Geoshawk's disinfo digest: Issue No.24
EU investigates Meta, news orgs face trust issues, the vocabulary of disinfo, European ministers call for more counter-Russian disinfo funds, & anti-Russian sentiment escalates in Tbilisi
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GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS:
The vocabulary of disinformation (Economist 2 May)
Denial, Disinformation, and Double Speak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change (U.S. Senate, April)
A multilingual analysis of pro Russian misinformation on Twitter during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Nature, 2 May)
How do you counter misinformation? Critical thinking is step one (NPR, 30 April)
Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation (WIRED, 29 April)
Fighting disinformation gets harder just when it matters most (Economist, 1 May)
GLOBSEC Trends 2024: CEE – A Brave New Region? (GLOBESEC, 30 April)
ELECTION INTEGRITY:
As India Votes, Misinformation Surges on Social Media (Diplomat, 2 May)
EU to investigate Meta over election misinformation before June polls (Guardian, 29 April)
News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds (AP News, 1 May)
How a post falsely claiming migrants are registering to vote spread to millions in four weeks (NBC News, 1 May)
USA:
Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide (NYT, 3 May)
RUSSIA:
Antisemitic Propaganda and Disinformation in Putin’s War Against Democracies (Wilson Institute, 1 May)
Media: Slovakia grants temporary protection to man accused of running pro-Russian propaganda network (Kyivindependent, 1 May)
Bombs and disinformation: Russia’s campaign to depopulate Kharkiv (Atlantic Council, 29 April)
Russia targets South Africa with disinformation to discredit US aid to Ukraine (Polygraph, 29 April)
Europe ministers say more resources needed to combat Russian disinformation online (Euractiv, 29 April)
Ukrainian military intelligence claims attack on website of Russia’s ruling party (Recorded Future, 29 Apil)
France Says Almost All EU States Target of Russian Propaganda (Bloomberg, 29 April)
MENA:
Russia is trying to exploit America's divisions over the war in Gaza (NBC News, 1 May)
Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools (AP News, 1 May)
CAUCASUS:
Georgia cracks down on pro-EU protesters in Russia pivot (FT, 1 May)
Anti-Russian Sentiment Escalates as Georgians Seek European Dream (Center for European Policy Analysis, 30 April)
CENTRAL ASIA:
Kyrgyzstan decides to cancel Immortal Regiment propaganda march on Victory Day (Pravda, 1 May)
Moscow Fearful of Losing Its Military Bases in Armenia and Tajikistan (Jamestown, 2 May)
In Kazakhstan and Central Asia the Kremlin cries “Russophobia”! (EUvDisinfo, 22 April)