Dimitris Dimitriadis

Sep 4, 2024 | newsguardtech.com | Dimitris Dimitriadis

By Dimitris Dimitriadis | Published on Sept. 4, 2024Contributing reporting by Joe Stonor  NewsGuard has uncovered a network of nearly 1,500 fake accounts on Facebook and X that appears to be engaged in a coordinated effort to promote pro-India content, bolster the image of the Narendra Modi-led administration, and undermine Pakistan. The network has operated undetected until now since September 2021 — an unusually long run for a network with such a large footprint.

Dec 7, 2023 | circleid.com | Dimitris Dimitriadis

Co-authored by Dimitris Dimitriadis and David Barnett. The FCA has been naming and shaming financial scam domains for decades. Its “warning list” is probably one the most extensive databases of its kind. But does it do a good enough job of actually warning people? Let us begin with the FCA website, which would not exactly get full points for user-friendliness: locating the “watch list” is a task in and of itself, to say nothing of consulting and scrutinising it.

Aug 16, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Sara Sneath |Dimitris Dimitriadis |Joey Grostern

U.S. fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows. The pipeline projects would transport fracked natural gas from drilling sites to compressor stations and onto LNG export terminals where the fuel would be supercooled and loaded into tankers.

Aug 15, 2023 | desmog.com | Dimitris Dimitriadis |Joey Grostern |Sam Bright

A “granfluencer” known as “our Filipino grandma” is among an army of US-based influencers being used by fossil fuel giants to promote major polluters to younger audiences, DeSmog can reveal. TikTok star Nora Capistrano Sangalang – known as “Mama Nora” or “Lola” – is best known for posting videos of her family and her insistence that her young fans are well fed.

Jul 31, 2023 | popularresistance.org | Dimitris Dimitriadis |Joey Grostern |Sam Bright

Above Photo: Feodora Chiosea / Alamy Stock Vector. Some of the world’s biggest polluters are paying social media celebrities and environmentalists to promote their brands to billions of people. Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal.