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Disinfo Docket 18 March

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
Disinfo Docket 18 March
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Highlights

  1. How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation (NYT, 17 March)
  2. An FAQ on Murthy v. Missouri Ahead of Oral Arguments Tomorrow in the Supreme Court (Klonickles, 17 March)
  3. Measles is making a comeback thanks to anti-vaccine misinformation (Weaponised Spaces, 17 March)
  4. The TikTok debate featured many disputed claims. Here are 7 of them. (Washington Post, 16 March)

1. Academia & Research

  1. Love, happiness, blessings, and spam: Sometimes inauthentic engagement is hard to spot, but this is not one of those times (Conspirator Norteño, 16 March)
  2. ‘Everything is possible’: a worrying new book explores the danger of disinformation (Guardian, 16 March)
  3. Disinformation: Current definitions and examples (DW, 17 March)

2. Platforms & Technology

  1. We’re Cleaning Up Gab And It’s Long Overdue (Gab, 11 March)
  2. EU AI Act reaction: Tech experts say the world's first AI law is 'historic' but 'bittersweet' (EuroNews, 16 March)
  3. ‘Jawboning’ politicians who push to delete social media posts draw scrutiny (Washington Post, 17 March)

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