Disinfo Docket 11 November

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Highlights

1. The curious case of the Election Day follower exodus (Conspirator Norteño, 8 November)
2. State Department Division That Battles Foreign Disinformation Faces Closure (WSJ, 10 November)
3. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on the US election, the decline of democracy and how we must all hold the line (Tatler, 8 November)
4. Our Response to the Government of Canada's order to Shut-Down TikTok Canada (TikTok, 6 November)
   1. Canada Shuts Down TikTok Office Over National Security Risks (Forbes, 9 November)

1. Platforms & Technology

1. How Tech Created a ‘Recipe for Loneliness’ (NYT, 10 November)
2. She Was a Child Instagram Influencer. Her Fans Were Grown Men. (NYT, 10 November)
3. AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide (Washington Post, 9 November)
4. French minister to Musk: Don’t break democracy like you did Twitter (Politico, 10 November)
5. Large Behavior Models Surpass Large Language Models To Create AI That Walks And Talks (Forbes, 10 November)
6. LISTEN: Viral "Organ harvesting" myth prompts concern about social media use (ABC, 10 November)

2. Russia & Ukraine