Docket+ 5 June
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Good morning! Don't miss -
* Inherent Strategic Ambiguity between Objectives and Actions: Russia’s ‘Information War’
* Far Right and Extremist Groups: Bulgaria
* Dangers of Social Media Age Verification with Senator Shoshana Weissmann
* Inherent Strategic Ambiguity between Objectives and Actions: Russia’s ‘Information War’
* Far Right and Extremist Groups: Bulgaria
* Dangers of Social Media Age Verification with Senator Shoshana Weissmann
Highlights
- Defence Strategic Communications Volume 12: Strategic Ambiguity (Nato StratCom CoE, 2 June)
- The New Media Goliaths: The internet has allowed independent creators to thrive, finding niche audiences for everything from nudes to salad recipes. But it’s also spawned silos that incentivize propaganda. (Noēma, 1 June)
- Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech (CACM, April)
- Displaying news source trustworthiness ratings reduces sharing intentions for false news posts (TSJ, May)
- Far Right and Extremist Groups: Bulgaria (GPAHE, May)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- Experts Discuss Investigating Social Media Companies Like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok (GIJN, 29 May)
- Dangers of Social Media Age Verification with Senator Shoshana Weissmann (RStreet, 30 May)
Governance, Regulation & Content Moderation
- Suspensions of prominent accounts minimally impact platform engagement (OSF, 3 June)
Information Spread
- Should I share it? Factors influencing fake news-sharing behaviour: A behavioural reasoning theory perspective (Science Direct, August)
- WhatsApp Increases Exposure to False Rumors but has Limited Effects on Beliefs and Polarization: Evidence from a Multimedia-Constrained Deactivation. (SSRN, 30 May)
Artificial Intelligence
- AI Tracking Center: 138 ‘Unreliable AI-Generated News’ Websites (and Counting), Plus the Top False Narratives Generated by Artificial Intelligence Tools (NewsGuard, 2 June)
- Leveraging ChatGPT for Efficient Fact-Checking (PsyArXiv, 29 May)