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Following the appalling attacks that occurred five days ago in #Modena and two weeks ago in #Leipzig, our latest Weekly Pulse highlights how such events are quickly exploited to scapegoat #migrants, feed #disinformation, and advance populist agendas across #Europe: edmo.eu/publications/crime-m… All our topics this week: → 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘: #Crime, migrants and disinformation: an online banquet for #extremists, a real-world danger for societies → 𝗭𝗢𝗢𝗠-𝗜𝗡: 𝗔 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗗𝗠𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 Spanish woman euthanized due to terminal injury: Claims she was raped by migrants are unfounded ++ #NGOs and charities targeted by “bait emails” asking about how to illegally enter Ireland ++ Hungarian and Austrian news outlets claim the #EU would label any criticism of its #migrationpolicy as "institutional #racism" → 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝗗𝗠𝗢 𝗛𝘂𝗯𝘀 #Elections in #Cyprus and #Malta: Findings and monitoring ++ Alleged interference in the vote and in the electoral campaign: the hoaxes of the #Andalusia elections → 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗘: 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 A deep dive into fake images of war ++ #AI-generated “influencers” campaign for Trump ahead of US #midterms ++ Global communities exploited to amplify anti migration disinformation: the narrative of Indian migrants in #Ukraine → 𝗢𝗡 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 Major AI image detection tools mislead online users, often classifying authentic images as fake according to a @NewsGuardRating audit published by @IDMO_it 🤝 With contributions from across the EDMO Network, incl. @BECID_EDMO (@DelfiEE), @BENEDMO_hub (@nieuwscheckers), @CEDMOhub (@DemagogCZ), @Ireland_EDMO (@TJ_FactCheck), @HdmoHub (@lakmusz_hu), @iberifier (@Newtral), @MEDDMOhub, @nordishub (@TjekDet), @STGEUI, @PagellaPolitica, @FactaNews, @atc_gr, and others.