DisinfoDocket 17 June
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* Makerfield by-election voters ‘heavily targeted’ with misinformation and AI fakes
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* Makerfield by-election voters ‘heavily targeted’ with misinformation and AI fakes
* Emerging uses of AI chatbots for news and what it means for journalism
* Hungary’s reset with Ukraine is good news for European deterrence
Highlights
- Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley’s AI Push (Tech Policy Press, 17 June)
- Lithuania sees itself as a nation on the front lines of the misinformation war (Poynter, 17 June)
- Makerfield by-election polling: what to look out for (Full Fact, 16 June)
- Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact (Pew Research Center, 17 June)
1. Academia & Research
- False Prophets? Mental Health Misinformation Online (Psychology Today, 17 June)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Five big questions about the UK's under-16s social media ban (BBC, 16 June)
- Toward Representative AI Governance (Tech Policy Press, 17 June)
- When Americans choose Chinese AI (Rest of World, 17 June)
3. Russia & Ukraine
LISTEN - Lawfare Daily: A Breakthrough in Ukraine’s EU Accession Talk (Lawfare, 17 June)