Citizenlab continues to do good work. Another analysis demonstrating nation states, Hybrid warfare methodologies, which will continue to accelerate. Examine what is occuring in context to general sociatal topics: oligarchy, deviseness amongst us with labeling each other into two camps, the enshitificaiton of social media and technology as a whole. TLDR: What happened (one line): A coordinated, AI-enabled influence operation called “PRISONBREAK” used >50 inauthentic X (Twitter) profiles to push narratives urging Iranians to revolt after the June 2025 strikes — including an AI-generated/deepfake video of the Evin Prison bombing.

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We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime - The Citizen Lab

We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has bee...