Disinfo Docket 4 March

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Highlights

1. What a Nazi-baiting radio genius can teach us about today’s infowars (Times, 3 March)
   1. Propaganda: Home and Abroad: Beating the Nazis in information warfare has lessons for today. (CEPA, 3 March)
2. Germany accuses Moscow of ‘disinformation attack’ in leaking senior officers’ call (Politico, 3 March)

1. Academia & Research

1. This barndominium does not exist: The tale of a low-effort Facebook engagement bait farm (Conspirator Norteño, 1 March)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Meta is already failing to enforce its new AI policy (FWIW, 1 March)
2. Elon Musk’s X could face EU antitrust crackdown under new DMA rules (Politico, 3 March)
3. US judge says Google must face some advertisers' antitrust claims, dismisses others (Google, 2 March)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Russian ‘disinformation’ campaign on US immigration woes find way into American voter platforms (Arab News, 2 March)
2. Ukraine Braced for Russian Disinformation Attacks on Zelenskiy (Bloomberg, 3 March)
3. Russian 'disinformation' hyped Paris bedbug scare, French minister says (Reuters, 1 March)
4. On the troll trail: Uncovering Russia's vast disinformation networks (France 24, 1 March)
5. Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid (AP News, 1 March)