DisinfoDocket 20 October
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Below the paywall today:
* Ivory Coast warns citizens over surge in election disinformation
* China claims it caught US attempting cyberattack on national time center
* How misinformation can fuel epidemics – and what we can do about it...
* Ivory Coast warns citizens over surge in election disinformation
* China claims it caught US attempting cyberattack on national time center
* How misinformation can fuel epidemics – and what we can do about it...
Highlights:
- On the cusp of abundance? How AI may redefine our relationship with news (IJNet, 13 October)
- Amazon Cloud Outage Reveals Democratic Deficit in Relying on Big Tech (Tech Policy Press, 20 October)
- Pro-Kremlin politician weaponizes satire to engage Russian population in Estonia ahead of local elections (DFR Lab, 16 October)
- Trump Administration Accused of ‘Propaganda’ for Shifting Story in Shooting Amid ICE Protests (TIME, 18 October)
1. Academia & Research
- The Physics of News, Rumors, and Opinions (arXiv, 16 October)
2. Platforms & Technology
LISTEN - Evaluating Instagram's Promises to Protect Teens (Tech Policy Press, 19 October)
- Judge bars NSO from targeting WhatsApp users with spyware, reduces damages in landmark case (The Record, 20 October)
- What caused the AWS outage - and why has it made the internet fall apart? (BBC, 20 October)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Plans vs. flight bans: Hungary is eager to host Putin despite the ICC’s arrest warrant. But will E.U. sanctions block Trump’s summit? (Meduza, 17 October)