DisinfoDocket 19 November

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Highlights

1. France Steps Up Fight Against Disinformation as U.S. Pulls Back, Official Says (New York Times, 17 November)
2. It’s Back. Congress Gears Up for Year-End Fight Over Moratorium on AI Laws. (Tech Policy Press, 18 November)
3. Large online propaganda campaigns are flooding the internet with 'AI slop,' researchers say (NBC, 19 November)
4. A battle for hearts and minds: How Russian propaganda takes over Africa (EUvsDisinfo, 18 November)

WATCH - 'Operation Matryochka': Russian propaganda machine exploits Paris attacks (France24, 19 November)

1. Academia & Research

1. If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research? (Nature, 19 November)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai (BBC, 18 November)
2. Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar paycheck depends on the markets he’s losing (Rest of World, 13 November)
3. Digital Twins Demand a New Social Contract (Tech Policy Press, 18 November)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots (The Guardian, 19 November)
2. Russian university fires long-time American studies scholar amid online attacks on his family (Meduza, 18 November)