DisinfoDocket 21 October
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Don't miss -
* The EU KIDS Act Could Put Young Gamers' Privacy at Risk
* The new battleground: the UK’s disinformation centre faces threats on multiple fronts
* UN experts urge Meta to safeguard political expression in Brazil election
* The EU KIDS Act Could Put Young Gamers' Privacy at Risk
* The new battleground: the UK’s disinformation centre faces threats on multiple fronts
* UN experts urge Meta to safeguard political expression in Brazil election
Highlights
- Google updates AI detector after Full Fact investigation finds it flagging apparently real images (Full Fact, 21 October)
- Tren-ding on TikTok (Graphika, 21 October)
- SRHR misinformation and digital platform governance (WHO, 12 October)
- EU probes pro-Kremlin disinformation around French riots (FT, 21 October)
1. Academia & Research
- Americans’ Use of Social Media in 2026 (Pew Research Center, 19 October)
- Pro-vaccination communication requires tailoring: Evidence from an experimental and longitudinal comparison of communication strategies on vaccination-related cognition and intentions (Nature, 21 October)
2. Platforms & Technology
- You Can’t Solve AI Risk Without Solving the AI Evidence Problem (Tech Policy Press, 21 October)
- Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military (BBC, 21 October)
- Who, If Anyone, Should Have a License to Kill AI? (Lawfare, 20 October)