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Interfax Ukraine: Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools’. “On Wednesday, May 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools.’… The event will take place at 8/5a Reitarska Street and will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine […]

Interfax Ukraine: Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools’. “On Wednesday, May 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools.’… The event will take place at 8/5a Reitarska Street and will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine […]

Interfax Ukraine: Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools’. “On Wednesday, May 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools.’… The event will take place at 8/5a Reitarska Street and will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine […]

Interfax Ukraine: Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools’. “On Wednesday, May 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools.’… The event will take place at 8/5a Reitarska Street and will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine […]

Interfax Ukraine: Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools’. “On Wednesday, May 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled ‘Russia disinformation in 2026: new topics and tools.’… The event will take place at 8/5a Reitarska Street and will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine […]

Ukrainska Pravda: Ukraine says Russia is preparing new disinformation campaign to destabilise country. “Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service says it has obtained a number of Russian documents indicating that preparations are underway to destabilise the situation in Ukraine and undermine international support for the country.”

KQED: Iran Is Winning The Slopaganda War. “AI-generated LEGO videos have become a tool of war. Since the U.S.-Israel war with Iran began in late February, increasingly elaborate videos featuring LEGO figures and catchy rap lyrics have been flooding our feeds. They’re shareable, surprisingly high quality and they’re deeply critical of the U.S. and Trump. They’re also propaganda. Welcome to […]

Amnesty International: Indonesia: Military silences dissent with disinformation campaigns branding activists and journalists ‘foreign agents’. “Coordinated disinformation campaigns portraying government critics as ‘foreign agents’ are silencing dissent and fueling intimidation and violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.”

Amnesty International: Indonesia: Military silences dissent with disinformation campaigns branding activists and journalists ‘foreign agents’. “Coordinated disinformation campaigns portraying government critics as ‘foreign agents’ are silencing dissent and fueling intimidation and violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.”

Amnesty International: Indonesia: Military silences dissent with disinformation campaigns branding activists and journalists ‘foreign agents’. “Coordinated disinformation campaigns portraying government critics as ‘foreign agents’ are silencing dissent and fueling intimidation and violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.”

Amnesty International: Indonesia: Military silences dissent with disinformation campaigns branding activists and journalists ‘foreign agents’. “Coordinated disinformation campaigns portraying government critics as ‘foreign agents’ are silencing dissent and fueling intimidation and violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.”

Amnesty International: Indonesia: Military silences dissent with disinformation campaigns branding activists and journalists ‘foreign agents’. “Coordinated disinformation campaigns portraying government critics as ‘foreign agents’ are silencing dissent and fueling intimidation and violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.”

Mother Jones: Antisemitic Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Spreading—and the Platforms Are Hands Off. “A popular social media conspiracy theory about a recent cluster of hantavirus cases claims that the word ‘hanta’ means ‘scam,’ ‘fraud,’ or ‘nonsense’ in ‘Hebrew slang.’ That’s more or less where the theory ends and dark suggestion takes over.”

Mother Jones: Antisemitic Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Spreading—and the Platforms Are Hands Off. “A popular social media conspiracy theory about a recent cluster of hantavirus cases claims that the word ‘hanta’ means ‘scam,’ ‘fraud,’ or ‘nonsense’ in ‘Hebrew slang.’ That’s more or less where the theory ends and dark suggestion takes over.”

Any entity that captures and collects eyeballs should be treated with suspicion. Every single one. Let's step past "attention economy", and now consider "attention warfare".

In that framework, anyone or anything that attracts and holds our attention...well...that's a hella useful position to fire down upon us with information weapons.

So that position is valuable, a hill fought for, often occupied by entrenched enemy forces.

Who then?

What then?

#InformationWarfare

Kyiv Post: Russia Reheats Old Propaganda Talking Points in New Wave of Anti-Ukraine Messaging. “Russia has intensified anti-Ukraine propaganda with Putin equating Ukraine to Nazi Germany, blaming NATO, and showcasing nuclear missiles. The campaign includes Christian persecution claims, propaganda leaflets, and a Tucker Carlson interview attacking Zelensky personally. When Ukrainian drones set a […]

United 24 Media: Russia Boosts Foreign Propaganda Budget by 54% to Record $1.85 Billion. “Russia allocated a record $1.85 billion for foreign propaganda operations in its 2026 federal budget, a 54% increase from the previous year, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service in a response to Liga.net on May 9.”

United 24 Media: Russia Boosts Foreign Propaganda Budget by 54% to Record $1.85 Billion. “Russia allocated a record $1.85 billion for foreign propaganda operations in its 2026 federal budget, a 54% increase from the previous year, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service in a response to Liga.net on May 9.”

United 24 Media: Russia Boosts Foreign Propaganda Budget by 54% to Record $1.85 Billion. “Russia allocated a record $1.85 billion for foreign propaganda operations in its 2026 federal budget, a 54% increase from the previous year, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service in a response to Liga.net on May 9.”

United 24 Media: Russia Boosts Foreign Propaganda Budget by 54% to Record $1.85 Billion. “Russia allocated a record $1.85 billion for foreign propaganda operations in its 2026 federal budget, a 54% increase from the previous year, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service in a response to Liga.net on May 9.”

United 24 Media: Russia Boosts Foreign Propaganda Budget by 54% to Record $1.85 Billion. “Russia allocated a record $1.85 billion for foreign propaganda operations in its 2026 federal budget, a 54% increase from the previous year, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service in a response to Liga.net on May 9.”

China’s use of propaganda may outwit US if Taiwan conflict arises, experts warn

Beijing’s study of the wars in Iran and Ukraine could sharpen its ability to wage information warfare against…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Beijing #China #ChinaTaiwanConflicts #DISINFORMATION #informationwarfare #Iran #scmp #socialmedia #Taiwan #TaiwanStrait #Ukraine #UnitedStates #wars #XiJinping
https://www.europesays.com/2977300/

The Guardian: Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling. “The existence of this path, from one of Russia’s most prestigious institutions directly into its military intelligence apparatus, is revealed for the first time in more than 2,000 internal documents from Bauman, obtained by a consortium of journalists from six outlets: the Guardian, Der Spiegel, […]

The Guardian: Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling. “The existence of this path, from one of Russia’s most prestigious institutions directly into its military intelligence apparatus, is revealed for the first time in more than 2,000 internal documents from Bauman, obtained by a consortium of journalists from six outlets: the Guardian, Der Spiegel, […]

The Guardian: Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling. “The existence of this path, from one of Russia’s most prestigious institutions directly into its military intelligence apparatus, is revealed for the first time in more than 2,000 internal documents from Bauman, obtained by a consortium of journalists from six outlets: the Guardian, Der Spiegel, […]

The Guardian: Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling. “The existence of this path, from one of Russia’s most prestigious institutions directly into its military intelligence apparatus, is revealed for the first time in more than 2,000 internal documents from Bauman, obtained by a consortium of journalists from six outlets: the Guardian, Der Spiegel, […]

The Guardian: Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling. “The existence of this path, from one of Russia’s most prestigious institutions directly into its military intelligence apparatus, is revealed for the first time in more than 2,000 internal documents from Bauman, obtained by a consortium of journalists from six outlets: the Guardian, Der Spiegel, […]

https://www.europesays.com/iran/101153/ Trump gutted the tools to fight disinformation. Now Iran has the advantage. #Commentary #disinformation #ElonMusk #FactChecking #IFCN #InformationIntegrity #InformationWarfare #InternationalFactCheckingNetwork #Iran #IranWar #MediaPolicy #MediaTrust #Meta #misinformation #PresidentDonaldTrump #PressFreedom #propaganda #SocialMedia #USAID #x

Pan African Visions: South Sudan Warns Against Disinformation Over Viral Bol Mel Document. “South Sudan’s justice authorities have dismissed a document circulating on social media that purports to be a leaked investigation implicating former Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, calling it a fabrication and warning that it is part of a broader wave of disinformation targeting senior officials.”

Pan African Visions: South Sudan Warns Against Disinformation Over Viral Bol Mel Document. “South Sudan’s justice authorities have dismissed a document circulating on social media that purports to be a leaked investigation implicating former Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, calling it a fabrication and warning that it is part of a broader wave of disinformation targeting senior officials.”

Pan African Visions: South Sudan Warns Against Disinformation Over Viral Bol Mel Document. “South Sudan’s justice authorities have dismissed a document circulating on social media that purports to be a leaked investigation implicating former Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, calling it a fabrication and warning that it is part of a broader wave of disinformation targeting senior officials.”

Pan African Visions: South Sudan Warns Against Disinformation Over Viral Bol Mel Document. “South Sudan’s justice authorities have dismissed a document circulating on social media that purports to be a leaked investigation implicating former Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, calling it a fabrication and warning that it is part of a broader wave of disinformation targeting senior officials.”

Pan African Visions: South Sudan Warns Against Disinformation Over Viral Bol Mel Document. “South Sudan’s justice authorities have dismissed a document circulating on social media that purports to be a leaked investigation implicating former Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, calling it a fabrication and warning that it is part of a broader wave of disinformation targeting senior officials.”

Anyone who would do such things, would belong to a class we could call...

"Liars".

Who are the liars?

Are they sourced from particular groups or professions?

What are their alliances?

