Geoshawk Issue No.23
CISA publishes new FIMI guide, France facing Russian disinfo onslaught, Russian EU disinfo network uncovered but still grew, Nina Jankowicz starts new group, & Iran targets 15 women on 'propaganda'
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GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS:
New Group Joins the Political Fight Over Disinformation Online (NYT, 22 April)
We must target the root cause of misinformation. We cannot fact check our way out of this (Guardian, 25 April)
There Is No TikTok in China, but There Is Douyin. Here’s What It Is. (NYT, 25 April)
ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say (Guardian, 25 April)
ELECTION INTEGRITY:
India sieves online deluge to stamp out disinformation in world's biggest election (Reuters, 25 April)
Get ready for an onslaught of election disinformation (Axios, 23 April)
Inside Google’s Plans to Combat Misinformation Ahead of the E.U. Elections (TIME, 25 April)
Commission stress tests platforms’ election readiness under the Digital Services Act (European Commission, 24 April)
USA:
Securing Election Infrastructure Against the Tactics of Foreign Malign Influence Operations (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, April)
US agency fighting Russian, Chinese disinformation may lose funding (Scrippnews, 22 April)
Fact-checker on China's Weibo targets US Embassy, Russian state media (VOA, 19 April)
Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows (APNews, 24 April)
RUSSIA:
France being ‘pounded’ by Russian disinformation, says minister (Guardian, 22 April)
France Proposes New EU Sanctions to Fight Russian Disinformation (Bloomberg, 24 April)
Russian disinformation network “Pravda” grew bigger in the EU, even after its uncovering (European Digital Media Observatory, 24 April)
Moscow man convicted of spreading ‘disinformation’ in street interview with RFE/RL (Meduza, 22 April)
MENA:
Revolutionary Court Targets 15 Baha’i Women In Iran For 'Propaganda' (Iraninternational, 22 April)
What we know about the mass graves found at Gaza hospitals (France24, 25 April)
TikTok And Meta Aren’t Labeling State Propaganda About The War In Gaza (Forbes, 23 April)
CAUCASUS:
GD Calls on Supporters to Rally Against “Black Cash”, Attack on Church,” “LGBT Propaganda” (Civil, 22 April)
Alen Simonyan: Russia carries out disinformation campaign (Mediamax, 23 April)
Georgia foreign agents bill draws protesters on to the streets (BBC, 25 April)
CENTRAL ASIA:
Disinformation Targets Kazakhstan’s Ties with China, Russia, and the U.S (Times of Central Asia, 23 April)
Kazakh News Publisher Says New Media Law Does Little for National Press (Times of Central Asia, 19 April)