DisinfoDocket 15 May
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* Turkey election - who would benefit more from a runoff?
* Thailand is on the verge of a new democratic spring, but significant obstacles could stand in the way...
* Who is Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk’s pick for Twitter CEO?
Highlights
Turkey’s presidential election appeared to be headed for a runoff after the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, failed to win a majority.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2023
After two decades in power, Erdogan now has two more weeks to persuade voters that he should continue as president. https://t.co/KzPMbpZ98D
- There Is No Getting Ahead of Disinformation Without Moving Past It (Lawfare, 8 May)
- In Turkey, anger at Syrians reaches boiling point as elections loom (Coda Story, 12 May)
- As Title 42 ends, U.S.-bound migrants struggle to understand policy (Washington Post, 14 May)
- Thailand elections: Voters deliver stunning blow to army-backed rule (BBC News, 15 May)
- Global Eyes: Turkey (Claire Berlinski, The Cosmopolitan Globalist, 13 May)
- CNN’s disastrous Trump town hall was exactly what its leaders want (Media Matters for America, 11 May)
📆 May 17 | 🕤 9:30 am ET
— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) May 14, 2023
Join @asliaydintasbas, @SonerCagaptay, @iacoskun, and Defne Sadıklar Arslan as they analyze Turkey's election results and their implications for the country's future and US-Turkey relations.
Register here. ⬇️ 🇹🇷 https://t.co/VgcpNIqMCC
Thread 1) @elonmusk is promoting racist misinformation in the wake of the #allentx shootings. There are a number of examples but I want to focus on this graph, which has been shared and liked hundreds of thousands of times. What's the story behind it, and why is it misleading? pic.twitter.com/vx02KOL0aj
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) May 10, 2023
1. Platforms & Technology
- Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers? (Nieman Lab, 11 May)
- What does a leaked Google memo reveal about the future of AI? (The Economist, 11 May)
- Google’s AI tools embrace the dream of Clippy (The Verge, 14 May)
- Beware the ‘bad-ish’ actor when it comes to AI (Financial Times, 13 May)
- Ads For Nonprofits And Government Organizations Found On Misinformation Sites (Forbes, 12 May)