6 March 2025, 14:30 – 15:30 CET
This webinar will explore the paper “Melodies of Malice,” published by the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET). The paper delves into how online far-right communities leverage AI platforms to transform the landscape of music propaganda and spread disinformation across mainstream platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
Join us for fresh insights into how extremist users collaborate to create and disseminate hateful music using AI, examines the risks of AI-generated music in amplifying misinformation and extremism, and provides actionable policy recommendations for tech companies and policymakers to combat this growing threat.

Speaker:
Heron Lopes, Research Assistant at Leiden University and Uppsala Conflict Data Programme (UCDP)
Heron Lopes is a Research Assistant at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science and the Uppsala Conflict Data Programme (UCDP), where he conducts Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) research on political violence and insurgency in Southern Africa and Latin America. He has also worked for the Current and Emerging Threats Programme of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), where he conducted research on the nexus between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and terrorism. He holds an MSc in Political Science from Leiden University, Netherlands.
Moderator:
Raquel Miguel Serrano, EU DisinfoLab
Raquel Miguel Serrano is a senior researcher at EU DisinfoLab. She has a background in journalism and spent most of her professional career working for the German press agency DPA until 2019, when she shifted her focus to disinformation. Raquel received a Master’s degree in Cyber Intelligence, and began working with the EU DisinfoLab. She is the author of multiple articles, mainly focused on mis- and disinformation circulating in Spain and Germany, but also on more comprehensive topics such as the impact risk of online disinformation or pre-bunking as a tool to counter information disorders. Recently, she has been working in other areas, such as FIMI or the challenges posed by generative IA.
The opinions expressed are those of the speakers/authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of EU DisinfoLab. This webinar does not represent an endorsement by EU DisinfoLab of any organisation.