Disinfo Docket 12 March
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Below the paywall today -
* Macron condemns Russian disinformation efforts in Moldova and pledges support for its stability
* How disinformation intensified Syria's weekend of violence
* Manitoba government introduces election bill to ban 'deep fakes' and other misinformation during campaigns...
* Macron condemns Russian disinformation efforts in Moldova and pledges support for its stability
* How disinformation intensified Syria's weekend of violence
* Manitoba government introduces election bill to ban 'deep fakes' and other misinformation during campaigns...
Highlights
- 'Garbage' to blame Ukraine for massive X outage, experts say (BBC, 11 March)
- What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X (WIRED, 11 March)
- AI Search Has A Citation Problem (Columbia Journalism Review, 6 March)
- Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred (The Conversation, 11 March)
- Russian disinformation 'infects' AI chatbots, researchers warn (France24, 10 March)
- Ukraine’s Hard-Won Approach to Strategic Communications and Counter-Disinformation: Lessons for Europe and Beyond (Tech Policy Press, 12 March)
🔍 From sabotage to assassination attempts, foreign actors like 🇷🇺 have escalated their interference, especially in 🇪🇺.
— Alliance for Securing Democracy (@SecureDemocracy) March 12, 2025
ASD's updated Authoritarian Interference Tracker now includes kinetic operations as a vector of authoritarian interference. ⤵️https://t.co/kAWzrbznOL
1. Academia & Research
- Unmasking the Unknown: Facial Deepfake Detection in the Open-Set Paradigm (arXiv, 11 March)
- Psychological booster shots targeting memory increase long-term resistance against misinformation (Nature, 11 March)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Facebook was 'hand in glove' with China, BBC told (BBC, 10 March)
- Cryptocrats fear regulation will stymie a new crypto era (Coda Story, 12 March)
- These Nigerian women TikTokers are challenging harmful gender norms. Here's how. (IJNet, 11 March)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- What we have learnt about FIMI after three years of full-scale war in Ukraine (EUvsDisinfo, 12 March)
- ‘The whole world will see who truly wants peace’: How Ukrainian and Russian officials (and pro-war pundits) are reacting to the U.S.-Ukraine talks (Meduza, 12 March)
- Viral clip shows filming of a music video, not Ukrainian soldiers ‘faking combat’ to secure US funds (Full Fact, 10 March)