DisinfoDocket 19 August
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Don't miss -
* French prosecutors probe Russian disinformation campaign against centrist candidates
* Unless Flock is Reined In, Mass Video Surveillance Will Grow Even More Pervasive
* Has Trump lost ‘Make America Healthy Again’ voters?
* French prosecutors probe Russian disinformation campaign against centrist candidates
* Unless Flock is Reined In, Mass Video Surveillance Will Grow Even More Pervasive
* Has Trump lost ‘Make America Healthy Again’ voters?
Highlights
- Chasing Surveillance Powers, Canada Risks the CLOUD Act Deal It Needs (Lawfare, 17 August)
- The Government’s Unexplained Reversal on Social Media Disclosure Requirements (Just Security, 18 August)
- The manufactured crisis of Ceuta (Coda Story, 10 August)
- Meta’s blockbuster trial draws parallels to big tobacco (The Economist, 18 August)
1. Academia & Research
- Public libraries can help tackle misinformation and disinformation, research shows (University of Stirling, 14 August)
2. Platforms & Technology
- More than 200 AI-generated ‘local news’ sites just went dark (Poynter, 18 August)
- Amid the Open-Source AI Debate, America Needs a New Theory of Technological Power (Just Security, 18 August)
LISTEN - Is the AI boom about to bust? (Chatham House, 7 August)