Disinfo Docket 5 January 2026
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Good to see you all in 2026! Don't miss -
* Sphere of influence: Why China is forcing Myanmar’s brutal junta to stage a pantomime election
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* On the Sunday shows, the White House called it law enforcement. Democrats called it war...
* Sphere of influence: Why China is forcing Myanmar’s brutal junta to stage a pantomime election
* African journalists forge shared continental priorities for just transition and information integrity
* On the Sunday shows, the White House called it law enforcement. Democrats called it war...
Highlights
WATCH - AI app apologises over false crime alerts across US (BBC Verify, 23 December)
- AI Is getting dangerously good at political persuasion (The Japan Times, 3 January)
- Judge blocks Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation activist (NBC, 26 December)
- Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In. (New York Times, 25 December)
- Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture (WIRED, 3 January)
- Five lessons from our fact checking in 2025 (Full Fact, 23 December)
1. Academia & Research
- Stopping the next flu pandemic (Nature, 23 December)
2. Platforms & Technology
LISTEN - The Policy Implications of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree' (Tech Policy Press, 4 January)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Moldovan ‘Traitors’ portal linked to Russian cybercrime group (DFR Lab, 23 December)
- Controlled questions, crafted lies: inside Putin’s year-end messaging machine (EUvsDisinfo, 23 December)
- Bulgaria prepares to join eurozone amid fears of Russian-backed disinformation (The Guardian, 28 December)