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Disinfo Docket 30 September

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
Disinfo Docket 30 September
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Highlights

  1. Renee DiResta: how I was turned into a villain by the online mob (Times, 29 September)
  2. Analysis of Remarkable and Unremarkable Aspects of Iranian 2024 Election Interference Indictment (Just Security, 28 September)
  3. Science Editors Raise New Doubts on Meta’s Claims It Isn’t Polarizing (WSJ, 26 September)
  4. Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign (AP, 27 September)

1. Academia & Research

  1. Misinformation Is Exhausting. Listening Helps (Time, 28 September)
  2. Scientists Around the World Call to Protect Research on One of Humanity's Greatest Short-Term Threats: Disinformation (Tech Policy Press, 28 September)

2. Platforms & Technology

  1. Meta blocks links to the hacked JD Vance dossier on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook (The Verge, 28 September)
  2. The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter / On The Vergecast: Michael Sayman, the creator of (The Verge, 29 September)
  3. Trump says he will seek Google's prosecution if he wins election (Reuters, 27 September)
  4. Brazil's top court imposes new fine before allowing X to resume service (Reuters, 28 September)


3. Russia & Ukraine

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