Disinfo Docket 26 August

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— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) August 25, 2024
- How influence campaigns stopped working (Platformer, 22 August)
- Green Lights and Red Lines: Responding to Iran’s Election Hacking (Lawfare, 25 August)
1. Academia & Research
- Evolution of a T-shirt spammer: In which a repeatedly banned X/Twitter spammer attempts to piggyback on Kamala Harris's candidacy to sell T-shirts with plagiarized designs (Conspirator Norteño, 24 August)
2. Platforms & Technology
Warnings AI tools used by government on UK public are ‘racist and biased’ https://t.co/3B6Dj4hGGg
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) August 25, 2024
This arrest could change everything for communications in Europe and beyond.
— Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫 🏳️🌈 (@BostonJoan) August 25, 2024
Telegram is run by a very small team and that’s a high risk if authorities arrest the CEO and investigate the platform for enabling criminal activity. https://t.co/MPB8IxPqCb
- Taking Action Against Malicious Accounts in Iran (Meta, 23 August)
- Telegram app founder Pavel Durov to appear in court after arrest in Paris (Guardian, 25 August)
- How Telegram’s Wild West ethos made it the home of disinformation (Times, 25 August)
- Mark Zuckerberg and Daniel Ek on why Europe should embrace open-source AI (The Economist, 21 August)
- AI’s Impact On Election Season: Combatting Deepfakes And Protecting Voter Trust (Forbes, 23 August)
X (Twitter)
- Musk’s X allowing Maga activists to earn cash from conspiracies about Harris (iNews, 25 August)
- Elon Musk’s Lawyers Quietly Subpoena Public Interest Groups (Mother Jones, 23 August)
- How Elon Musk Got Tangled Up in Blue (NYT, 24 August)