Disinfo Docket 19 February

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Highlights

1. The Worst Story Ever Told: From claims that Jews kill children to make matzo, to accusations that immigrants in Ohio are devouring neighbors’ pets, the myth of the blood libel is a nightmare that never ends. (OpenMind Magazine, 8 February)
2. There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing: How regime change happens in America (The Atlantic, 13 February)
3. Trump blaming Ukraine for Putin’s war leaves Europe reeling (Politico, 19 February)
4. Economic cyber-espionage: a persistent and invisible threat (ASPI, 19 February)
5. Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine (The Guardian, 19 February)

In her new book, @MWSBrookingsFP analyzes China and the United States' rhetoric and policy, and finds that their preferences for international order are not as divergent as conventional wisdom suggests: https://t.co/aoFfJW9Wp0

— Brookings Foreign Policy (@BrookingsFP) February 18, 2025

1. Academia & Research

1. Impact of internet use on pro-environmental behaviour mediated by environmental concern (Nature, 18 February)
2. IPSR Model: Misinformation Intervention through Prebunking in Social Networks (arXiv, 18 February)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness (FT, 19 February)
2. Loughborough Business School academic highlights the potential of AI to combat misinformation (Loughborough University, 18 February)
3. Beyond the Façade: Challenging and Evaluating the Meaning of Participation in AI Governance (Tech Policy Press, 19 February)

Is this what "free speech" looks like @meta?

Anything to say, @mosseri?

Will you finally all resign, @OversightBoard? https://t.co/i4KvipdkFt

— Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) February 18, 2025

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Fact-checking Trump claims about war in Ukraine (BBC Verify, 19 February)
2. Munich as seen through the Kremlin’s eyes (EUvsDisinfo, 17 February)
3. ‘We’ll have to win it militarily’: Following U.S.-Russia talks, many pro-invasion Russian bloggers see an end to Ukraine — but not to the war (Meduza, 19 February)