Disinfo Docket 17 September

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Highlights

1. Judge rejects Meta attempt to overturn Flo privacy verdict (The Record, 17 September)
2. Health misinformation on social media could lead to a ‘sicker UK’, experts warn (The Independent, 16 September)
3. Critical Questions for Congress in Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots (Tech Policy Press, 15 September)
4. Security analysts flag rise in Russian-created misinformation posts on social media following Kirk shooting (ABC, 17 September)
5. Why TV weather forecasters are targeted by online hate (DW, 16 September)

1. Academia & Research

1. How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do? (Nature, 16 September)
2. New study links cognitive style to health misinformation detection (Psy Post, 15 September)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. The AI Therapist Epidemic: When Bots Replace Humans (Coda Story, 16 September)
2. How Google Paid the Media Millions to Avoid Regulatory Pressure (Tech Policy Press, 16 September)
3. Hallucinations, Inaccuracies, Misinformation: How Tech Companies Are Killing AI’s Credibility (Forbes, 17 September)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Putin in uniform, U.S. observers, and Z-bloggers’ reactions: Key takeaways from Russia and Belarus’s Zapad-2025 war games (Meduza, 17 September)