Disinfo Docket 18 March
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Highlights
- How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation (NYT, 17 March)
- An FAQ on Murthy v. Missouri Ahead of Oral Arguments Tomorrow in the Supreme Court (Klonickles, 17 March)
- Measles is making a comeback thanks to anti-vaccine misinformation (Weaponised Spaces, 17 March)
- The TikTok debate featured many disputed claims. Here are 7 of them. (Washington Post, 16 March)
1. Academia & Research
- Love, happiness, blessings, and spam: Sometimes inauthentic engagement is hard to spot, but this is not one of those times (Conspirator Norteño, 16 March)
- ‘Everything is possible’: a worrying new book explores the danger of disinformation (Guardian, 16 March)
- Disinformation: Current definitions and examples (DW, 17 March)
2. Platforms & Technology
- We’re Cleaning Up Gab And It’s Long Overdue (Gab, 11 March)
- EU AI Act reaction: Tech experts say the world's first AI law is 'historic' but 'bittersweet' (EuroNews, 16 March)
- ‘Jawboning’ politicians who push to delete social media posts draw scrutiny (Washington Post, 17 March)