Docket+ 12 June

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Highlights

1. DISARM Countermeasures Workshop Series — How can the media communicate responsibly about disinformation campaigns? (DISARM, 1 June)
2. Understanding Targeted Misgendering and Deadnaming as Hate Speech (Tech Policy Press, 7 June)
3. Addressing the distribution of illicit sexual content by minors online (Stanford University, 6 June)
4. The year in hate and extremism 2022 (SPLC, June)

LISTEN: Information Ecology with Alicia Wanless (Lawfare, 1 June)

🚨 @ASPI_ICPC has launched a new website and companion paper providing a visual 👀 breakdown of the publically-available data from high-confidence attributions of state-linked information operations on social media (🧵) https://t.co/XJ8O2uqslP

— Dr Jake Wallis (@JakeWallis_ASPI) March 31, 2022

Great to see @ChrisCoons reintroduce the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act today (with several new co-sponsors).

This bill would go a long way in securing the data researchers need to study how social media impacts society. https://t.co/xLKyG0omEA

— NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics (@CSMaP_NYU) June 8, 2023

DISARM officially adopted by the EU and US on FIMI. Step towards a better information space and stronger democracy. Big 👏 to the DISARM team, the incredible supporters Alfred Landecker Foundation & Public Democracy, and all driving this forward! #disarm #disinformation #AI #EU pic.twitter.com/Qv5QuAbMgu

— Alliance4Europe (@Alliance4EU) June 9, 2023

1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. Life on Social Media Platforms, in Users’ Own Words (Pew, 7 June)
2. Social drivers and algorithmic mechanisms on digital media (PsyArXiv, 8 June)
3. Globalizing information networks, social media, and participation (Wiley, 7 June)
4. From Bad to Worse: Using Private Data to Propagate Disinformation on Online Platforms with a Greater Efficiency (ArXiv, 8 June)
5. Political Influencers on Social Media: An Introduction (SAGE, 7 June)
6. Artificial Intelligence: UNESCO publishes Policy Paper on AI Foundation Models (UNESCO, 9 June)
7. 2022 Annual Report: Oversight Board reviews Meta’s changes to bring fairness and transparency to its platforms (Oversight Board, June)

1.2 World News

1. The Post-Secular Society, Influencers, and Misinformation (Psychology Today, 7 June)
2. Stakes of Knowing the Truth: A Motivational Perspective on the Popularity of a Controversial Scientific Theory (PsyArXiv, 8 June)
3. The Dynamics of Event-Based Political Influencers on Twitter: A Longitudinal Analysis of Influential Accounts During Chinese Political Events (SAGE, 8 June)
4. HUMINT Operations Abroad: Challenges to Japan’s Intelligence Services (T&F, 8 June)

Russia & Ukraine

1. Kremlin’s tide of disinformation can’t wash away the truth (EUvsDisinfo, 8 June)