearance that the same narrative emerged independently from journalists, activists, foreign writers or ordinary citizens. Anthropic found that Claude was used specifically to make content appear to come from foreign authors or independent media organisations and to design hashtag campaigns that looked grassroots rather than centrally organised. The ICCO operation reportedly used the organisation’s international cultural network as part of this structure. Anthropic found ministerial-level documents carrying official ICCO branding, including a nine-part international influence portfolio. This makes the operation particularly significant because the infrastructure was not limited to anonymous social-media accounts; it intersected with formal state institutions and an existing network of cultural representation abroad. A multilingual content factory A second operation was associated with the Islamic Propaganda Office of Khorasan Razavi and what Anthropic described as a “cognitive warfare command room” operating from a seminary in Mashhad. Its organisers ran a multi-province content production system known internally as Manjanegh, or “Catapult”. According to Anthropic, dozens of activists were involved in repackaging publicly available reporting from Iranian security institutions under different personas so that the material no longer appeared directly connected to those institutions. The network used Claude to transform official government intelligence bulletins into customised material in Farsi, Arabic, Urdu, Malay, Spanish and English, while planning expansion into a total of 20 languages. Distribution extended across Iranian platforms such as Eitaa, Bale and Rubika and international services including X, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok and YouTube. Anthropic also documented paid amplification across more than 100 Iranian channels, including channels associated with IRGC narratives. The scale should nevertheless be interpreted carefully. Anthropic documented production infrastructure and some real-world dissemination, but it did not demonstrate that all planned campaigns were fully deployed or that they meaningfully changed public opinion. The company placed the operation in Category Three of its Breakout Scale, indicating multi-platform activity with content observed in external distribution channels, rather than evidence of strategic impact on entire populations. From security bulletins to apparently independent voices The Bina Cultural Observatory operation provides another example of the same architecture. Anthropic linked a director-level official at Bina to activity in which Claude generated messaging in the voice of an IRGC spokesperson. During the 2026 US–Israel–Iran war, the network also attributed false claims to Western institutions including CSIS, Brookings and RAND. The apparent objective was to make Iranian state-aligned claims look as though they had been independently validated by respected foreign research organisations. That technique is more sophisticated than simply publishing propaganda under a false name. It attempts to manufacture a chain of external validation: official information is transformed into apparently independent commentary, which can then be recirculated as evidence that outside observers have reached the same conclusion. Anthropic also found target databases naming international officials and Iranian opposition figures, as well as aggressive counter-narrative material directed against the Bahá’í community. These findings show that the infrastructure was designed not only for broad messaging but also for targeted influence activity against specific groups and individuals. What AI changed The Iranian operations described by Anthropic did not create a new doctrine of influence. Iran has used cultural institutions, official media, aligned organisations and covert or semi-covert online networks for years. What AI changed was the economics and organisational capacity of that model. A relatively small team could use the system to draft doctrine, create personas, translate material, structure target databases, produce campaign calendars and generate multiple versions of the same message for different audiences. The operator remained responsible for intent, political direction and selection of targets. AI reduced the amount of human labour required to turn those decisions into a functioning influence operation. The most revealing part of the case is therefore not that an Iranian propaganda network used a chatbot. It is that AI was being treated as part of the back office of information warfare – a system for converting state doctrine into apparently decentralised, multilingual and plausibly independent voices. Sources Anthropic — Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026 https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026 Iran International — Iran state-aligned accounts used Claude to push IRGC narratives https://www.iranintl.com/en/202609105561 BNE IntelliNews — Yemen missile cell used AI to write guidance software, Anthropic says https://new.intellinews.com/articles/yemen-missile-cell-used-ai-to-write-guidance-software-anthropic-says-467296 This is Beirut — Anthropic report details Iranian propaganda operations https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/news/politics/anthropic-report-details-iranian-propaganda-operations-and-yemen-missile-development-using-claude Anthropic report — PDF mirror https://static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2026/09/anthropic-detecting-and-countering-091026-1.pdf Keywords #DISINFORMED #Episode11 #Iran #IranianInfluence #IranianPropaganda #CognitiveWarfare #SoftWar #JihadAlTabyin #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #ForeignInterference #FIMI #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIPropaganda #GenerativeAI #ClaudeAI #Anthropic #SyntheticMedia #NarrativeManipulation #NarrativeLaundering #AttributionLaundering #PersonaNetworks #Astroturfing #SocialMediaManipulation #DigitalInfluence #StatePropaganda #IslamicCultureAndCommunicationsOrganization #ICCO #IslamicPropagandaOrganization #KhorasanRazavi #IRGC #MultilingualInfluence #Targeting #Amplification #OSINT #WRLD