Where do they discuss their work?

How are they trained?

#InformationWarfare

Driving, under gray sky, gray gray gray, thinking...

What if previous surges of public stupidity were #InformationWarfare probing attacks?

Inputs would be manipulations, disinformation, messaging.

Outputs would be changes in behavior, consequences, words repeated.

Injecting taggants into information streams enables tracking info flow. A misspelling. Particular image.

Instrumented information environment would give view of each individual. Web and adtech would be key to monitoring.

OCCRP: How Russia Recruits Teenagers in Occupied Ukraine for a Pro-Moscow Propaganda Machine. “Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its ‘Young Correspondents’ program, Russia is training teenagers in occupied Ukraine to promote the invasion and wage information war on Moscow’s behalf.”

OCCRP: How Russia Recruits Teenagers in Occupied Ukraine for a Pro-Moscow Propaganda Machine. “Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its ‘Young Correspondents’ program, Russia is training teenagers in occupied Ukraine to promote the invasion and wage information war on Moscow’s behalf.”

OCCRP: How Russia Recruits Teenagers in Occupied Ukraine for a Pro-Moscow Propaganda Machine. “Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its ‘Young Correspondents’ program, Russia is training teenagers in occupied Ukraine to promote the invasion and wage information war on Moscow’s behalf.”

OCCRP: How Russia Recruits Teenagers in Occupied Ukraine for a Pro-Moscow Propaganda Machine. “Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its ‘Young Correspondents’ program, Russia is training teenagers in occupied Ukraine to promote the invasion and wage information war on Moscow’s behalf.”

OCCRP: How Russia Recruits Teenagers in Occupied Ukraine for a Pro-Moscow Propaganda Machine. “Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its ‘Young Correspondents’ program, Russia is training teenagers in occupied Ukraine to promote the invasion and wage information war on Moscow’s behalf.”

Commentary: What the White House correspondents’ dinner attack is showing me about the ‘information war’

In the days since the shooting at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner, I’ve found myself tracking two…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #Conspiracytheories #DISINFORMATION #governmenttrust #informationwarfare #jjgreen #misinformation #Publictrust #shooting #theWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration #trustinmedia #WhiteHouseCorrespondents'Association
https://www.europesays.com/2959397/

Modern Ghana: The Gambia, ECOWAS launch West Africa’s first strategic centre to combat misinformation, disinformation. “The Government of The Gambia, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has launched the National Misinformation and Disinformation Response Centre, the first of its kind in West Africa.”

Modern Ghana: The Gambia, ECOWAS launch West Africa’s first strategic centre to combat misinformation, disinformation. “The Government of The Gambia, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has launched the National Misinformation and Disinformation Response Centre, the first of its kind in West Africa.”

Modern Ghana: The Gambia, ECOWAS launch West Africa’s first strategic centre to combat misinformation, disinformation. “The Government of The Gambia, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has launched the National Misinformation and Disinformation Response Centre, the first of its kind in West Africa.”

Modern Ghana: The Gambia, ECOWAS launch West Africa’s first strategic centre to combat misinformation, disinformation. “The Government of The Gambia, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has launched the National Misinformation and Disinformation Response Centre, the first of its kind in West Africa.”

Modern Ghana: The Gambia, ECOWAS launch West Africa’s first strategic centre to combat misinformation, disinformation. “The Government of The Gambia, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has launched the National Misinformation and Disinformation Response Centre, the first of its kind in West Africa.”

"Iran began circulating short animated videos that scorched Pres. Trump and others with biting satire. The videos now garner millions of views online, demonstrating the resonance of a new style of propaganda intended to undermine support for the United States." It took a "pretty awful regime and turned it into kind of a plucky, fun underdog”:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/25/business/iran-trump-israel-war-memes.html
#IranWar #InformationWarfare #PublicRelations copy: @renewedresistance #politics

The Verge: The Iranian women Trump ‘saved’ from execution are simultaneously real and AI-manipulated. “The collage that Trump posted is, at the very least, AI-modified, Mahsa Alimardani, the associate director of the Technology Threats & Opportunities program at WITNESS, told The Verge. But the women themselves are real.”

The Verge: The Iranian women Trump ‘saved’ from execution are simultaneously real and AI-manipulated. “The collage that Trump posted is, at the very least, AI-modified, Mahsa Alimardani, the associate director of the Technology Threats & Opportunities program at WITNESS, told The Verge. But the women themselves are real.”

The Verge: The Iranian women Trump ‘saved’ from execution are simultaneously real and AI-manipulated. “The collage that Trump posted is, at the very least, AI-modified, Mahsa Alimardani, the associate director of the Technology Threats & Opportunities program at WITNESS, told The Verge. But the women themselves are real.”