DisinfoDocket 15 February
DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
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* Attacks on women Journalists fueled by disinformation
* Earthquake in Turkey and Syria exploited by disinformation and propaganda
* Investigations into hacking and meddling in elections
* Attacks on women Journalists fueled by disinformation
* Earthquake in Turkey and Syria exploited by disinformation and propaganda
* Investigations into hacking and meddling in elections
Highlights:
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- Hacks, Bots and Blackmail: How Secret Cyber Mercenaries Disrupt Elections (OCCRP, 15 February)
- Australia foils Iran surveillance plot and vows to bring foreign interference ‘into the light’ (Guardian, 14 February)
- Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first (Platformer, 15 February)
- How to combat hate speech and gendered disinformation online? UNESCO dialogue provides some ideas. (UNESCO, 14 February)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Google to expand misinformation ‘prebunking’ in Europe (AP, 13 February)
- AI Chat Bots Are Running Amok — And We Have No Clue How to Stop Them (Rolling Stone, 14 February)
- Could AI swamp social media with fake accounts? (BBC, 14 February)
- Bing's ChatGPT-Powered Search Has a Misinformation Problem (Vice, 14 February)
- Big Tech Hasn’t Fixed AI’s Misinformation Problem—Yet (Time, 13 February)
- Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants (NYT, 14 February)
- Twitter’s API Crackdown Will Hit More Than Just Bots (Wired, 13 February)
- Twitter’s restrictive API may leave researchers out in the cold (TechCrunch, 14 February)
- A Twitter Flaw Allows You To Like An Edited Tweet Multiple Times (Forbes, 14 February)
- Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now / Is your Twitter feed suddenly all Elon Musk, too? (The Verge, 13 February)
- The Toll That Twitter’s Glitches Are Taking on Chinese Activists (NYT, 14 February)