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DisinfoDocket - 20 March

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
DisinfoDocket - 20 March
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Highlights

1. Platforms & Technology

  1. Parents Group Demands Meeting With Meta and TikTok Over Child Suicide (Gizmodo, 16 March)
  2. YouTube reinstates Trump’s account after suspension over US Capitol attack (Guardian, 17 March)
  3. Donald Trump is back on YouTube and using Facebook again (Mashable, 17 March)
  4. Trump returns to YouTube and Facebook for the first time since 2021 (Washington Post, 17 March)
  5. The AI arms race highlights the urgent need for responsible innovation (The Conversation, 19 March)
  6. Do algorithmic decision-making systems even work? (Untangled, 19 March)
  7. Cambridge Analytica Five Years Later (Anchor Change, 16 March)
  8. TikTok and Meta’s Moderators Form a United Front in Germany (Wired, 13 March)

Twitter

  1. Twitter algorithm could threaten Turkish democracy (Daily Sabah, 17 March)
  2. Twitter silent as hackers scam users with stolen high-profile verified accounts (Mashable, 18 March)

Meta

  1. Meta employees grill Mark Zuckerberg at all-hands meeting following layoffs (Washington Post, 16 March)
  2. Facebook’s behavioral ads lacked legal basis, Dutch court rules (TechCrunch, 15 March)
  3. Oversight Board announces new case related to Cambodia (Oversight Board, March)

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