DisinfoDocket 21 January

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Highlights

1. At Davos, Trump’s 19th-century instincts will collide with 21st-century uncertainty (Atlantic Council, 20 January)
2. In 2020, FiveThirtyEight published a chart that was weaponized to spread election disinformation. It still haunts me. (Poynter, 21 January)
3. Who decides the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize? (Full Fact, 19 January)
4. Key Trends that Will Shape Tech Policy in 2026 (Just Security, 15 January)

1. Academia & Research

1. Consensus Stability of Community Notes on X (arXiv, 20 January)
2. Pragmatic lessons for harnessing social media for health research through digital data donation post-API access (Nature, 21 January)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. ‘Pax Silica’ and Pursuit of Greenland Give Shape to Trump’s Imperial AI Ambitions (Tech Policy Press, 20 January)
2. Interpreting Claude’s Constitution (Lawfare, 21 January)
3. UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s (BBC, 19 January)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Built to lie: how new pro-Russian monuments exploit cultural heritage (EUvsDisinfo, 20 January)
2. Trump’s Greenland gambit gives Russia a historic opportunity but could be a mixed blessing for Putin, experts tell Meduza (Meduza, 20 January)