DisinfoDocket 2 November

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.

Highlights:

LISTEN: TechTank Podcast Episode 56: Latino voters, midterm elections, and the effects of misinformation, and disinformation (Brookings, 31 October)

1. Not Just Dance Videos: How Candidates are Using TikTok in the US Midterms (GMF, 31 October)
2. TV Prepares for a Chaotic Midterm Night (NYT, 30 October)
3. Threats to Democracy Are One of the “Existential Challenges” of Our Time. Here’s How to Cover Them (Nieman Reports, 26 October)
4. Datavoidant: An AI System for Addressing Political Data Voids on Social Media (ArXiv, November)
5. Communicating during contentious times: Dos and Don’ts to rise above the noise (PEN America)
6. Assessing Inauthentic Networks Commenting on the US Midterms (Election Integrity Partnership, 1 November)

1. Academia & Research

1. Artificial Intelligence And Extremism: The Threat Of Language Models For Propaganda Purposes (CREST, 25 October)
2. Using Social Media Data to Reveal Patterns of Policy Engagement in State Legislatures (Cambridge Core, 18 October)
3. China’s Growing Attempts to Influence U.S. Politics (Council on Foreign Relations, 31 October)
4. Who’s who in the new era of Xi Jinping’s China (ASPI, 2 November)
5. Transparency is essential for effective social media regulation (Brookings, 1 November)
6. Democratic infrastructure must not be owned by the few: Elon Musk buying Twitter is a reminder that the power of platforms in shaping the digital public sphere means they should not be in the hands of billionaires. (Chatham House, 1 November)
7. What journalists need to know about the psychology behind disinformation (Journalism Institute, 5 October)