Docket+ 17 July

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Highlights

1. Conscientiousness does not moderate the association between political ideology and susceptibility to fake news sharing (PsyArXiv, 30 June)
2. The (Mis)Information Game: A social media simulator (Behaviour Research Methods, 12 July)
3. Comprehensive report of the Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web (Atlantic Council, June)
4. Addressing the harms of AI-Generated inauthentic content (Nature, July)
5. How To Think About Whether Misinformation Interventions Work (PsyArXiv, 12 July)
6. Toolbox of Interventions Against Online Misinformation and Manipulation (PsyArXiv, 10 July)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. NewsGuard Uncovers Network of Italian-Language Unreliable AI Generated Sites (NewsGuard, 7 July)
2. Artificial Intelligence Can Persuade Humans on Political Issues (OSF, 13 July)
   

1.2 World News

1. Cross-platform kompromat campaign targets detained activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and several female Azerbaijani activists (DFRLab, 11 July)
2. Public opinion about Finland joining NATO: analysing Twitter posts by performing natural language processing (T&F, 11 July)

Russia & Ukraine

1. From 0 to 100: a story of the escalation of Threat Actors: Timeline of Threat Actors in relation to the Russian-Ukrainian War (Cyber Peace Institute, 30 June)
2. Inauthentic Facebook campaign promoted pro-Russian Shor Party messaging in Moldova (DFRLab, 11 July)
3. Large Shares See Russia and Putin in Negative Light, While Views of Zelenskyy More Mixed (Pew, 10 July)
4. Looking for distractions and driving divisions (EUvsDisinfo, 13 July)
5. They will (not) deceive us! The role of agentic and communal national narcissism and Russian disinformation in shaping the attitudes to Ukrainian refugees in Poland (PsyArXiv, 9 July)