Real Madrid TV broadcast a video stating that Barça lent 4.5 million euros to a company linked to Tebas. He called it serious. Tebas responded with the club's own transfers. Same company. Real Madrid paid 7.5 million euros between 2011 and 2013. Then another 2.1 million in 2014 and 541,000 euros in 2016, plus invoices from 2018. The company was a solidarity fund for relegation that 35 clubs agreed to finance. Each club contributed money. (translated)

We also need a special focus on the younger generation. Rising obesity, nicotine use and other risk factors are serious concerns. Prevention must start early, with better awareness, healthier choices and the right tools to protect health for the future. #SaludInfantil #Prevención #EstiloDeVidaSaludable #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

🚨 REMINDER RIOTS WILL NOW BE INCLUDED IN THE BILL OF POLICYHOLDERS. Starting in 2027, a new contribution of 0.8% will apply to property insurance contracts to help finance compensation for communities in the event of a riot. Additionally, there will be: 💸 €200 million in surtax on auto insurance 💸 An increase in the "attack tax" from €6.50 to €8.50 per year 💸 Several additional levies aimed primarily at fires and compensation for victims of terrorism. According to the DG of Macif quoted by Le Monde, taxation already represents the equivalent of about two months of premium on health, auto, and home insurance contracts. Source: Le Monde With @pprcstr (translated)

Členka krajně pravicového Národního sdružení (RN) Marine Le Penová přisoudila de facto vůdci LFI Jeanu-Lucu Mélenchonovi odpovědnost za protesty, zatímco podle Érica Ciottiho z krajně-pravicové Unie pravice pro republiku (UDR) jsou nezletilí manipulováni a podněcováni k násilí „vzbouřeneckými hnutími“, která chtějí „otřást demokracií“. #Francie #protest #studenti

Členka krajně pravicového Národního sdružení (RN) Marine Le Penová přisoudila de facto vůdci LFI Jeanu-Lucu Mélenchonovi odpovědnost za protesty, zatímco podle Érica Ciottiho z krajně-pravicové Unie pravice pro republiku (UDR) jsou nezletilí manipulováni a podněcováni k násilí „vzbouřeneckými hnutími“, která chtějí „otřást demokracií“. #Francie #protest #studenti

“Hemos tomado la decisión deliberada de absorber estos costes, los cuales vemos como transitorios, en vez de trasladarlos a los consumidores, para mantener los precios constantes y la inercia de pedidos”Según la citada información, Shein facturó 11.082 millones de dólares (+0,9%) y sus ingresos operativos se situaron en 235 millones (-66,3%), algo que su fundador y presidente, Chris Xu, achacó a “una fuerte subida de los precios del petróleo y los costes logísticos ante las tensiones geopolíticas en Oriente Medio”. #Shein #Bolsa #Economía

M. Lecornu: no surcharge to charge taxpayers will be tolerated during the examination of the 2027 budget. The bill for these riots will be sent to the headquarters of La France Insoumise. Mélenchon will be able to share the bill with his second round supporters Attal and Philippe. (translated)

