DisinfoDocket 24 June
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* The Latest Iran Deal Ignores the Lessons of the Past
* In Texas, AI-generated political ads are blurring the line between real and fake
* Military Education and American Manhood: How does military education help explain our current political moment?
* The Latest Iran Deal Ignores the Lessons of the Past
* In Texas, AI-generated political ads are blurring the line between real and fake
* Military Education and American Manhood: How does military education help explain our current political moment?
Highlights
- What Online Platforms Can and Must Do to Help Mitigate Escalating Political Violence (Tech Policy Press, 23 June)
- Sir Keir Starmer's premiership in six charts (BBC Verify, 22 June)
- Hacktivism is an underestimated threat, especially in geopolitical crises (ASPI, 23 June)
- UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok (The Guardian, 22 June)
- The Brexit vote 10 years on: your questions answered (Full Fact, 23 June)
1. Academia & Research
- Human detection of AI-generated faces and voices is not domain-general (Nature, 22 June)
2. Platforms & Technology
- The AI-powered World Cup runs on thousands of data workers (Rest of World. 23 June)
- Five Eyes agencies sound alarm about AI’s threat to cybersecurity (The Record, 23 June)
- Google's YouTube settles social media addiction case with teen (BBC, 23 June)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- ‘Something could start as early as October’: Russian authorities are discussing a new wave of mobilization after the State Duma elections (Meduza, 24 June)
- New EEAS-CCD report exposes Russian FIMI targeting Ukraine’s EU future (EUvsDisinfo, 23 June)
- Medal Row Highlights Tricky Relations Between Kyiv And Warsaw As EU Talks Begin (Radio Free Europe, 23 June)