Disinfo Docket 10 September
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In today's newsletter:
* Health disinformation prompts new EU plan (but no information)
* US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states
* AI-powered disinformation targets Ukraine...
* Health disinformation prompts new EU plan (but no information)
* US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states
* AI-powered disinformation targets Ukraine...
Highlights
- U.S. tells Europe it’s ending cooperation on combating foreign disinformation, including from Russia (Meduza, 9 September)
- Fact checking climate information (Met Office, 9 September)
- Why Are Chatbots Parroting Russian Propaganda? (TIME, 10 September)
- How Taiwan Is Trying to Defend Its Democracy From Mis- and Disinformation (The Diplomat, 9 September)
1. Academia & Research
- Disentangling Interaction and Bias Effects in Opinion Dynamics of Large Language Models (arXiv, 8 September)
- Scientists take on Trump: these researchers are fighting back (Nature, 10 September)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Washington and Brussels Vie for Control Over Big Tech (Tech Policy Press, 8 September)
- How a movement against corruption on Nepali social media triggered unrest and death (Rest of World, 9 September)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Accidental or deliberate? Russia's drone incursion into Poland is a test for Nato (BBC, 10 September)
- Russia forbids its citizens from using the word ‘war’ when referring to the invasion of Ukraine — just one of many absurd prohibitions. (Meduza, 10 September)