Here is where the so-called "revolution" promised by Jean-Luc Mélenchon leads: this morning, we are once again witnessing fires at places of study throughout France, and violence against educational staff and law enforcement. I propose that the bill for the damages, which will amount to millions of euros, be shared among the families of the arsonists and the party that incites them to chaos: La France insoumise. This seditious party, which leads some young people into a terrible dead end, must be reminded of its responsibilities. (translated)

Madam @vpecresse, You announce that you want to send the residents of https://t.co/NgzQcjii4v.s and pierrefittois.e.s a bill of 100,000 €. The Paul-Éluard high school is under the authority of the Region. Its maintenance, security, and the conditions for receiving students are your responsibility, not that of the City. Will you send a bill to every municipality where the youth is mobilizing? I have spent several mornings engaging in dialogue with the young people, parents, teachers, and the forces present to avoid escalation. Supporting the demands of high school students does not mean encouraging vandalism or calling for violence. You announce in your tweet 45 million euros for renovation, which is good. But why did you reduce the funding of half of the public high schools in Île-de-France, last Wednesday? The funding for Paul-Éluard has decreased for the second consecutive year. In January, you increased the funding for private high schools by 4 million. The taxpayers of Île-de-France also have some bills to send you: – 1.487 million euros for Stanislas, between illegal gifts and external fees, an institution implicated for its excesses; – 900,000 € in gifts made to Stérin, the far-right activist; – 25 million euros to compensate for the insufficient funding of public high schools, fundable by recovering the 13 million annual payments made to private high schools without any legal obligation; – 143 million euros to restore the budget cut from vocational training; – and an invaluable bill for all the lives disrupted by malfunctioning transportation. 100,000 € claimed from Saint-Denis. Millions given to the private sector and your friends. There are your priorities. So rather than a bill, come and actually discuss with the young people, and give them what they are asking for: a safe and healthy work site, sufficient staff, and adequate funding. (translated)

Between July and September 2026, the Chinese multinationals Geely and Gotion made million-dollar investments in the Ford and Volkswagen factories in Valencia, helping to revitalize the local automotive industry in a context of global crisis, thanks to factors such as skilled labor and low energy costs. (translated)

STORY to START THE DAY She filed a complaint against 'tScheldt. 'She' is Mrs. articulate and pretentious, Sihame El Kaouakibi. SET, the so-called owner of Tscheldt, was arrested due to the articles about Sihame El Kaouakibi on 'tScheldt. The Heavy Banditry unit started an investigation into 'tScheldt following El Kaouakibi's complaint. It cost 'tScheldt a fortune to fend off years of complaints and various lawsuits from El Kaouakibi against 'tScheldt. But it was worth it. After many years, 'tScheldt won all the cases initiated by Sihame El Kaouakibi. A bit strange, though, that all the good newspapers published nothing about these actions of El Kaouakibi. Probably because they are jealous that that stupid 'tScheldt found the fake invoices that the couple Sihame and her friend had drawn up to have their bedroom in Antwerp redecorated at the expense of a Brussels non-profit subsidized by Jan Jambon. Those invoices were leaked by Bart De Wever to Faroek Özgünes, who proudly told in the VTM news that he had found the documents after 'long' research. Özgünes revealed himself to be a petty, small, dishonest little journalist. In the case of Sihame El Kaouakibi, many politicians have dirt on their hands. Her trial starts today. Let's see how the totally untrustworthy judges of the Antwerp Court of First Instance will play along with El Kaouakibi's game. Because do you know what? El Kaouakibi is going for acquittal due to Trial by Media. Ten to one she will misuse the satirical articles in 'tScheldt that day after day unraveled and exposed her fraud to argue that she can no longer get a fair trial due to what has been written about her. (translated)

Today in Proximities: - Israel kills 8 in Gaza in latest breach of "ceasefire" - U.S. peace plan could lead to "de facto partitioning" of Sudan - Iraqis celebrate withdrawal of anti-ISIS U.S. forces As always, you can read in under two minutes https://t.co/Ve3VrFBjUQ #Gaza #Sudan #Iraq #IL #US #SD #IQ