Disinfo Docket 10 February

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Highlights

1. Antisocial media: The emotionally manipulative side of the Facebook AI slop treadmill (Conspirator Norteño, 8 February)
2. Why We Should Still Audit the 2024 Election—and Every Election (Drop Site, 8 February)
3. Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024 (Microsoft)

1. Academia & Research

1. Digital Defense Report 2: Hybrid Boogaloo (Memetic Warfare, 10 February)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Elon Musk says has no plans to acquire TikTok's US operations (France24, 9 February)
2. Elon Musk Brings His Playbook From Twitter to the Government (NYT, 8 February)
3. UK demands ability to access Apple users’ encrypted data (Guardian, 7 February)

AI

1. DeepSeek Offers Bioweapon, Self-Harm Information (WSJ, 8 February)
2. Britain goes soft on AI after Trump’s bonfire of rules (Politico, 7 February)
3. Ministers rule out giving Estonian content to AI companies for free (ERR, 6 February)
   1. Estonia gives Meta access to 4 billion words for large language model development (ERR, 6 February)
4. The 15 days that upended Macron’s vision for European AI (Politico, 6 February)
5. Exclusive: Trump's Paris AI summit delegation won't include AI Safety Institute staff, sources say (Reuters, 7 February)