DisinfoDocket 12 November 2025

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Highlights

1. BBC resignations over a Trump speech edit show the high cost of editorial mistakes in a polarized era (Poynter, 10 November)
2. How TikTok cozied up to wealthy investors in Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Rest of World, 6 November)
3. Google files lawsuit to disrupt massive ‘Lighthouse’ smishing scheme (The Record, 12 November)
4. The 'Dead Internet Theory' and the rise of synthetic politics (ECPR, 11 November)

1. Academia & Research

1. The BBC is under scrutiny. Here’s what research tells about its role in the UK (Reuters Institute, 10 November)
2. Personality over Precision: Exploring the Influence of Human-Likeness on ChatGPT Use for Search (arXiv, 9 November)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't (Tech Policy Press, 11 November)
2. This Is the Platform Google Claims Is Behind a ‘Staggering’ Scam Text Operation (WIRED, 12 November)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Russian lawmaker uses AI to create a fake protest calling for mayor’s resignation (Meduza, 11 November)