Monday 27th October
DisinfoDocket curates influence operations- related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
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Don't miss -
* When Chinese Propaganda Goes Viral in Taiwan
* Albania is Showing the Perils of Outsourcing Democracy to Algorithms
* Same Snake, Different Oil: How Wellness Influencers Benefit From Health Misinformation...
* When Chinese Propaganda Goes Viral in Taiwan
* Albania is Showing the Perils of Outsourcing Democracy to Algorithms
* Same Snake, Different Oil: How Wellness Influencers Benefit From Health Misinformation...
Highlights
- She arrived in Canada as an immigrant and now teaches newcomers how to resist misinformation (Poynter, 27 October)
- Inside the minds of power: psychological analysis in security (ASPI, 27 October)
- The mental cost of winning the disinformation war in Moldova (DW, 27 October)
- Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda (WIRED, 27 October)
1. Academia & Research
- Can We "Inoculate" the Brain Against Misinformation? (Psychology Today, 27 October)
- Teaching media literacy in schools an effective counter to misinformation: study (The Hindu, 27 October)
2. Platforms & Technology
- ChatGPT's new browser has potential, if you're willing to pay (BBC, 26 October)
3. Russia & Ukraine
- Hackers posing as Kyrgyz officials target Russian agencies in cyber espionage campaign (The Record, 23 October)
- Russia’s ‘terrorists and extremists’ list is now sweeping up journalists and academics. Soon, Navalny donors could face life in prison. (Meduza, 23 October)
- Large language models: the new battlefield of Russian information warfare (EUvsDisinfo, 23 October)