Geoshawk Issue No.19

Mar 29, 2024

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Let’s dive right into this week’s top Mis/Disinformation, Info Ops, & Tech headlines

Note: Headlines are merely for awareness

GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS:

How disinformation fuels violence — and makes our politics worse (WaPo, 26 March)
Video will kill the truth if monitoring doesn’t improve, argue two researchers (Economist, 26 March)
Big tech must have special teams to fight election disinformation (Moonshot, 27 March)
- See - Commission publishes guidelines under the DSA for the mitigation of systemic risks online for elections (European Commission)

ELECTION WATCH:

Disinformation has become the single biggest threat to electoral integrity (Politico, 28 March)
Fears of AI disinformation cast shadow over Turkish local elections (Al Jazeera, 28 March)
Is South Korea Prepared for Election Disinformation, Deepfakes, and Cyberattacks? (The Diplomat, 28 March)
Numbers Protocol to Help India Media Fight Disinformation and Deep Fakes During General Election (aninews, 23 March)
Arizona becomes ground zero for 2024 election misinformation fears (The Hill, 27 March)

USA:

Russia Amps Up Online Campaign Against Ukraine Before U.S. Elections (NYT, 28 March)
George Washington University faces $10mn disinformation lawsuit (France24, 27 March)
Misinformation runs rampant after Baltimore bridge collapse (Axios, 26 March)

RUSSIA:

Kate rumours linked to Russian disinformation (BBC, 25 March)
Prigozhin Is Dead, but His Troll Farms Are Alive and Peddling Disinformation (WSJ, 28 March)

MENA:

Xinjiang regional Party chief welcomes a delegation from Arab countries; refutes disinformation made by some forces in US, the West (Global Times, 28 March)
Türkiye rejects military cooperation claims with Israel (Dailysabah, 26 March)

CAUCASUS:

Georgia: Government seeks to codify discrimination against LGBTQ community (Eurasianet, 25 March)

CENTRAL ASIA:

Kyrgyzstan: Fallen kingmaker Matraimov deported from Azerbaijan (Eurasianet, 26 March)

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