DisinfoDocket 15 December 2025
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Don't miss -
* Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattack, election disinformation
* Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
* Debunking the digital chaos: Building trust in the age of AI-driven disinformation...
* Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattack, election disinformation
* Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
* Debunking the digital chaos: Building trust in the age of AI-driven disinformation...
Highlights
- How a fake news website spread misinformation after Bondi Beach shooting (BBC, 15 December)
- Misinformation is an inevitable biological reality across nature, researchers argue (Phys, 13 December)
- Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation (The New York Times, 12 December)
1. Academia & Research
- Multimodal large language models can make context-sensitive hate speech evaluations aligned with human judgement (Nature, 15 December)
2. Platforms & Technology
- The European Union Changes Course on Digital Legislation (Lawfare, 15 December)
- Who Will Own TikTok in the US and Why it Matters for Democracy (Tech Policy Press, 15 December)
- The future according to Silicon Valley’s prophets (Coda Story, 8 December)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- In return for Trump lifting sanctions, Belarus freed 123 political prisoners — then expelled most to Ukraine without passports (Meduza, 15 December)