Disinfo Docket 24 September

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Highlights

1. Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC with defiant and empathetic monologue (Poynter, 24 September)
2. How National AI Clouds Undermine Democracy (Tech Policy Press, 24 September)
3. The Tehran-Washington Crypto Connection (Coda Story, 24 September)
4. YouTube to allow creators banned for Covid-19, election misinformation to apply for reinstatement (CNBC, 23 September)
5. Dubai detains Romanian mercenaries over alleged election coup plot (Politico, 24 September)

WATCH - Debunking Tylenol misinformation and autism links: medical columnist (CBC, 24 September)

1. Academia & Research

1. Diversity Boosts AI-Generated Text Detection (arXiv, 23 September)
2. When access is not enough: vaccine hesitancy in high-income countries (Nature, 23 September)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Trump claims a TikTok deal is done. Who might own it, and how would it work? (BBC, 23 September)
2. Why I left Silicon Valley: Chinese tech workers talk about returning home (Rest of World, 24 September)
3. The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep (Tech Policy Press, 23 September)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. ‘I had this deep inner confusion’: How an aspiring Russian war correspondent changed her view of the invasion after visiting Ukraine’s occupied Donbas region (Meduza, 24 September)
2. Russia steps up disinformation efforts to sway Moldova’s parliamentary vote (The Record, 22 September)