Docket+ 11 September

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Highlights

1. Culture, Community and Narratives: Key Elements of Violent Conspiracy Theories  (GNET, 6 September)
2. The Rise of Generative AI and the Coming Era of Social Media Manipulation 3.0: Next-Generation Chinese Astroturfing and Coping with Ubiquitous AI (RAND, September)
3. Major Platforms Disinformation Fight Under Scrutiny in new CoP Monitor Report (EDMO, 7 September)
4. From Community Governance to Customer Service and Back Again: Re-Examining Pre-Web Models of Online Governance to Address Platforms’ Crisis of Legitimacy (SAGE, 8 September)
   

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. Social media, extremism, and radicalization (Science Advances, 30 August)
2. Platformed solidarity: Examining the performative politics of Twitter hashflags (Sage, 6 September)
3. I think, therefore I ignore: a study on disinformation’s credibility perceptions and sharing intentions over social media (T&F, 7 September)

1.2 World News

1. Online scam operations and trafficking into forced criminality in Southeast Asia: Recommendations for a human rights response (OHCR)
2. Former Jordan MP promotes anti-LGBTQ+ Twitter campaign (DFRLab, 5 September)
3. Behind the scenes: A critical discourse analysis of Botswana government power plays on Facebook during two post-millennial state-owned organizational crises (Sage, 7 September)