Disinfo Docket 13 November

Hi! I'm Kate and welcome to DisinfoDocket. DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.

Did you know that DisinfoDocket takes requests? If you have suggestions or relevant work that you'd like to see included, simply reply to this email and send us the details!

Highlights

After the recent elections, productive political conversations are more crucial than ever. Check out these tips from our research on how to talk to people who disagree with you.

Full research: https://t.co/4WYFjnz4AV#CMEresearch #PoliticalConversations #Elections2024 pic.twitter.com/73Wp1ig19Q

— @engagingnews.bsky.social (@EngagingNews) November 12, 2024

Next Thursday, joined by high-level speakers, will host two panel discussions in liaison w/@GAC_Corporate to explore on how disinformation/#FIMI weaponizes identity & impacts human rights.#DontBeDeceived @EUvsDisinfo

"How to Detect & Analyse Identity-Based Disinformation/FIMI"⬇️

— European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 (@eu_eeas) November 12, 2024

1. 'Man of his word': Jan 6 rioters expect Trump will keep pardon promise (BBC, 11 November)
2. How to use OSINT tools to investigate identity-based disinformation/FIMI (EEAS Special Reports, 12 November)
3. As Trump returns, European countries’ first priority must be backing Ukraine (ASPI, 12 November)
4. Even Musk’s Grok knows: X’s AI system named Elon as one of the biggest pushers of misinformation on platform (The Independent, 12 November)
5. How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub (The Record, 12 November)

1. Academia & Research

1. An evaluation of online information acquisition in US news deserts (Nature, 13 November)
2. Can adversarial attacks by large language models be attributed? (arXiv, 12 November)

In our new @PNASNews paper, across 21 experiments with 23,000+ participants, we identify a critical distortion that shapes decisions involving tradeoffs: we find that people systematically overweight quantified information in such decisions. Paper: https://t.co/q6bgaJpEPq 🧵

— Linda Chang (@iamlindachang) November 12, 2024

2. Platforms & Technology

1. The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance (WIRED, 12 November)
2. I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me (Coda Story, 12 November)
3. The Democratic Deficit in AI Humanitarian Systems: Why Community Participation Can't Wait (Tech Policy Press, 13 November)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Can Trump do a deal with Putin on Ukraine? (Chatham House, 12 November)
2. Russian media says Japan ‘lifted’ some anti-war sanctions. What’s really going on? (Meduza, 13 November)