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9 months ago

Thread 2: Disinformation as a Service

SDA sells narrative warfare.

Clients order outcomes (e.g. “undermine NATO”), and SDA delivers campaigns built for effect, not likes.

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9 months ago

#DeceptionByDesign2 #InfoOps #ForumThreads #StrategicInfluence #Disinformation

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9 months ago

Why this matters:
Because it shows how disinformation has become operationalized and modular.

It’s no longer about ideology.
It’s about marketable influence products.

And these services can be scaled, sold, and reused.

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9 months ago

Once approved, the agency executes across digital layers:

– AI-generated visuals
– Forged letters “leaked” to influence media
– Pseudo-news outlets with planted op-eds
– Troll comment brigades for local effect

All tied into a single message stream.

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9 months ago

Clients—mostly Russian state bodies—approach SDA with broad objectives:

– Undermine Ukraine
– Destabilize NATO
– Sow distrust in EU institutions

SDA then pitches a custom campaign to achieve those goals.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

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9 months ago

We don’t talk enough about this:
Modern disinformation is a service industry.

The Social Design Agency doesn’t just push propaganda.

It sells it—like a digital PR firm for authoritarian objectives.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

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9 months ago

🧵 Disinformation as a Service: How the Kremlin Contracts Out Narrative Warfare
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Source: Beyond Operation Doppelgänger (Pamment & Tsurtsumia, 2025)
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