Disinfo Docket 28 July
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Highlights
- Ofcom’s Grade defends rules to tame ‘Wild West’ of social media (Times, 26 July)
- Attempt to unseat 24 ‘pro-China’ opposition politicians in Taiwan fails (Guardian, 26 July)
- ‘Global approach’ to AI regulation urgently needed, UN tech chief says (SCMP, 27 July)
1. Academia & Research
- VirusBearSparrow (Memetic Warfare, 28 July)
- How male grievance fuels radicalisation and extremist violence (ASPI, 25 July)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Elite police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant posts (Independent, 27 July)
- My week with Elon Musk’s chatbots got weird, fast (Times, 26 July)
- Meta will no longer accept political, election or issue ads in EU (AXIOS, 25 July)
- YouTube makes last-ditch attempt to lobby government against inclusion in under-16s social media ban (Guardian, 27 July)