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Disinfo Docket 15 January

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
Disinfo Docket 15 January
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Good morning! Below the paywall this morning -
* Bicolā€™s machines of deceit: Exploiting poverty, manufacturing truth
* Influencers Are Using the Los Angeles Fires to Hawk Wellness Products
* Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers...

Highlights

  1. TikTok ā€˜on the clockā€™ ā€” and the party might literally stop for student journalists (IJNet, 14 January)
  2. Trump would have been convicted if not elected, DoJ report says (BBC, 13 January)
  3. Misinformation thrives on outrage, study finds (PsyPost, 14 January)
  4. Iā€™m a cybersecurity expert. Hereā€™s why you should be worried about Meta stopping fact-checking (Tech Digest, 14 January)
  5. Newsom accuses Musk of encouraging looting in LA fires disinformation spat (The Guardian, 13 January)
  6. TikTokā€™s algorithm appears to be boosting LA wildfire misinformation (Media Matters for America, 14 January)

1. Academia & Research

  1. Hierarchical graph-based integration network for propaganda detection in textual news articles on social media (Nature, 13 January)

2. Platforms & Technology

  1. Mark Zuckerberg and the Internet for Billionaires (Tech Policy Press, 14 January)
  2. EU reassesses tech probes into Apple, Google and Meta (FT, 14 January)
  3. China considers selling TikTok U.S. operations to Musk, Bloomberg reports (CNBC, 13 January)
  4. Zuckerberg says Meta will lay off more ā€˜low-performersā€™ (The Verge, 14 January)
  5. Elon Musk might be asked to save TikTok. Here's how much it could cost (Quartz, 14 January)
  6. What are the challenges facing the government's AI action plan? (BBC Verify, 13 January)

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