Santos FC recalled that, 64 years ago, they defeated Benfica 5 to 2 at the Estádio da Luz, in front of over 70,000 people, and won the world for the first time. The club stated that the team had already won the first leg 3 to 2 at Maracanã. According to Santos, the team took the field with Gylmar, Olavo, Mauro, Calvet, Dalmo, Zito, Lima, Dorval, Coutinho, Pelé, and Pepe. Pelé scored three goals, Coutinho scored one, and Pepe netted the other. The club stated that this achievement made Santos the first Brazilian team to conquer the world and thanked the players who participated in the feat. #SantosFC #Pelé #Futebol (translated)
Russia’s war propaganda gets a soundtrack – how AI-generated songs reached global streaming platforms Russian war propaganda is no longer confined to television broadcasts, Telegram channels or political videos. A study by the Ukrainian threat-intelligence organisation Terrecon has identified 981 songs combining signs of AI generation with pro-Russian military narratives, distributed through an ecosystem that reaches YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and SoundCloud. The songs range from sentimental ballads to rock and heavy metal. Their recurring themes are familiar from conventional Russian wartime propaganda: the heroisation of Russian soldiers, romanticisation of the war, mobilisation, the “Russian world”, commemoration of fallen troops and attacks on Ukraine and its armed forces. Some contain derogatory or dehumanising references to Ukrainians. What is new is not necessarily the message, but the production and distribution model: generative AI allows propagandistic music to be produced rapidly, cheaply and in quantities that would previously have required musicians, studios and producers. Nearly 1,000 tracks identified Terrecon examined 3,725 tracks collected from YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud and the AI music platform Suno. After manual review, researchers classified 981 as showing both indications of AI generation and pro-Russian war propaganda. In 681 tracks they identified 728 propaganda-related keywords or phrases. The largest category was the glorification of the Russian military, followed by romanticised treatment of Moscow’s so-called “special military operation”, mobilisation appeals, narratives about the “Russian world”, and the cult of fallen soldiers and the state. The reach was not merely theoretical. Listening or viewing statistics were available for 608 of the identified tracks; together they had accumulated 86.8 million plays and views, according to Terrecon. A smaller group of 13 high-performing songs accounted for more than 53 million YouTube views and more than 67 million when YouTube Music was included. Among the better-known examples is “Power of Artillery”, a Russian-language rock song praising artillery weapons that passed two million views on YouTube. Most of the tracks for which publication dates could be established appeared after 2024, broadly coinciding with the rapid expansion of consumer AI music generators such as Suno and Udio. That correlation does not prove that AI alone caused the increase, but it illustrates how drastically the economics of production have changed. A propaganda song for as little as $11 Terrecon also tested how difficult it would be to commission such material. Researchers approached 25 creators producing AI-assisted militaristic music; 15 agreed to take commissions. Prices ranged from approximately $11 to $330, while delivery times ranged from two hours to three days. According to Terrecon, some were prepared to produce highly aggressive anti-Ukrainian material, including content intended for audiences involving children from occupied Ukrainian territories. Some creators used Russian intermediary services that provided access to Western AI tools such as Suno and Udio despite restrictions. The researchers then tested several AI generators themselves. Across 40 prompts submitted to Suno, Udio, Mureka, Google Flow Music and ElevenLabs, 25 resulted in successful generations, while safeguards were circumvented in 15 cases. Terrecon reported that four of the five services tested produced Russian-language material containing wartime narratives, although technical problems prevented comparable testing on some systems. In one Udio experiment, the researchers said the model itself introduced more explicit violent language than had appeared in the original promp These tests do not demonstrate that the commercial platforms knowingly support Russian propaganda. They show something narrower: existing safeguards can be inconsistent when political messaging is packaged as music. From generation to Spotify The distribution experiment may be the most revealing part of Terrecon’s research. The team deliberately uploaded test tracks containing explicit hostile language to YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and Deezer. Terrecon says none was blocked during the experiment. On SoundCloud, researchers used an account identifying its location as Moscow, disclosed the use of AI and added markers including references to the Russian military and the war. The platform accepted the upload and subsequently offered paid promotional