Disinfo Docket 23 October
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* Sri Lankan youth take on media literacy ambassador roles following workshops
* Medical large language models are susceptible to targeted misinformation attacks...
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- How a LinkedIn post sparked a transatlantic row (BBC, 23 October)
- Facts and Myths About the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (Brennan Center, 18 October)
- What are the rules on foreigners volunteering in US elections? (Full Fact, 23 October)
- Fake news headlines are going viral. Here's what to know. (CBS, 23 October)
- Social media algorithms need overhaul in wake of Southport riots, Ofcom says (The Guardian, 22 October)
1. Academia & Research
🚨 Just out in @PNASNews 🚨
— Michael Bang Petersen (@M_B_Petersen) October 23, 2024
Combining administrative registers and individual Twitter behavior among Danes, we show that multiple offline indicators predict online hostility:
Having many more criminal verdicts increase the likelihood of being hostile online.
But - against… pic.twitter.com/mBdaXrYehZ
A recent article in @Nature by Team Scientist @OlegUrminsky & co-authors analyzed a dataset spanning 74 countries and found that emotions are more significant predictors of economic decision-making in developed, individualistic nations: https://t.co/nlDSsEoPyI pic.twitter.com/UK7fO0ZBnW
— Behavior Change for Good Initiative (@BehaviorChange) October 22, 2024
2. Platforms & Technology
- Crowdsourcing Telegram ‘transparency reports’ to map the network’s claimed compliance with governments around the world (Meduza, 23 October)
- Tracking Elon Musk’s Political Activities (Tech Policy Press, 23 October)
- Legendary Kenyan lawyer takes on Meta and Chat GPT (Coda Story, 22 October)
- Elon Musk’s New “Election Integrity Community” Is Already Full of Lies (Mother Jones, 22 October)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- The U.S. just confirmed North Korean troops are in Russia. Here’s what that means for the war in Ukraine. (Meduza, 23 October)