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Docket+ 26 June

Docket+ is a weekly roundup of the latest influence operations-related academic research, events and job opportunities.
Docket+ 26 June
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Good morning! Don't miss -
* Break the Chain: Manifestos, Lone Wolf Terrorism, and the Nashville Shooting
* The Use of Web Archives in Disinformation Research
* Global Fact 10, the world’s largest fact-checking summit 27-30 June

Highlights:

  1. Encrypted Messaging Applications and Political Messaging: How They Work and Why Understanding Them is Important for Combating Global Disinformation (Center for Media Engagement, 19 June)
  2. A Year of Hate: Understanding Threats and Harassment Targeting Drag Shows and the LGBTQ+ Community (ISD, 22 June)
  3. aedFaCT: Scientific Fact-Checking Made Easier via Semi-Automatic Discovery of Relevant Expert Opinions (ICWSM, 1 June)

1. Academia & Research


1.1 Platforms & Technology

  1. Information sharing and political polarisation on social media: The role of falsehood and partisanship (Wiley, 21 June)
  2. Transcript: House Hearing on AI- Advancing Innovation in the National Interest (Tech Policy Press, 25 June)

1.2 World News

  1. Analysis | China’s influence in Ghana is more powerful than ever. What does this mean for the United States? (Institute for the Study of Democracy, 21 June)
  2. One-in-six Americans have taken steps to see less of someone on social media due to religious content (Pew, 21 June)


Russia & Ukraine

  1. Pants on Fire (EUvsDisinfo, 22 June)

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