Disinfo Docket 20 November

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Highlights

1. Academia & Research

1. Conspiracy theory spreading on social media about Starlink interfering with election results (University of Washington, 18 November)
2. New UN initiative aims to counter climate disinformation (UN, 19 November)
3. America’s News Influencers (Pew, 18 November)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich’ after Trump’s win. Not quite. (Washington Post, 19 November)
2. Senator says Trump cannot ignore law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by next year (Reuters, 19 November)

Meta

1. Meta pushes AI bid for UK public sector forward with technology aimed at NHS (Guardian, 19 November)
2. Facebook users affected by data breach eligible for compensation, German court says (Reuters, 18 November)
3. India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine (TechCrunch, 18 November)

X (Twitter)

1. I worked at Twitter – these are the five simple steps Musk must take to save X (Independent, 19 November)
2. EU disease agency considers quitting Elon Musk’s X over disinfo (Politico, 19 November)
3. Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged. (NYT, 18 November)
4. MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in UK summer riots (Guardian, 20 November)

AI

1. US government commission pushes Manhattan Project-style AI initiative (Reuters, 19 November)
2. China's Xi tells G20 Summit AI should not be a 'game of rich countries,' Xinhua reports (Reuters, 18 November)