DisinfoDocket 2 February
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Highlights
- AI agent Moltbot makes waves in China and Silicon Valley (Rest of World, 30 January)
- Are health influencers making us sick? (Nature, 2 February)
- Everywhere Insiders 32: Nobel Peace Prize Misinformation, Venezuela Power Politics, and NATO Strains (The Good Men Project, 2 February)
- Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons (The Guardian, 2 February)
- China's space aircraft carrier: superweapon or propaganda? (DW, 2 February)
1. Academia & Research
- Analyzing Far-Right Telegram Channels as Constituents of Information Autocracy in Russia (arXiv, 20 January)
2. Platforms & Technology
- What is the 'social media network for AI' Moltbook? (BBC, 2 February)
- US Power Play Over TikTok Did Nothing to Protect Americans (Tech Policy Press, 30 January)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Russia is set to grant the FSB total control over communications shutdowns and ban citizens from suing for outages (Meduza, 2 February)