DisinfoDocket 11 February

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Highlights

1. Telegram is one of the last messaging apps in Russia that the state doesn’t control. Did the Kremlin just block it for good? (Meduza, 10 February)
2. How to build a newsroom plan for responding to First Amendment threats (Poynter, 10 February)
3. New weapon in the shadows: how the Kremlin uses video games for war propaganda (EUvsDisinfo, 11 February)
4. Speed, hoaxes and mistrust: How AI is transforming freelance journalism (Reuters Institute, 10 February)
5. Counter-terror police review ‘Iran propaganda’ channel operating in London (The Telegraph, 8 February)

1. Academia & Research

1. Rethinking misinformation through plausibility estimation and confidence calibration (Nature, 9 February)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial hears (BBC, 10 February)
2. Mandated TikTok Transparency is Needed to Protect US Users (Tech Policy Press, 10 February)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. The Putin regime faces mounting pressure but is still far from collapse (Atlantic Council, 9 February)
2. How Russia’s new Telegram restrictions threaten self-inflicted damage to the army’s frontline communications (Meduza, 10 February)