Docket+ 13 November
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Highlights:
- The new Twitter is changing rapidly — study it before it’s too late (Nature, 7 November)
- Hybrid CoE Strategic Analysis 34: Identity as a tool for disinformation: Exploiting social divisions in modern societies (Hybrid CoE, 9 November)
- Emergency Management and Information Integrity: A Framework for Crisis Response (CEIP, 9 November)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- How ChatGPT’s responses change as top news sites from five countries block it (Reuters Institute, 3 November)
- Tool for Online Discussions (TOD): A New Experimental Research Platform to Examine Live User Interactions on Social Media (OSF, 7 November)
1.2 World News
- In Canada’s battle with Big Tech, smaller publishers are caught in the crossfire (Reuters Institute, 7 November)
- Nexus at ArAIEval Shared Task: Fine-Tuning Arabic Language Models for Propaganda and Disinformation Detection (ArXiv, 6 November)
Russia & Ukraine
- Correcting misinformation about the Russia-Ukraine War reduces false beliefs but does not change views about the War (OSF, 9 November)
Israel & Palestine
- Information disorder in the Israel-Hamas war highlights shifts in the fight against online misinformation (ISD, 9 November)