Recording of a lecture held on 14th January 2026, at the University of Upper Alsace (France)
by Giuseppe Cocco from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Allan Deneuville from University of Bordeaux-Montaigne

Abstract: Over the past decade, Latin America has become a key front in global struggles over information control and digital authoritarianism. This talk examines how open-source investigation (OSINT) practices are emerging across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia as both responses to and reflections of these dynamics. It explores how journalists, citizens, and researchers use open data and geospatial tools to counter propaganda, document abuses, and expose disinformation. At the same time, it interrogates the rise of “technofascism” — the fusion of far-right politics, platform infrastructures, and algorithmic control. Situating Latin American OSINT within broader geopolitical frameworks, the talk reflects on how digital investigation can reimagine truth and democracy under platform power.

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    Podcast, geopolitics, Latin America, disinformation
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