DisinfoDocket 17 December 2025
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* Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattack, election disinformation
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* Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattack, election disinformation
* Bondi terror: when we ask the wrong questions after violence
* ChatGPT is changing the abortion landscape
Highlights
- Honduras exposes the limits of China’s diplomatic leverage over Taiwan (ASPI, 17 December)
- Surveillance Tech Heightens Chilling Effects for Disabled Protestors (Tech Policy Press, 15 December)
- The Digital in War: From Innovation to Participation (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 9 December)
- Racist and antisemitic false information spreads online following Bondi Beach terrorism attack (ABC, 16 December)
1. Academia & Research
- Follow Nudges without Budges: A Field Experiment on Misinformation Followers Didn't Change Follow Networks (arXiv, 15 December)
- Countering Corporate Misinformation: A Meta-Analysis of Public Relations Interventions (OSF, 15 December)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Grok spread misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting (Mashable, 15 December)
3. Russia & Ukraine
LISTEN - Pavel Durov’s tech-bro feudalism (Meduza, 15 December)
- 'They're no longer hiding': How Russia is shipping liquefied natural gas to China despite sanctions (France24, 12 December)
- EU Sanctions Target Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ Backers and Disinformation Network (The Moscow Times, 17 December)