Disinfo Docket 12 May
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Highlights
- In a ‘misinformation’ age, we need to know what the fact is going on (Independent, 11 May)
- Trolling the New "Woke, Marxist, Commie Pope!" My Analysis Shows How X Privileges MAGA Rage at New Pope (Dysinfluence, 11 May)
- India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream (Bellingcat, 9 May)
1. Academia & Research
- Attack of the MAGA clones: In which two right-wing X influencers are continually reposted by fake accounts impersonating them (Conspirator Norteño, 9 May)
- Cross-Language Fact-Checking Is Pretty Cool (The End(s) of Argument, 11 May)
- Elon Musk-owned X blocks 8,000 accounts after India's request (Hindustan Times, 9 May)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Nigel Farage is a hit on TikTok – but are young voters listening or laughing? (Guardian, 11 May)
- BM Boys: the Nigerian sextortion network hiding in plain sight on TikTok (Guardian, 11 May)
- Star power: Crypto scammers running celebrity-powered malvertising campaign on Facebook (Cyber Daily, 9 May)
- Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’ (Guardian, 8 May)