DisinfoDocket 28 August

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Highlights:

1. How information gaps and disinformation impact Latino communities in the US (IJNet, 25 August)
2. What Role Do Messaging Apps Play in Autocrats’ Propaganda? (Center for International Governance Innovation, 23 August)
3. Not all COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ is equal — nor misinformation (The Japan Times, 27 August)
4. EU safety laws start to bite for TikTok, Instagram and others (BBC, 25 August)
5. The search for anything better than Google (The Times, 27 August)

1. Platforms & Technology

1. Unleashing possibilities, ignoring risks: Why we need tools to manage AI’s impact on jobs (Brookings, 17 August)
2. Following Musk’s lead, Youtube and Facebook are giving up on policing conspiracies (The Washington Post, 25 August)

X/Twitter

1. Scientists leave X as platform changes character (The Hindu, 27 August)
2. Trump’s return to Twitter solidifies a sharp right turn for Musk’s platform (The Guardian, 26 August)

Meta

1. Facebook owner Meta breaks privacy rules, Norway regulator tells court (Reuters, 23 August)

TikTok

1. The Albanian town that TikTok emptied (Coda Story, 24 August)
2. Outcry in Somalia over government decision to ban TikTok, Telegram (Al Jazeera, 26 August)