Geoshawk Issue No.14

Germany hits back at Moscow over phone leak, Putin to launch deepfakes against female leaders, conspiracy theorists love 'Disease X,' and Russian bed bugs in Paris

Aloha / Hallo / Ciao / Bonjour!

Let’s get to it.

GLOBAL:

• Securing Federated Platforms: Collective Risks and Responses (Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 28 February)

• On Risk Assessment and Mitigation for Algorithmic Systems (Integrity Institute, February)

• The man who tricked Nazi Germany: lessons from the past on how to beat disinformation (The Guardian, 2 March)

• AI can exacerbate not only disinformation, but also surveillance – expert (Rappler, 3 March)

  

ELECTION INTEGRITY:

• U.S. Election Assistance Commission expands use of election security funds to include countering AI-generated disinformation (NACO, 27 February)

• MAGA Furious at Merrick Garland's Remarks at Selma Church (Newsweek, 3 March)

USA:

• US Conspiracy Theorists Monetize 'Disease X' Misinformation (Barrons, 3 March)

• Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (BBC, 4 March)

• Who Voters Trust for Election Information in 2024 (Bipartisan Policy, 26 February)

• Russian ‘disinformation’ campaign on US immigration woes find way into American voter platforms (Arab News, 2 March)

RUSSIA:

• Germany accuses Moscow of ‘disinformation attack’ in leaking senior officers’ call (Politico, 3 March)

• Russian 'disinformation' hyped Paris bedbug scare, French minister says (Reuters, 1 March)

• Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid (LA Times, March 2)

• Putin plans to weaponize deepfake porn against Western democracies’ female leaders: experts (NY Post, 3 March)

• Kyiv braces for Russian disinformation campaign against Zelenskyy (Yahoo News, March 3)

MENA:

• Israel-Hamas war: Anti-India disinformation campaign swell Arabic social media (India Today, 1 March)

• Fact check: Mossad did not describe deceased US airman as 'enemy' (The Daily Star, 2 March)

CAUCASUS:

• At crucial time for country, Armenia’s independent media come under fire (Civil Net, 1 March)

• U.S. Ambassador Talks EU integration, Elections with Formula TV (Civil.ge, 1 March)

• Azerbaijani political scientist comments on Baku-Yerevan talks in Berlin (News.az, 29 February)

CENTRAL ASIA:

All quiet on the Central Asian front!

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