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Open Measures is an open-source threat intelligence and social media research platform created to assist those who investigate and track the spread of harmful online content.

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The Gateway Pundit is one of the internet's top "junk news" sites, putting out an endless stream of articles bashing the MAGA movement's enemies, including public officials. In its comments section, we saw readers openly fantasizing about harming and killing individuals who were featured on the site

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New intelligence from the Graphika Platform identifies a Russia-aligned influence operation targeting U.S. midterm candidates and German politicians with fabricated videos, manipulated news content and unverified claims of electoral fraud and corruption.

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After the TAKE IT DOWN Act took effect in May, 4chan's Adult Requests board disappeared, but demand for deepfake porn didn't. Our new research with American Sunlight Project found users on /g/ trading guides on how to run local AI image models – helping synthetic NCII production continue offline.

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Some of the internet's most serious threats emerge from its fringes. Most monitoring and research tools aren't built to cover niche platforms well, but Open Measures is. Here's a rundown of the most pressing threats we're seeing on niche platforms right now:

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NEW: In what’s likely the biggest action against deepfake abuse websites so far, the Manhattan District Attorney has seized 12 domains hosting and sharing fake videos of celebrities. More than 1,200 people appeared across the site, with the owners and video creators under investigation

wired.comNew York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake WebsitesIn the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.
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Since Charlie Kirk died last year, his image has been remixed into countless memes and jokes. Across the right-wing communities we monitor, influencers and users have tried to stir outrage about people laughing at those "Kirkiversary" memes — in some cases, trying to ID them and their employers.

Patriots.win thread: "KIRK ASSASSINATION CELEBRATION: Nothing says higher education like posters celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk at the U of Tennessee Knoxville. The signs are blanketing campus and the administration appears content to let them stay. Celebrating murder is now just another campus activity."DonnaHawk post on Truth Social: "A liberal woman danced on a dock, getting a playlist ready for what she called the “kirkaversary” celebrating and mocking Charlie Kirk's ass*ssination while mimicking being shot in the neck. #florida The one-year anniversary of Kirk's ass*ssination is approaching and TikTok videos like this are starting to pop up. The dancing video was posted to TikTok by [redacted] and captioned “Getting my playlist of songs that remind me of Charlie ready for the kirkaversary party.” #utah She then points her finger at her neck to mock how Kirk was m*rdered. She has been identified online as a home health care worker in the [redacted] area of [redacted]. Truth Social post: "This is one of the most disturbing collection of videos you can watch Liberals are planning on throwing celebrations for Charlie Kirk’s murder anniversary - One is baking a Charlie Kirk murder cake with guns and blood - Charlie Kirk murder celebration BBQs are being planned - Multiple Charlie Kirk murder public parties - A salon is giving discounted neck tattoos to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot in the neck - Leaked audio of an Antifa group planning to sabotage the Utah Valley University memorial event, the audio says they’re ready to commit VIOLENCE - and more These people live among us. These people vote and these people aren’t quiet about it, they’re on video celebrating and throwing parties We cannot coexist with people who want us dead and celebrate political assassinations"Libs of TikTok on Truth Social: "INBOX Students at University of South Carolina are having a Charlie Kirk lookalike contest to celebrate Charlie’s ass*ssination Demonic"
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NEW

A year on, conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk show no sign of slowing down.

I spoke to @noupside.bsky.social @bostonjoan.bsky.social @jaredlholt.bsky.social and Joseph Uscniski to find out why they persist...

www.wired.com/story/charli...

wired.comCharlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than EverExperts say conspiracy theorizing about the identity and motive of Charlie Kirk's killer will likely continue for a long time to come.
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Very cool to see our platform shouted out by @eff.org in their new online safety guides for protecting organizations and individuals against the threat of doxxing. (That’s exactly the sort of thing we built Open Measures to help out people with!)

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