DisinfoDocket 27 July
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Highlights
- Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control (Rest of World, 23 July)
- Burnham Has a Narrow Window to Shape UK AI Policy (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 23 July)
- Standing with strangers, a Tbilisi story (Coda Story, 21 July)
- China's new challenge as natural disasters strike - fake AI videos (BBC, 27 July)
1. Academia & Research
- As the 2026 Midterms Approach, Economy Is Front and Center (Pew Research Center, 23 July)
2. Platforms & Technology
- ‘Open-Washing’ Is Everywhere in AI. Four Criteria Cut Through It (Tech Policy Press, 25 July)
- Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies (BBC, 24 July)
LISTEN - China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm (WIRED, 24 July)