Disinfo Docket 6 January

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Highlights

1. How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media platform troll-free (CBC, 27 December)
2. Sanctions in Response to Attempted Iranian and Russian Interference in U.S. General Election (US Department of State, 31 December)
3. A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year (Poynter, 27 December)

1. Academia & Research

1. Critical Reasoning with AI: Initial Analysis of a Conspiracy Claim (The End(s) of Argument, 3 January)
2. Flight of Uncertainty: Lessons from 2024 drone sightings: Delve into New Jersey's late 2024 drone sightings, uncovering the role of false information, public fear, and policy gaps. (InfoEpi Lab, 4 January)
3. Whoose stories count? How Google search erases local media in Bangladesh (Tech Global Institute, December)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Elon Musk gets new support in growing lawsuit against OpenAI (Washington Post, 1 January)
2. Why invest in AI ethics and governance? (IBM)

BlueSky

1. Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots (AP, 22 December)

Meta

1. Nick Clegg leaves Meta ahead of Trump's return as US president (BBC, 2 January)
2. Meta taps Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, replacing Nick Clegg (Reuters, 2 January)
3. Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles (Guardian, 3 January)
4. Meta blames technical error for removal of LGBTQIA+ groups' Facebook posts (ABC, 6 January)

TikTok 

1. TikTok and Government Clash in Last Round of Supreme Court Briefs (NYT, 3 January)
2. TikTok has opened the door to a new age of medical misinformation – and I’m seeing the results in A&E (Guardian, 30 December)
3. Three Algerian TikTok influencers arrested in France on charges of inciting violence (France24, 5 January)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. German defense minister warns of Russian 'hybrid warfare' (DW, 22 December)
2. How Kremlin disinformation could hide the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash (CNN, 27 December)