Disinfo Docket 17 February

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Highlights

1. US interference in German election unacceptable, Scholz says (SCMP, 15 February)
2. Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling (ABC, 16 February)
3. Elon Musk is doing everything conspiracy theorists accuse George Soros of (Forward, 15 February)
4. Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests (Guardian, 15 February)
5. Manipulation d’algorithmes et instrumentalisation d’influenceurs : enseignements de l’élection présidentielle en Roumanie & risques pour la France (Viginum, February)
6. EVENT: Quantifying the Impact of Misinformation and Vaccine-Skeptical Content on Facebook (Northeastern University, 25 February)

1. Academia & Research

1. Best Practices for Prebunking Misinformation (DDIA, 15 February)
2. Spam in the firehose, part III: Adventures of a low effort fake follower network (Conspirator Norteño, 14 February)
3. Multipolarization: Munich Security Report 2025
4. The Pacific needs greater cyber resilience as malicious actors break into networks (ASPI Strategist, 14 February)
5. Altneudomains (Memetic Warfare, 17 February)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Experts and specialists discuss misinformation and influence operations at the International Defence Conference 2025 Highlighting the intersection of technology and politics (Zawya, 16 February)
2. Twitter or Bluesky? How about neither. Two fundamental problems constrain the business model of the “digital town square.” (Silver Bulletin, 13 February)
3. From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (YouTube, 11 February)
4. Meta confirms ‘Project Waterworth,’ a global subsea cable project spanning 50,000 kilometers (TechCrunch, 14 February)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Investigation: As Cubans Flock To Russia's War, Is Havana Playing Dumb? (RFE, 15 February)
2. Ukraine warns of growing AI use in Russian cyber-espionage operations (The Record, 14 February)