Docket+ 28 July

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Highlights

1. Europe plans to double research spending in next Horizon Europe scheme (Science, 17 July)
2. Manufacturing reality: How pro-Russian TikTok accounts promote Donbas’s revival (DFRLab, 21 July)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. Commentary: How do we get platforms to share data with independent researchers? Regulation alone will not cut it: a commentary on Livingston et al. (2023), Bourgaize et al. (2025) (Wiley, 20 July)
2. Dynamic Simulation Framework for Disinformation Dissemination and Correction With Social Bots (ArXiv, 21 July)
3. Chameleon Channels: Measuring YouTube Accounts Repurposed for Deception and Profit (ArXiv, 21 July)
4. Deepfakes or Synthetic Media? The Effect of Euphemisms for Labeling Technology on Risk and Benefit Perceptions (SAGE, 24 July)
5. Expanding Teen Account Protections and Child Safety Features (Meta, 23 July)
6. Rethinking Speech Rights in the Era of Corporate Information Control (Tech Policy Press, 23 July)
7. How to develop your Trust & Safety voice (Everything in Moderation, 21 July)
8. Has Social Media Changed the Meaning of Friend? (Psychology Today, 23 July)
9. The curious case of the Trump News Commentary accounts (Conspirator Norteño, 25 July)

AI & LLMs

1. How LLM Alignment Can Help Counteract Big Tech's Centralization of Power (Tech Policy Press, 21 July)
2. Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results (Pew, 22 July)

1.2 World News 

1. Shapeshifters and Starseeds: Populist Knowledge Production, Generous Epistemology, and Disinformation on U.S. Conspiracy TikTok (SAGE, 21 July)
2. China Defenders From Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on X/Twitter (SAGE, 21 July)
3. How Right-Wing Media, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Circulated Antipathy and Threat Cues About Immigrants: A Cross-Media and Cross-Platform Approach (T&F, 22 July)
4. Myanmar’s Digital Crackdown is Worsening: The World is Stepping Back (Tech Policy Press, 17 July)