Disinfo Docket 4 September

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Highlights

The latest research from Insikt Group:

🇮🇷 GreenCharlie: https://t.co/IZLZaAzrJX
There has been a significant increase in cyber threat activity from GreenCharlie, an Iran-nexus group that overlaps with #MintSandstorm, #CharmingKitten, and #APT42.

🚐 China’s Amphibious Armored…

— Recorded Future (@RecordedFuture) September 2, 2024

1. AI’s impact on elections is being overblown, and the focus on AI is distracting us from some deeper and longer-lasting threats to democracy (MIT Technology Review, 3 September)
2. JD Vance Has Yet Another Connection to Project 2025 (Mother Jones, 3 September)
3. Countering deepfakes: We need to forecast AI threats (ASPI, 3 September)
4. Left-Wing Misinformation Is Having a Moment (The New York Times, 3 September)

This week, it's back to school!
Education is a key element to build lasting resilience against #FIMI.#DontBeDeceived, visit our LEARN section & equip yourself with the tools to understand & respond to #disinformation.https://t.co/jhrBR3EZvk

— EUvsDisinfo (@EUvsDisinfo) September 3, 2024

1. Academia & Research

1. Evidencing a rise in anti-Muslim and anti-migrant online hate following the Southport attack (ISD, 3 September)
2. Measuring Dimensions of Self-Presentation in Twitter Bios and their Links to Misinformation Sharing (arXiv, revised 30 August)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Harder, better, faster, stronger - will AI improve public policymaking? (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2 September)
2. How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation (New Scientist, 2 September)

🚀 Excited to announce the launch of https://t.co/CMTqpI9ARE! This new platform by @GreatFireChina will monitor censorship practices in Google Play Stores worldwide. Let’s promote transparency and digital freedom! 🌍📱

Visit: https://t.co/CMTqpI9ARE
Read the Press Release:… pic.twitter.com/TRc0dnxTsB

— AppCensorship (@AppCensorship) September 3, 2024

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Key Ukrainian front line city evacuates as Russian offensive gains pace (Atlantic Council, 1 September)
2. ‘All systems have vulnerabilities’ Russian officials are still using civilian messaging apps for state business — despite the risks (Meduza, 3 September)

A Russian journalist has been sentenced to eight years in prison for “spreading false information” about the Russian army, motivated by “political hatred”. Sergei Mikhailov had written about attacks in Ukrainian cities of Bucha and Mariupol.https://t.co/NNW1FHuMoh

— Reuters Institute (@risj_oxford) September 3, 2024