DisinfoDocket 16 March
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* Mounting restrictions on press freedom raise concerns over control of war reporting
* Hungary’s election looms – so does the far right challenge to Europe’s unity
* AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn...
* Mounting restrictions on press freedom raise concerns over control of war reporting
* Hungary’s election looms – so does the far right challenge to Europe’s unity
* AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn...
Highlights
- Trump and his FCC chair are barking at the press. Even without a bite, the threat matters. (Poynter, 16 March)
- Meta failed to flag AI video during 2025 Israel-Iran war, Oversight Board says (Rest of World, 10 March)
- Russia-linked espionage campaign targeting Ukraine using Starlink and charity lures (The Record, 16 March)
- AI fakes about Iran-U.S. war swirl on X despite policy crackdown (The Japan Times, 15 March)
1. Academia & Research
- When Agents Persuade: Propaganda Generation and Mitigation in LLMs (arXiv, 4 March)
2. Platforms & Technology
- She spent 16 hours on Instagram in a day. It's up to a jury to decide if Meta is to blame (BBC, 14 March)
- Brazil Wants to Reshape The Internet for Kids. The Hard Part Just Began. (Tech Policy Press, 16 March)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Russian FIMI and the war in Iran (EUvsDisinfo, 13 March)
- Russia’s long-anticipated block of messenger app Telegram has begun, experts say (Meduza, 16 March)