Disinfo Docket 11 June
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* War Hawks led by podcaster Mark Levin are pushing Trump to bomb Iran and using misinformation to make the case: report
* Missiles and misinformation: false claims about the India-Pakistan clashes reach millions on X
* Misinformation about LA Ice protests swirls online: ‘Catnip for rightwing agitators’...
* War Hawks led by podcaster Mark Levin are pushing Trump to bomb Iran and using misinformation to make the case: report
* Missiles and misinformation: false claims about the India-Pakistan clashes reach millions on X
* Misinformation about LA Ice protests swirls online: ‘Catnip for rightwing agitators’...
Highlights
- From Shadows to Sanctions: Unmasking Russia’s Hybrid Influence Strategy (Active Fence, 4 June)
- WATCH: Special committee on the European Democracy Shield Ordinary meeting (European Parliament, 3 June)
- Poynter and the DC Public Library host events on misinformation and understanding the news (Poynter, 11 June)
- How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works (Nature, 10 June)
- Social media algorithms boost L.A. protest misinformation in ‘combustible’ environment (CNN, 10 June)
WATCH - Los Angeles protests: How AI and chatbots are feeding fake news (France24, 10 June)
1. Academia & Research
- Can LLMs Ground when they (Don't) Know: A Study on Direct and Loaded Political Questions (arXiv, 10 June)
- Using co-sharing to identify use of mainstream news for promoting potentially misleading narratives (Nature, 10 June)
2. Platforms & Technology
- A TikTok Ban Timeline: From Rapid Passage to Truce With Trump (Tech Policy Press, 10 June)
- WhatsApp tells BBC it backs Apple in legal row with UK over user data (BBC, 11 June)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Meduza joins other independent outlets and Anti-Corruption Foundation to host third annual fundraiser for Russian political prisoners (Meduza, 10 June)
- Russia’s Strategic Disinformation Warfare And War Crimes Cover-Up Campaign (Forbes, 8 June)
- Kremlin Increases Anti-Poland Propaganda (Jamestown Foundation, 9 June)