DisinfoDocket 7 August

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Highlights

1. Bilyana Lilly on how cybersecurity assistance to Ukraine has helped thwart Russian cyberattacks (CyberScoop, 3 August)

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1. Platforms & Technology

1. On social media data access for researchers: Data API shutdowns and price hikes by Twitter/X and Reddit are harmful to public interest social media research and damage the ability to make sense of the public conversation (Conspirator Norteño, 5 August)
2. Iraq blocks Telegram app, cites personal data violations (Reuters, 6 August)
3. Apple has removed Meduza’s flagship news podcast ‘What Happened’ from Apple Podcasts, without explaining the reason: Earlier this summer, the Russian state censorship authority had asked Apple to block the show (Meduza, 5 August)
4. The BBC launches its own Mastodon server (Nieman Lab, 3 August)

Meta

1. Oversight Board overturns Meta's original decision in image of gender-based violence case (Oversight Board, August)
2. Cambodia’s leader continues to abuse Facebook while Meta mulls suspension ruling: Can the Oversight Board force Meta to hold its ground? (Rest of World, 2 August)

Twitter

1. lawsuit from Musk, nonprofit head says he won’t stop exposing Twitter’s problems (CNBC, 5 August)
2. When we held up a mirror to Elon Musk’s Twitter/X he tried to sue us into silence (Guardian, 6 August)
   

2. Russia & Ukraine

1. Russia's War on Ukraine Generates Its Own ‘Fog’ With Disinformation (VoA, 5 August)
2. Russia spreading false claims about Qur’an burnings to harm Nato bid, says Sweden (Guardian, 6 August)
3. Conflict Erupts Among Russia’s Pro-War Bloggers (NYT, 3 August)