Docket+ 27 November

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Highlights
- The laws of division: physicists probe into the polarization of political opinions (Physics World, 21 November)
- Trust in public health institutions moderates the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine discussion groups on Facebook (T&F, 20 November)
- Operational Reporting in Practice: The EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation (CEIP, 21 November)
- Exposure to social bots amplifies perceptual biases and regulation propensity (Nature, 24 November)
- The role of foreign influencers in China’s propaganda system (ASPI, 24 November)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- An Analysis of Socialbots Activity and Influence in Modern Japanese Social Media (ArXiv, 22 November)
- Can Large Language Models Understand Content and Propagation for Misinformation Detection: An Empirical Study (ArXiv, 21 November)
1.2 World News
- Nontransparent network of pro-opposition Polish Facebook pages coordinates its attacks (DFRLab, 20 November)
- Meaningful disinformation: Narrative rituals and affective folktales (Sage, 22 November)
- Social media trolls as faux third-party agents of image repair: China’s disinformation campaign and statecraft in the Daryl Morey affair (T&F, 22 November)
Russia & Ukraine
From exploiting human beings as pawns in their losing game to attempting to tarnish the true legacy of Euromaidan, the Kremlin #disinformation machine tries to twist your reality. #DontBeDeceived, read our latest #DisinfoReview.https://t.co/qTWuX4fk8T pic.twitter.com/OKc1fcY0My
— EUvsDisinfo (@EUvsDisinfo) November 23, 2023
- Local elections in Moldova: new votes, old disinformation narratives (EUvsDisinfo, 17 November)
- Something dark hiding behind the ads (EUvsDisinfo, 20 November)
- Weaponising weapons deliveries (EUvsDisinfo, 22 November)
Israel & Palestine
There's zero evidence for claims such as this, by a fake osint account with a blue tick, that weapons given to Ukraine by the US are being sold in the black market and reaching Hamas, Hezbollah and Mexican drug cartels. The image posted as evidence in the tweet is from 2014. pic.twitter.com/ur0t2mo9tL
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) November 23, 2023
This investigation from Bloomberg does an excellent job of explaining, with evidence, how @elonmusk's changes and interactions on Twitter have fuelled the spread of disinformation and misinformation on Israel and Gaza https://t.co/nADH9TC0Pa
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) November 21, 2023