The American Sunlight Project

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@ninajankowicz.com Oct 5, 2026, 3:54 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

Shellenberger is seemingly preparing to smear a bunch of people attending a conference on disinformation this week. Ten bucks says he’s gonna claim the researchers there are cEnSoRiNg yOu!!!1 In reality they’re presenting their ideas. Talking. Debating. You know, using their speech rights.

@americansunlight.org Sep 18, 2026, 9:00 PM

This week's edition of Last Week in Censorship focuses on the FCC's war with Disney over free speech and takes a look at the state of self-censorship a year following the death of media figure Charlie Kirk. Read the full article on our Substack:

americansunlight.substack.com/p/fcc-enters...

@americansunlight.org Sep 10, 2026, 7:38 PM

"We’re in a moment in which a truthful account of history is forbidden and everything is subject to an ideological test, including truth."

Read more from Jonathan D. Katz, art historian and expert in museum censorship in conversation with ASP: americansunlight.substack.com/p/smithsonia...

americansunlight.substack.comSmithsonian Failed Trump Administration’s Purity TestsPresident Trump insists on limiting the nation’s history to a narrative of unadulterated triumph. Museum leaders have stood in the way.

@ninajankowicz.com Sep 10, 2026, 7:08 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

Today from @americansunlight.org: an interview with Jonathan D. Katz, expert on museum censorship, on the resignation of Lonnie Bunch II as secretary of the Smithsonian:

americansunlight.substack.com/p/smithsonia...

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 10, 2025, 9:29 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

Today @americansunlight.org published a report we've been working on all fall, detailing the worrisome connections and quack science in the MAHA movement, the Bolsonaro health ministry's failed COVID policies and President Trump's "gold standard" HHS: americansunlight.substack.com/p/how-maga-u...

americansunlight.substack.comHow MAGA Used Problematic Research From Brazil To Push False Covid CuresWhen research didn’t support Trump’s pandemic “game changer” claims in 2020, his administration went to Brazil. Today, Trump’s “gold standard” anti-science HHS mirrors Bolsonaro's.

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 12, 2025, 3:05 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

🫵🏻 Are you a data visualization specialist who wants to make a difference in the current US political environment? @americansunlight.org needs you!

🫵🏻 Are you a data visualization specialist who wants to make a difference in the current US political environment? The American Sunlight Project needs you!

📈 We're looking for someone to help us on a volunteer or low-bono basis (I wish we could pay you the big bucks, but funding is limited) to create an interactive, web-based visualization of a small, democracy-related dataset we've been collecting. Time frame: early 2026.

👀 This project would be ideal for someone who wants to contribute to ASP's mission of increasting the cost of lies that undermine democracy while growing their public portfolio.

☀️ To learn more or put your name forward, send your CV and a link to your portfolio to contact@americansunlight.org.

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

It hasn't been easy, and we continue to be attacked for defending our shared reality.

It was our small donors that kept us alive this year. Please chip in today and help us keep up the fight in 2026 ☀️ givebutter.com/ASP-GT-2025

givebutter.com☀️ Shine a Light on Truth with The American Sunlight Project ☀️Donate to combat disinformation with The American Sunlight Project today!

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

🦃 November

🇬🇧 gave evidence before UK parliament parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

🟰spoke at a Gender Equity Summit on tech organized by California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

parliamentlive.tvParliamentlive.tvForeign Affairs Committee

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

🎃 October

🇷🇺 explained Russia's weaponization of the European Court of Human Rights to launder disinformation americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...

americansunlight.substack.comRussia’s Lawfare Playbook: How the Kremlin Weaponized Human Rights Courts to Launder DisinformationWhen the Kremlin wants to legitimize a lie, it doesn’t just hold a press conference – it files a lawsuit.

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

🎒 September

🚫 Partnered with @indicator.media to expose how DSA non-compliant ads for nudifiers were running unchecked in the EU

indicator.media/p/meta-ran-4...

static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c...

indicator.mediaMeta ran 4,000 more ads for AI nudifiers. That may not be the worst part.The company is making it easy for the advertisers to conceal their identity

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

🏖️ August 🇳🇴 Partnered with Norwegian environmental advocacy group Bellona to further investigate Russia's weaponization of green energy debates and presented our work at Norway's largest political festival. 6/

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

💐 April & May

🚨 Sounded the alarm about American autocracy in European Parliament
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‼️ worked to raise awareness about the censorship lie infecting the State Department americansunlight.substack.com/p/little-mar...
americansunlight.substack.com/p/exporting-...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.comApr 22, 2025, 3:26 PM

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

americansunlight.substack.com‘Little’ Marco’s Tall TaleRubio's "Censorship" Lies Are Leaving America Open to Foreign Manipulation

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

💐 April

🏛️ Wiped the floor with Matt Taibbi and other "censorship industrial complex" liars in Congress americansunlight.substack.com/p/calling-bs...

americansunlight.substack.comCalling BS on Republicans' Free Speech HypocrisyEverything's a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works.

