DisinfoDocket 15 July

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Highlights

1. AI Lays Bare the Authoritarianism of Modern Work. Time to Rethink Education. (Tech Policy Press, 15 July)
2. YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps (WIRED, 14 July)
3. Distance won’t protect you: Belarusian transnational repression in Canada (DFR Lab, 13 July)
4. Why the information space has become a minefield for EU CSDP missions and operations (EUvsDisinfo, 14 July)
5. Some Parental Warnings on TV Function as Propaganda Through Repetition of Misinformation (The Good Men Project, 15 July)

1. Academia & Research

1. People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S. (Pew Research Center, 15 July)
2. Doctored data sets could trick AI agents (Nature, 15 July)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. How the US and China Can Step Back from the Battle for AI Model Supremacy (Tech Policy Press, 14 July)
2. AI powers citizen-led disaster relief from afar for Venezuela (Rest of World, 15 July)
3. Midnight social media curfew proposed for UK teens aged 16 and 17 (BBC, 15 July)

3. Russia & Ukraine

LISTEN - Lawfare Daily: Taking Stock of the Ukraine-Russia Talks (Lawfare, 14 July)