DisinfoDocket 25 March

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Highlights

1. Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds (The Guardian, 25 March)
2. Security and Defence: The European Union and China hold their 15th consultations (EEAS, 25 March)
3. Meta, YouTube verdict can ripple through social media markets worldwide (Rest of World, 25 March)
4. Australia’s copyright framework is a sovereign AI decision (ASPI, 25 March)
5. Trump says Iran is ‘based on disinformation.’ Experts say its influence operations go far beyond that. (Poynter, 24 March)

WATCH - What happened in the seconds before Air Canada plane crashed at LaGuardia (BBC, 24 March)

1. Academia & Research

1. When distrust is misplaced, social and democratic bonds weaken (Nature, 24 March)

2. Platforms & Technology

WATCH - 'Typosquatting': How to spot fake news sites created by AI (France24, 25 March)

1. China bars Manus co-founders from leaving country amid Meta deal review, FT reports (Reuters, 25 March)
2. Meta and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial (BBC, 25 March)
3. Does YouTube’s Algorithm Reward Risky Prank Content? (Tech Policy Press, 25 March)
4. From Chile to the Philippines, meet the people pushing back on AI (Rest of World, 24 March)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. Secession for you, prison in Russia: Moscow’s selective love for self-determination (EUvsDisinfo, 24 March)
2. A mysterious group is calling on Russians to protest the Kremlin’s Internet restrictions. Is it a trap? (Meduza, 25 March)