Geoshawk, a disinfo dispatch: No.51
Like a lot of people, it's been a long week for me... so here's a quick list of 15 articles I found interesting from the past week!
Hey, I’m Alan, & welcome to Geoshawk. Geoshawk curates news & research on influence operations, with sections on tech, election integrity, miscellaneous news/research, & regional focuses on the USA, MENA, Russia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. Other regions are also featured.
I hope you enjoy Geoshawk!
Tech Watch:
WhatsApp will soon help you spot misinformation – here's how (Tech Radar, 6 November)
Inside Microsoft's operation to detect foreign disinformation (NBC News, 31 October)
Global Miscellaneous News & Research:
Miscellaneous News & Research:
Psychological inoculation: Combining two simple tools could combat election misinformation (Phys, 4 November)
Partisanship sways news consumers more than the truth, new study shows (Stanford, 31 October)
Other regions:
Regions:
USA
How election misinformation thrived online during the 2024 presidential race—and will likely continue in the days to come (Fortune, 5 November)
Google and Meta are blocking political ads to combat misinformation. Some experts say it’s too late (CNN, 5 November)
Musk and X are epicenter of US election misinformation, experts say (Reuters, 4 November)
Middle East
Suspected pro-Israel bot network targets Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon (Jerusalem Post, 5 November)
Russia
How Russia Attempted to Influence the U.S. Presidential Election (The Moscow Times, 6 November)
Chinese accounts linked to Russian election disinformation (Kyiv Independent, 6 November)
Google Maps updates satellite images of Ukraine and accidentally reveals military sites (Meduza, 4 November)
A pro-Trump influencer says a Russian agent paid him $100 to post a fake voter fraud video. It wasn’t the first time (CNN, 4 November)
A Russian Disinfo Campaign Is Using Comment Sections to Seed Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theories (Wired, 1 November)
Caucasus
A strange disinformation network called 'COP 29' is promoting Azerbaijan and the UAE (Le Monde, 6 November)
Accused of interference in Georgia, Russia pumps up anti-US propaganda (VOA News, 31 October)
Central Asia