Docket+ 16 June

Hi! I'm Victoria and welcome to DisinfoDocket. Docket+ is a weekly roundup of the latest influence operations-related academic research, events and job opportunities.

Did you know that DisinfoDocket takes requests? If you have suggestions or relevant work that you'd like to see included, simply reply to this email and send us the details!

Highlights

1. Fake News – What’s the harm? (University of Westminster Press)
   1. Trial finds predictive model helps fact-checkers identify false claims with potential to cause harm (CAMRI, 2 April)
   2. Can fact-checkers accurately forecast false claims that may cause harm, and defend wider freedom of speech? (International Journalism Festival, 12 April)
   3. Fact-checkers forecast which dodgy claims will do most damage (Economist, 15 May)
2. Intelligence and Strategic Communicatio (NATO StratCom CoE, 9 June)
3. Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025 digital booklet (NATO StratCom CoE, 10 June)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. Taking Action Against ‘Nudify’ Apps (Meta, 12 June)
2. Call Them What They Are: Time to Fix Cyber Threat Actor Naming (Just Security, 12 June)
3. Unpacking TikTok’s Data Access Illusion (Tech Policy Press, 12 June)
4. Muddling Through Uncertain Waters: Why the UN’s Troubles Could Spell Trouble for the Internet (Tech Policy Press, 10 June)
5. User reporting isn't the magic fix some people think it is (Everything in Moderation, 9 June)
6. How Malicious AI Swarms Can Threaten Democracy (ArXiv, 18 May)
7. Spam and deepfake nudes: In which a swarm of X accounts floods the platform with spammy posts promoting an AI nudifier app (Conspirator Norteño, 13 June)

AI & LLMs

1. OpenAI Must Remain Accountable to the Public and its Charitable Purpose (Tech Policy Press, 11 June)
2. Sword and Shield: Uses and Strategies of LLMs in Navigating Disinformation (ArXiv, 8 June)
3. When Grok is wrong: The risks of AI chatbots spreading misinformation in a crisis (The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 10 June)

1.2 World News 

1. African Initiative : de la diplomatie publique aux opérations d’influence numériques (SGDSN, 12 June)
2. Safeguarding Evidence: The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s “Women, Life, Freedom” Protests (Just Security, 11 June)
3. India’s Information Politics In A Geopolitical Conflict (Tech Policy Press, 11 June)