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The author 🅱️aha described the position in question as complete nonsense. Supporters of a clear Merz course felt that they had not been represented at all since the election. According to him, almost nothing had been implemented from the fundamental and government program – if one considered it as CDU politics in pure form. The submissive, SPD-aligned politics from his perspective was the reason for the decline. #Politik #CDU #Deutschland (translated)

A new minimally invasive ultrasound-guided technique offers lasting relief for carpal tunnel syndrome, overcoming the limitations of corticosteroid injections and improving long-term neurological function. #SíndromedelTúnelCarpiano #HidrodisecciónNerviosa #SaludMinimamenteInvasiva (translated)

Shein is experiencing a drastic decline in revenue due to new import tariffs and its ultra-fast fashion concept, while Uniqlo is reporting record profits and increasingly positioning itself in Western markets through a more steady product approach. #Shein #Uniqlo #fastfashion (translated)

Forty ultras of Torres have been reported and risk a Daspo after trying to approach the opponents and throwing stones, while around one hundred supporters of Campobasso are under investigation for having obstructed the exit of the visiting fans. #Ultras #Napoli #SicurezzaSportiva (translated)

In a motion being discussed at the general meeting of Eintracht Frankfurt, there is a call to revoke the status of the factory clubs Bayer Leverkusen and VfL Wolfsburg as 50+1 exceptions, which could lead to a possible lawsuit from the two companies against the league association, while the ultras threaten to escalate with stadium blockades to prevent matches. #50plus1 #Ultras #Bundesliga (translated)

Francesca Totolo wrote that the Piacenza ultras protested the exclusion of pork and the traditional coppa from the menus of the city's school canteens, claiming that the consumption of pork is a tradition passed down through generations. https://t.co/0AC7EIkUwW #Tradizioni #Piacenza #Cultura (translated)

Pablo Iglesias stated that the early election was due to the attempt of dozens of activists to prevent an eviction and the subsequent mobilization. He also affirmed that the strength was in the streets and that they demanded a general strike, which he considered the way to defeat the far-right and rent-seeking. https://t.co/UydMWiPUk4 #adelantoelectoral #huelgageneral #movilización (translated)

The author argued that the atmosphere was heating up as the Spanish far-right labeled environmental protection measures as "climate terrorism." He added that if Feijóo and Abascal, whom he described as extremists, won, that stance would also be part of their policies. #MedioAmbiente #Ultraderecha #TerrorismoClimático #ES (translated)

David Álvarez celebrated that, after UEFA's statement the day before, major media outlets had joined the complaints about the Negreira-Barcelona case that, as he wrote, RMTV and some digital media had been disseminating for years. He said that those who had reported the case would be labeled as ultras, liars, and manipulators, but he maintained that it would have been worth it if justice was served and pointed out that, in his opinion, steps were already being taken. He also welcomed the new media and added that some had struggled to acknowledge the issue and establish an editorial line, although he said he bore no grudges. #Fútbol #Uefa #Justicia (translated)

35 billion PLN from the Recovery Plan has just entered Poland. By the end of the year, another 55 billion will flow in. We will execute the Recovery Plan by 100%! I am attaching the report. See where the money went: ENERGY: - construction of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, from which electricity will flow for 7 million Poles, - we are replacing 15% of the electricity network with new ones. This allows people to connect photovoltaics and ensures safe electricity supply for businesses across Poland. HEALTH: - investments for 470 oncology and cardiology departments - 1300 pieces of new equipment (ultrasounds, MRIs, angiographs); - 3267 new places in long-term care; PUBLIC TRANSPORT: - 1908 new buses and trams, - 525 pieces of rolling stock (trains, cars, and locomotives) - all produced in Poland, - modernization of 1400 km of railway lines; - 15 bypasses around cities; - 305 eliminated dangerous points on the roads; SECURITY: - we created a Security and Defense Fund (23 billion PLN) - for the construction of shelters or dual-use infrastructure - investment in 4 Polish satellite observation systems for military needs and crisis management (e.g., floods, fires); DIGITALISATION: - over 540 thousand households connected to high-speed internet; - 12 thousand schools equipped with AI laboratories; - over 254 thousand people trained in digital skills; LOCAL POLAND AND SOCIAL SERVICES: - we built 1876 apartments under the SIM with support from the Recovery Plan; - we created 35 thousand places in nurseries; - 120 vocational education centers were established, training over 33 thousand workers in skills needed in the local job market; - over 1000 supported social economy entities - several thousand jobs for people with disabilities; - we carried out 635 water and sewage investments in rural areas. Thank you to the ministry employees for the model process. We already know that 1.5% of Poland's GDP growth this year is due to the National Recovery Plan. ;) #KPO #Polska #rozwoju (translated)

Brussels proposes the creation of a Critical Communication System in the EU that will connect police, firefighters, and emergency medical services through an ultra-secure network based on satellites and 5G, in order to respond quickly and in a coordinated manner to cross-border crises and emergencies. #EmergenciasEuropeas #ComunicaciónCrítica #5G (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