and distribution tools. This does not prove that streaming recommendation systems systematically promote pro-war music. There is currently insufficient public evidence to make that claim. It does demonstrate that material can enter the same commercial distribution infrastructure as ordinary music and, once there, potentially benefit from playlists, searches, sharing and recommendation mechanisms available to other releases. That distinction is important. Propaganda no longer has to announce itself as political communication. On a streaming platform it can look like another song. Culture as a delivery mechanism Music has always been used in wartime propaganda. What generative AI changes is scale. Instead of investing heavily in a limited number of patriotic performers or officially commissioned productions, creators can generate variations across styles, audiences and emotional registers at very low cost. Terrecon found material ranging from war rock to sentimental songs and content styled for younger audiences. Some creators also experimented with cloned celebrity voices and stylistic imitation of established musicians. The format also offers a different relationship with the audience. A political video asks a viewer to consume an argument. Music can accompany commuting, exercise or entertainment and may be encountered outside explicitly political spaces. This does not automatically make it more persuasive, and Terrecon’s research does not establish measurable effects on political attitudes. It does, however, place wartime narratives inside a cultural environment where users may not initially perceive themselves as consuming political messaging. An ecosystem, not a proven Kremlin command structure The strongest evidence supports describing this as a growing AI-assisted pro-Russian propaganda-music ecosystem, not a single operation controlled from Moscow. Terrecon did not establish that the Russian government created, financed or coordinated all 981 tracks. Reporting on the study likewise notes that the extent of direct state involvement remains unclear. There is broader evidence that the Russian state finances cultural projects and digital content supporting the war, including through state-backed funding bodies. That context matters, but it does not allow individual songs in Terrecon’s dataset to be attributed to the Kremlin without additional evidence. The significance of the case lies elsewhere. AI has reduced the cost of producing ideological content, intermediaries can help creators access generation tools, and global platforms can provide distribution. The result is a pipeline in which wartime propaganda no longer has to resemble propaganda at all. It can simply appear in a playlist. Sources Terrecon / Ukrainska Pravda — Daria Verbytska on the research https://www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2026/10/05/8056229/ Suspilne Culture — detailed breakdown of Terrecon findings https://suspilne.media/culture/1417933-rosijsku-voennu-propagandu-maskuut-pid-anime-karaoke-ta-rok-doslidzenna-si-pisen-vid-terrecon/ The Insider — AI-generated Russian war propaganda music https://theins.ru/news/297839 Institute of Mass Information — summary of New York Times reporting https://imi.org.ua/en/news/doslidzhennya-rf-masovo-stvoryu%D1%94-propagandistski-pisni-za-dopomogoyu-shi The Bridge Media — AI-generated songs and Russian military propaganda https://thebridgemedia.com.ua/en/ai-generated-songs-russian-military-propaganda/ Center for Strategic Communication — cost and production of AI propaganda music https://spravdi.org/propaganda-za-11-yak-rosiya-shtampuye-shi-pisni-z-miljonamy-prosluhovuvan/ Times of India — AI-generated Russian war songs https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/ai-sings-russias-war-story-inside-the-rise-of-generative-songs-about-ukraine-conflict/articleshow/134650594.cms EU Council / EUR-Lex — Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32026D1351 Human Rights Watch — Russian state funding of digital and patriotic content https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/30/disrupted-throttled-and-blocked/state-censorship-control-and-increasing-isolation #DISINFORMED #Episode16 #Russia #Ukraine #RussianPropaganda #WarPropaganda #MusicPropaganda #AIMusic #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenerativeAI #SyntheticMedia #AIPropaganda #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #CulturalPropaganda #DigitalInfluence #NarrativeManipulation #PropagandaMusic #StreamingPlatforms #Spotify #AppleMusic #YouTube #YouTubeMusic #Deezer #SoundCloud #Suno #Udio #RussianWorld #RusskiyMir #MilitaryPropaganda #WarNarratives #Mobilisation #AlgorithmicDistribution #RecommendationAlgorithms #MusicStreaming #PlatformManipulation #Terrecon #OSINT #MediaManipulation #WRLD
A man of approximately 70 years old has died in Burgos while attempting to prevent an 80-year-old neighbor from falling from a first floor, an act described as heroic by the authorities. #Burgos #Solidaridad #Heroísmo (translated)
Emma wrote that Bally Bagayoko was on CNN for what she called a heroic gesture. She claimed he was defending students, while far-right individuals were defending trash cans, and made a degrading comparison about them. https://t.co/oyaV5iIYEH #Héroïsme #LutteContreLExtremeDroite #Solidarité (translated)
