Between March and April 2025, Doublethink Lab identified a coordinated influence campaign on Threads involving 51 fake accounts posing as Taiwanese users, spreading anti-DPP narratives alongside sexually suggestive content. The operation showed signs of outsourced amplification, blending political messaging with dating spam.

This article, authored by Dr. Eka Nugraha Putra, explores the evolving legal challenges posed by organized disinformation in the digital age. Using the Indonesian context as a case study, it examines how existing laws fall short and what new legal approaches, particularly in the 2023 Criminal Code, might offer. The analysis raises broader questions about how legal systems can respond to hostile digital influence while safeguarding democratic principles and fundamental freedom

This week’s developments span a broad spectrum of influence operations and digital information warfare, with three dominant themes emerging: the intensification of AI-generated disinformation across global conflicts, the increasing use of state-aligned platforms to manipulate geopolitical narratives, and the shifting responsibilities of tech companies as frontline moderators.

The week’s reporting illuminates a strategic tension between rapidly advancing disinformation capabilities, often state-aligned, and the slower-moving, fractured responses of democracies and institutions tasked with defending truth. China's AI chatbots echo state lines with near-automated efficiency, while Russia’s hybrid warfare blends digital deception with kinetic force. Western platforms and governments appear either unwilling or ill-equipped to mount an equally agile def

This week's review highlights the convergence of cyber, information, and cognitive warfare domains. The EU's sanctioning of a Russian military unit for GPS jamming underscores the kinetic potential of hybrid threats, while multinational operations target pro-Kremlin hacktivist groups. Simultaneously, actors leverage AI and inauthentic networks to inflame domestic political tensions from Europe to Asia.

The Weeckly Review focuses on information operations and cyber-based influence campaigns observed between July 7th and 13th, 2025. It highlights examples, such as Russian efforts blending physical sabotage with online disinformation in Europe, Iran's alleged cyberattack and threats against dissident media, and Qatar's increased outreach to U.S. conservative media outlets.