Docket+ 17 November 2025
Docket+ is a weekly roundup of the latest influence operations- related academic research, events and job opportunities
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Highlights
- In 2025, community organizers from across the Global South took part in a Fellowship for Countering Disinformation, in collaboration with Roots and Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD). Read all 8 reports. (Greenpeace, 2025)
- Divergent patterns of engagement with partisan and low-quality news across seven social media platforms (PNAS, 30 October)
- What did Elon change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia (ArXiv, 12 November)
- JournalismAI Festival 2025: Four projects that caught our eye and a few rising trends (Reuters Institute, 13 November)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- Global Internet Freedom Declines for 15th Consecutive Year (Tech Policy Press, 13 November)
- In whose tech we trust: Part II – Mitigating foreign owned, controlled or influenced technology risks and building resilience (ASPI, 17 November)
- The Progress Paradox (Noema, 13 November)
- Reuters Blows Lid on Meta's Fraud Profit Scandal (Lawfare, 14 November)
Images & Visualisations
- Scrutinizing the Many Faces of Political Deepfakes (Tech Policy Press, 17 November)
Availability and spread of information
- How adolescents can become resilient to digital misinformation (Phys, 15 November)