Disinfo Docket 6 March

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Highlights

1. Role of Illinois Circuit Court Judge Misrepresented in Post About Trump’s Removal from Ballot (FactCheck.org, 4 March)
2. CISA: No ‘credible threats’ to Super Tuesday voting so far (The Record by Recorded Future, 5 March)
3. Media Layoffs Mean We're Worse Off This Election Year (HuffPost, 5 March)
4. Grassroots Content Moderation Might Be A Solution to Election Misinformation (Tech Policy Press, 5 March)

WATCH - Transparency tool launched by BBC Verify (BBC, 4 March)

1. Academia & Research

1. Generative AI and science communication in the physical sciences (Nature, 4 March)
2. Right-wing media are spreading a baseless conspiracy theory that Democrats are trying to import migrants to vote in upcoming elections (Media Matters for America, 4 March)
3. How news producers can drive consumers toward misinformation - even when they want the truth (MIT Sloan Office of Communications)

2. Platforms & Technology

“Things get murky when we look at the collective results of our individual decision-making.” —@ugasser on his new book with @Viktor_MS that parses the consequences of ceding human intelligence to artificial intelligence, & the need for not just data, but “decision governance” pic.twitter.com/Ih95JNAifm

— Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (@BKCHarvard) March 5, 2024

1. OpenAI's growing list of legal headaches (Axios, 5 March)
2. Demand for computer chips fuelled by AI could reshape global politics and security (The Conversation, 4 March)

Meta

1. Misleading clickbait is prevalent on Facebook and Instagram in Canada after Meta’s news ban. Could it happen in Australia? (The Guardian, 5 March)
2. Facebook will stop subsidizing Australian news. Will tax dollars have to replace it? (Nieman Lab, 4 March)

🚨NEW STATEMENT: Experts, Advocates Urge EU Parliament to Make Social Media Platforms “Safe by Default” in time for 2024 Elections

Full statement herehttps://t.co/DcD8TUvYYH

— Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) March 5, 2024

TikTok 

1. TikTok parent company under fire in new bill (Axios, 5 March)
2. New bipartisan push aims to force sale of TikTok (Semafor, 5 March)

X (Twitter)

1. Former Twitter execs sue Musk and X for more than $128 million in severance (NPR, 4 March)