Disinfo Docket 28 August

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Highlights

1. Denmark told to ‘calm down’ by US over ‘influence ops’ in Greenland (The Times, 28 August)
2. Vaccine misinformation led to an officer’s murder at the CDC – politicians’ silence is deafening (The Guardian, 27 August)
3. Why The UK’s Online Safety Blunder Wouldn’t Survive In The US (Tech Policy Press, 27 August)
4. The Man Who Sold a Fake Country: What a 19th-century hoax reveals about today’s misinformation. (Psychology Today, 26 August)
5. Slow down, propaganda ahead: RT’s documentary channel takes over Italian billboards (Reporters Without Borders, 28 August)

1. Academia & Research

1. Punishing evil and promoting good: the moderating role of subject reputation in the effect of emotion on sharing debunking information (Nature, 28 August)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data (Rest of World, 21 August)
2. An influencer plagiarised my life story on TikTok. Social media thrives on mimicry – but this was a step too far (The Guardian, 27 August)
3. X, Former Twitter Worker Reach Deal to End Layoff Notice Suit (Bloomberg, 25 August)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Russia’s narrative manipulation (EUvsDisinfo, 28 August)
2. Always listening: The Russian authorities are demanding round-the-clock access to home smart speakers. What could go wrong? (Meduza, 28 August)
3. Deadlines, delusions, and ballistic missiles: Trump’s theater of peace talks with Putin (The Kyiv Independent, 28 August)