Liberation Fighters' Statements described Jean Bouchez, aged 23, as a fighter who saved his men in 1940 despite a serious injury. The account added that he then disguised himself as a nurse to try to help his leader escape in the Resistance. According to his story, betrayed, Bouchez faced the firing squad on October 5, 1942. https://t.co/qFn9d5EkO4 #Histoire #Résistance #Héroïsme (translated)
Fried stated that the STF session had been, in his assessment, the most shameful in history and accused members of the court of protecting themselves in the face of corruption and authoritarianism scandals. He also said that the gradual establishment of censorship and abuse of power by the court had been applauded by PT supporters, who previously treated its members as heroes of democracy. The author linked the session to a nearly 10% drop in Lula's polls and claimed that the PT was trying to cover up corruption and abuse while its supporters endorsed these actions. #STF #Lula #PT (translated)
Rafael Gloves wrote that Jair Bolsonaro, Filipe Martins, Silveira, and others had been kidnapped on January 8. He also stated that redemption was near and labeled them as heroes. #Bolsonaro #Heróis #Redenção (translated)
Today in the Military World published a report attributed to Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, who said that the co-pilot stood up to pray and, a few minutes later, he attacked him. Machchhar stated that he tried to open the cockpit door, but the co-pilot closed it and he fell; when he managed to open it again, he saw people waiting to enter. The publication attributed the pilot's actions to the rescue of more than 170 people, mostly Jewish tourists, and described the incident as an Islamic terrorist attack. According to the account, the co-pilot attacked Machchhar with the hatchet kept in the cockpit for emergencies. #Voo #SegurançaAérea #Heroísmo (translated)
The videos of FlyDubai flight FZ 1073 show the heroic attempts of pilot Smit Machchhar and passengers to thwart an armed hijacking, during which Machchhar was injured and passengers reacted in panic to the attacks. #Vliegtuigkaping #FlyDubai #Oman (translated)
TWICE Brazil stated that the group appeared in the Marvel universe, citing a scene from the Silk comic book in which Albert, the heroine's brother, was cooking and singing "Cry For Me." https://t.co/WnFFUV0trY #TWICE #Marvel #HQ (translated)
"He acted with tremendous coldness and heroism," praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who asserted that this Israeli citizen, a plumber by profession, had prevented "another 9/11." #VueloFZ1073 #Valentía #Aviación (translated)
"The pilot Smit Machchar, speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from a hospital in the United Arab Emirates: 'I feel immense pride. At that moment, I was fighting for my life, but I realized that if I didn't get up and act – after being seriously injured and lying on the ground – no one else would do it. I have been flying planes for 17 years and have been a captain for 11 years, and I know what is happening on the plane, even with my eyes closed. I knew that it just took one more push to open the door. Despite my injuries, I opened it, and the rest of the crew came in and did their part. I knew I couldn't let the passengers die.'" #Heroísmo #Coragem #Aviação (translated)
This Thursday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced that he wished to reward them with the Presidential Award for Civil Heroism. #Flydubai #Héroïsme #SécuritéAérienne (translated)
The Flydubai flight FZ 1073 was the scene of an attempted homicide when the co-pilot stabbed the pilot, but four Israeli passengers, including a plumber, managed to subdue the assailant and help stabilize the plane, thus avoiding a catastrophe. #Flydubai #Héroïsme #SécuritéAérienne (translated)
"Faced with the most extreme danger and despite being gravely injured, he demonstrated immense courage and unwavering determination to protect the lives of others." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him a "hero," emphasizing that "Faced with the most extreme danger and despite being gravely injured, he demonstrated immense courage and unwavering determination to protect the lives of others." #Heroísmo #VueloSeguridad #PilotoValiente (translated)
Smit Machchhar, a Flydubai pilot, has been hailed as a hero after thwarting an attempted hijacking of his plane by his co-pilot, saving the lives of 174 people on board despite suffering serious injuries. #Heroísmo #VueloSeguridad #PilotoValiente (translated)
this young man acted with incredible heroism and managed to save the situation. During an interview with Fox News, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted how the events unfolded. #Héroe #SmitMachchhar #VueloFlydubai (translated)
Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot, demonstrated extraordinary heroism by neutralizing his co-pilot, who had stabbed him, thereby saving the lives of 174 passengers on a Flydubai flight that was forced to make an emergency landing. #Héroe #SmitMachchhar #VueloFlydubai (translated)
