Disinfo Docket 8 October
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Highlights
- In the age of false information, we all need a good BS detector. Here’s how to sort facts from harmful fiction (The Guardian, 7 October)
- PAHO releases new guides to help combat vaccine misinformation (PAHO, 7 October)
- EU Hits Back Over Georgian Election Misinformation (Forbes, 6 October)
- OpenAI’s Sora Video App Heightens Risk for Misinformation (Bloomberg, 3 October)
1. Academia & Research
- Corrections are effective for science misinformation (Nature, 6 October)
2. Platforms & Technology
- OpenAI’s new video tool Sora has ‘real potential for misuse’ (Metro, 5 October)
- New report warns extremist groups increasingly using AI to intensify antisemitic propaganda (CBS News, 6 October)
- OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real (New York Times, 3 October)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Poland hit by unprecedented disinformation attack following Russian drone incursion (Le Monde, 8 October)
- The shadowy SVR openly pushes disinformation narratives (EUvsDisinfo, 2 October)
- Kremlin-backed propaganda film flops with Russian viewers (The Times, 7 October)