Disinfo Docket 5 March

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Call for abstracts: The Paris Conference on AI & Digital Ethics
Sorbonne University, Paris, June 16^th and 17^th, 2025
https://paris-conference.com/
Submissions are welcome until March 15^th, 2025.   
Academic and industry researchers are invited to submit a contribution in one of the five following disciplines or related disciplines.

• Computational philosophy and social sciences
  •  Ethics and moral philosophy
  •  Political theory and science                          
  •  Statistics and computer sciences
  •  International relation
  •  Law

 Highlights

In order to rebuild public trust, independent regulation of official statistics is essential. We're grateful to be able to work with @StatsRegulation to improve the trustworthiness, quality and value of stats.https://t.co/jq9u1zGJ1T

— Full Fact (@FullFact) March 5, 2025

1. RFK Jr sparks alarm after backing vitamins to treat measles amid outbreak (The Guardian, 4 March)
2. Kinetic Operations Bring Authoritarian Violence to Democratic Streets (Securing Democracy, 5 March)
3. AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help (The Conversation, 5 March)
4. DOGE's bogus 'wall of receipts' reveal Elon Musk's real agenda (MSNBC, 3 March)

1. Academia & Research

1. The Uphill Battle to Safeguard Rights (Freedom House, 2025)
2. IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – that's not censorship (IU Observatory on Social Media, 3 March)
3. Locked in echoes: unveiling the dynamics of social media echo chambers and Hindu radicalization targeting Muslim youth in Delhi (Nature, 5 March)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. What Trump Said On Tech At His Address to a Joint Session of Congress (Tech Policy Press, 5 March)
2. Clash brewing at Royal Society over calls to expel Elon Musk (The Independent, 3 March)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Why a ceasefire holds little appeal for Zelenskyy (Brookings, 4 March)
2. Trump has fully embraced Russia’s war fantasy, but there’s a hidden trap for Putin (The Independent, 4 March)
3. In speech to Congress, Trump says he’s received ‘strong signals’ that Russia is ready for peace (Meduza, 5 March)