DisinfoDocket 6 December

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There has been a lot of speculation about how generative AI will impact disinformation campaigns. This latest from me for @ISDglobal looks at an early real-world example of how this is playing out - and it doesn't bode well. https://t.co/FZJoMpTn4s pic.twitter.com/V3F7On8n3y

— Elise Thomas (@elisethoma5) December 5, 2023

1. TikTok Struggles to Take Down Deepfake Videos of Hamas’ Victims (Bloomberg, 4 December)
2. FEMA chief "very concerned" about disinformation from U.S. adversaries after disasters (Axios, 4 December)
3. How Donald Trump uses dishonesty (The Washington Post, 4 December)
4. In a world of misinformation, getting it right has never been so important (RTE, 4 December)

1. Academia & Research

1. Correlation between coronavirus conspiracism and antisemitism: a cross-sectional study in the United Kingdom (Nature, 5 December)
2. What is the disinformation problem? Reviewing the dominant paradigm and motivating an alternative sociopolitical view (arXiv, 4 December)

WhatsApp is a popular way to communicate among U.S. diaspora communities–and it’s also a notable source of misinfo. Our latest in a series of reports on the issue looks at how Caribbean diaspora communities are exposed to & interact w/ misinfo on the app. https://t.co/uSqAOuuPoN

— Center for Media Engagement (@EngagingNews) December 5, 2023

🚨 🇷🇺 👀 - New @RecordedFuture report from @brianjliston and @n0debreak! This report examines the evolving tactics of Russia-linked influence network 🥸 Doppelgänger 🥸 in its targeting of 🇺🇦 Ukraine, the 🇺🇸 United States, and 🇩🇪 Germany. https://t.co/PR9OVlQiES

— Alexander Leslie (@aejleslie) December 5, 2023

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Ego, fear and money: How the A.I. fuse was lit (The New York Times, 3 December)
2. EU institutions finalise agreement on cybersecurity law for connected products (Euractiv, 1 December)
3. Facebook owner Meta faces $600 mln lawsuit from Spanish media (Reuters, 5 December)
4. Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses of bowing to Meta (The Washington Post, 4 December)
5. TikTok owner ByteDance joins generative AI frenzy with service for chatbot development, memo says (South China Morning Post, 4 December)