DisinfoDocket 4 March

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Highlights

1. Top Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on War with Iran (Just Security, 2 March)
2. Experts react: How the world is responding to the US-Israeli war with Iran (Atlantic Council, 3 March)
3. Snapshots of Censorship: Taking an Ethical Stand (PEN America, 2 March)
4. The Trump Administration’s Legal Shell Game (Lawfare, 4 March)

1. Academia & Research

1. Multi-agent systems and credibility-based advanced scoring mechanism in fact-checking (Nature, 3 March)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Remote work, offices shut: Tech giants scramble to respond as Middle East tensions escalate (BBC, 4 March)
2. Big Tech’s Affordability Fight is Finally Here (Tech Policy Press, 4 March)
3. Open-source AI hardware could weaken Big Tech’s grip on AI (Rest of World, 4 March)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. The Kremlin has declared the Russian Antiwar Committee a ‘terrorist organization.’ Here’s what that means for its members and supporters. (Meduza, 3 March)
2. Russia’s Information Grip on Ukraine’s Occupied Territories (EUvsDisinfo, 2 March)