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Disinfo Docket 22 January

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
Disinfo Docket 22 January
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Good evening! Below the paywall today -
* President Trump’s Attempt to “Save” TikTok is a Power-Grab that Subverts Free Speech
* Crossbenchers urge Labor to act immediately on deepfakes and misinformation before next election
* How the far right weaponizes victimhood...

Highlights

  1. US Democracy: Confronting A New Information Age (GMFUS, 16 January)
  2. Did He Actually Do That? (The Atlantic, 20 January)
  3. Free Speech Was Never the Goal of Tech Billionaires. Power Was. (Tech Policy Press, 22 January)
  4. How misinformation about the Southport murders sparked violent race riots across the country (The Independent, 21 January)
  5. Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation (Big Issue, 22 January)
  6. Disinformation experts blast Trump’s executive order on government censorship as ‘direct assault on reality’ (CNN, 22 January)

1. Academia & Research

  1. Annual Payment Fraud Intelligence Report: 2024 (Recorded Future, 21 January)
  2. Oxford researchers call for framework to study AI's impact on youth mental health (News Medical, 21 January)

2. Platforms & Technology

  1.  A closer look at Americans’ experiences with news on TikTok (Pew Research Centre, 17 January)
  2. Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats' (BBC, 21 January)
  3. E-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on Amazon (GNET, 22 January)
  4. Donald Trump’s Crypto Blind Spot (Coda Story, 22 January)
  5. Trump Issues Executive Order to Buy Time on TikTok Ban (Tech Policy Press, 21 January)

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