Disinfo Docket 19 October
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Don't miss -
* In Egypt, the government has seized a newsroom
* Warning signs over threats to Australian politicians were rising before MP hit by car
* A shrinking local press is making it easier for public officials to restrict access
* In Egypt, the government has seized a newsroom
* Warning signs over threats to Australian politicians were rising before MP hit by car
* A shrinking local press is making it easier for public officials to restrict access
Highlights
- Dissecting DOJ’s Letter to California Election Officials: Empty Threats of Criminal Liability (Just Security, 18 October)
- Fake AI images of protester go viral after woman punched at Trump's Ohio rally (France24, 15 October)
- Inside the shadowy world of anti-Putin sabotage from within Russia (BBC, 19 October)
- U.S. Political Money Funnels to Indian Bots to Lure Voters (The New York Times, 19 October)
1. Academia & Research
- Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking? (Nature, 12 October)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? (Rest of World, 19 October)
- Another Week of Lawsuits Piling Up at OpenAI (Tech Policy Press, 18 October)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Russia's Digital Detox Boomerang (Lawfare, 16 October)
- Two presidents, two versions of peace: Trump says Zelensky doesn’t want the war to end. Zelensky says Trump wants Ukraine to give in. (Meduza, 19 October)
- Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian data centres may change how we see disinformation (The Conversation, 18 October)