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

🍀 March

📈 Started tracking Trump's censorship crusade in our weekly Substack newsletter. americansunlight.substack.com/s/last-week-...

🌍 Published a report about Russia's weaponization of environmental and tech issues. static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c...

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

❤️ February

🤖 Coined the concept of "LLM grooming" and released a pioneering report on Russia's use of the tactic. static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c...

🙅🏻‍♀️ Ran a free online safety training for hundreds of feds worried about getting doxxed by DOGE.

A pro-Russian content aggregation network, Pravda, appears to be set up to flood large-language models with pro-Kremlin content, The American Sunlight Project has found.

Over the past several months, ASP researchers have investigated 108 new domains and subdomains belonging to the Pravda network, a previously-established ecosystem of largely identical, automated web pages that previously targeted many countries in Europe as well as Africa and Asia with pro-Russia narratives about the war in Ukraine. ASP’s research, in combination with that of other organizations including France’s VIGINUM, brings the total number of associated domains and subdomains to 182. The network’s older targets largely consisted of states belonging to or aligned with the West.

Notably, this latest expansion includes many countries in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America. It also includes entities other than countries as targets, specifically non-sovereign nations, international organizations, languages, and prominent heads of state. The top objective of the network appears to be duplicating as much pro-Russia content as widely as possible. With one click, a single article could be autotranslated and autoshared with dozens of other sites that appear to target hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

ASP researchers also believe the network may have been custom-built to flood large language models with pro-Russia content. The network is unfriendly to human users; sites within the network boast no search function, poor formatting, and unreliable scrolling, among other usability issues. This final finding poses foundational implications for the intersection of disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI), which threaten to turbocharge highly automated, global information operations in the future.

@ninajankowicz.com Dec 2, 2025, 1:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

Do you want to support an organization that doesn't pull punches, doesn't take shit, and confronts the liars on their turf this #GivingTuesday?

Consider @americansunlight.org ☀️
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🧵 Despite a really difficult funding environment, in 2025, we:

givebutter.com☀️ Shine a Light on Truth with The American Sunlight Project ☀️Donate to combat disinformation with The American Sunlight Project today!

@americansunlight.org Nov 27, 2025, 1:06 PM

It’s been a difficult year for organizations that are fighting disinformation. But because of you, we continue to shine a light on the lies that undermine our democracy.

We're thankful for you. 🦃 ☀️

americansunlight.substack.com/p/were-thank...

americansunlight.substack.comWe're thankful for you 🦃Help us keep shining a light on truth in 2026 ☀️

@ninajankowicz.com Nov 26, 2025, 1:41 AMReposted by @americansunlight.org

Get a jump start on your year-end giving! Donations to @americansunlight.org help us

-embarrass liars in Congressional hearings
-do cutting edge research that exposes foreign propaganda
-hold tech platforms accountable for their failures to protect women & girls

givebutter.com/ASP-GT-2025

givebutter.com☀️ Shine a Light on Truth with The American Sunlight Project ☀️Donate to combat disinformation with The American Sunlight Project today!

@counterhate.com Nov 13, 2025, 2:52 PMReposted by @americansunlight.org

Climate disinformation is delaying responses to extreme weather events & climate solutions

We’re demanding that governments commit to upholding information integrity as a non-negotiable for climate action. #COP30

@caadcoalition.bsky.social👇
https://caad.info/analysis/reports/cop30-open-letter/

@americansunlight.org Nov 13, 2025, 2:51 PM

Today at noon ET we're hosting a workshop on Substack Live covering the basics of Foreign Influence & Election Interference Campaigns!

Join us as a paid supporter and get access to this and other workshops led by @ninajankowicz.com & @benmshultz.com ☀️

americansunlight.substack.com/p/tomorrow-a...

americansunlight.substack.comTomorrow: ASP's Foreign Influence PrimerJoin Nina & Ben on Substack Live Thursday at Noon ET

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