DisinfoDocket 18 February

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Highlights

1. Trust under pressure: naming coercion is a competitive advantage (ASPI, 17 February)
2. The Trump Administration’s Grok Dilemma (Lawfare, 18 February)
3. In the age of AI and body cameras, no video speaks for itself (Poynter, 18 February)
4. Russian fake news network targets Ukraine at Winter Olympics (BBC, 18 February)

1. Academia & Research

1. From Diagnosis to Inoculation: Building Cognitive Resistance to AI Disempowerment (arXiv, 16 February)
2. How middle powers can weather US and Chinese AI dominance (Chatham House, 16 February)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Why AI Sovereignty Depends on Interoperability Standards (Tech Policy Press, 17 February)
2. AI is giving tech companies power that once belonged to governments (Rest of World, 18 February)
3. Zuckerberg defends Meta in landmark social media addiction trial (BBC, 18 February)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Europe says it has proof Russia fatally poisoned Alexey Navalny. Can international law hold the Kremlin to account? (Meduza, 18 February)
2. Dispatch from Munich: Europe is growing stronger, but will it be fast enough to save Ukraine? (Atlantic Council, 17 February)
3. Russia is using monuments to peddle misinformation (FT, 17 February)