Disinfo Docket 16 June
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Highlights
- As disinformation and hate thrive online, YouTube quietly changed how it moderates content (CBC, 14 June)
- In Vaccine Nation, Raina MacIntyre reflects on science, misinformation and the threat to 200 years of progress (The Conversation, 15 June)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever? (Guardian, 14 June)
- Meta AI users confide on sex, God and Trump. Some don’t know it’s public. (Washington Post, 13 June)
- Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships (Reuters, 13 June)
- They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling. (NYT, 13 June)
2. Russia & Ukraine
- Russia ‘using stolen Ukrainian children to rebuild for future wars’ (Times, 15 June)
- Don't worry about nuclear warfare - this is what Putin is really up to (iNews, 16 June)