Docket+ 21 August

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Highlights

1. Interventions to counter misinformation: Lessons from the global north and applications to the global south (USAID, July)
2. Elections Reporting Toolkit (IJNet)
3. Big Tech’s Big Diversity Problem (SXSW Panel Picker)
4. Designing AI Solutions for Gen Z Engagement (SXSW Panel Picker)
5. Digital Civil Rights in AI peril (SXSW Panel Picker)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. Protecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp in the United States (DFRLab, 14 August)
2. What Americans Know About AI, Cybersecurity and Big Tech (Pew, 17 August)
3. Open (For Business): Big Tech, Concentrated Power, and the Political Economy of Open AI (SSRN, 18 August)
4. Deepfakes and scientific knowledge dissemination (Nature, 18 August)
   

1.2 World News

1. Far-right Twitter network targets Guatemala’s presidential election (DFRLab, 17 August)
2. Why Do People Share Political Information and Misinformation Online? Developing a Bottom-Up Descriptive Framework (SAGE, 18 August)
3. (Dis)information warfare: Risks for businesses (SAGE, 17 August)