Docket+ 15 April

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Highlights

What does Prussian naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt have to do with cybersecurity?
— IOpartnership (@IOpartnership) April 10, 2024
Learn more from the latest @lawfare podcast, featuring a live recording at #Verify2024 with Benjamin Wittes, @lageneralista and Chinmayi Sharma:https://t.co/yFec80UdcX
- Understanding Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) Research and Capability Needs to Deter and Limit the Impacts of (Adversary) [Dis]information (Canadian Global Affairs, April)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- European Commission Issues Report on Researcher Access to Online Platform Data (Tech Policy Press, 9 April)
- Elon Musk's X Loses in Court: Why It Matters for Independent Technology Research (Tech Policy Press, 7 April)
- Don't fall into the T&S ROI trap: Sometimes we have to invest in Trust & Safety because it’s the right thing to do, not because there will be a return on the investment. Here are some suggestions for alternatives to traditional ROI calculations. (Everything in Moderation, 8 April)
- Responsible and Safe AI: A Primer for Policymakers in the Global South (Igarapé Institute, 8 April)
- Echo Chambers in the Age of Algorithms: An Audit of Twitter's Friend Recommender System (ArXiv, 9 April)
1.2 World News
- The Creeping Influence of the Extreme Right’s Meme Subculture in Southeast Asia’s TikTok Community (GNET, 8 April)
- Scientists’ behaviour towards information disorder: A systematic review (SAGE, 8 April)
- Mnemonic politics among Philippine voters: a social media measurement approach (T&F, 11 April)
- China’s Influence Operations’ Use of Opinion Articles (FIMI Sam, 11 April)
Russia & Ukraine
Voice of Europe is an outlet accused of being a front of Russian propaganda. Our disinformation expert @kalenskyj was interviewed for this important @POLITICOEurope article revealing 16 MEPs' engagement with it. Some voiced pro-Russian stances. Read more 👇 https://t.co/5NFsvafKdx
— Hybrid CoE (@HybridCoE) April 11, 2024
The Kremlin is desperate to paint a world where Ukraine's the supervillain and North Korea's an ally worth bragging about. See through their alternate reality and #DontBeDeceived by the Kremlin "kreativity".
— EUvsDisinfo (@EUvsDisinfo) April 11, 2024
Read our latest #DisinfoReview👇https://t.co/m9JNq3DAhR pic.twitter.com/g07QeaFwK2
- Greetings from Russia: a trip from Kyiv to Korea (EUvsDisinfo, 11 April)
- The wrong, the wicked, and the wacky – Claims about the EU Mission in Armenia (EUvsDisinfo, 8 April)