Disinfo Docket 4 June

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Highlights

SLS Professor Richard Thompson Ford was featured in an article by @IAI_TV, "Identity politics is over, here’s what will replace it," on how he sees identity politics giving way to a deeper ideological divide. Read more about it here: https://t.co/nFcdcjSEeH

— Stanford Law School (@StanfordLaw) June 4, 2025

1. Dismantling CDC’s chronic disease center ‘looks pretty devastating’ to public health experts (STAT, 4 June)
2. One-third of top U.S. cyber force has left since Trump took office (Axios, 3 June)
3. BBC rejects incorrect White House claims on Gaza coverage (BBC, 4 June)
4. Navalny’s widow launches TV channel to counter Kremlin propaganda (Euractiv, 3 June)

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1. Academia & Research

1. Political expression of academics on Twitter (Nature, 3 June)
2. Truth over Tricks: Measuring and Mitigating Shortcut Learning in Misinformation Detection (arXiv, 3 June)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. As Trump Embraces AI in the UAE, Human Rights Fall by the Wayside (Inkstick Media, 3 June)
2. Facing a Changing Industry, AI Activists Rethink Their Strategy (WIRED, 4 June)
3. Musk, AI, and the Weaponization of 'Administrative Error' (Tech Policy Press, 4 June)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Unveiling the Russian infrastructure supporting the Moldova24 TV channel (DFR Lab, 3 June)
2. The world in black and white (EUvsDisinfo, 4 June)
3. Spinning Russia’s military mishaps: State broadcasters emphasize rescue heroics while minimizing Ukrainian strikes that exposed strategic airfields’ vulnerability (Meduza, 3 June)
4. Trump official who shut down counter-disinformation agency has Kremlin ties, Telegraph reports (The Kyiv Independent, 4 June)