Docket+ 3 February
Docket+ is a weekly roundup of the latest influence operations-related academic research, events and job opportunities.

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
- Chinese State Influence (Graphika, 29 January)
- The videos that show why YouTube needs fact-checking, just when they announced they don’t (Malta, 22 January)
- Republicans are flagged more often than Democrats for sharing misinformation on X’s Community Notes (OSF, 29 January)
- Examining hurricane–related social media topics longitudinally and at scale: A transformer-based approach (Plos One, 24 January)
- Inoculation reduces social media engagement with affectively polarized content in the UK and US (Nature, 26 January)
- Kremlin Propaganda Revives as ‘Neutral’ YouTube Channels Amid Claims of Baltic Migration (ReBaltica, 28 January)
LISTEN: Autocracy in America (The Atlantic)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- No, conscripting the app stores doesn’t solve the problems with age verification (RStreet, 29 January)
- A Decision on Content Moderation Systems, After All (Tech Policy Press, 29 January)
- What the Supreme Court Got Right in the TikTok Decision (Tech Policy Press, 29 January)
- For the People, Against Their Will: The Blunder of Banning TikTok (Tech Policy Press, 28 January)
- How Meta Turned Its Back on Human Rights (Tech Policy Press, 27 January)
- Differential impact from individual versus collective misinformation tagging on the diversity of Twitter (X) information engagement and mobility (Nature, 24 January)
- Social media, advertising and misinformation (Nature, 27 January)
- Emergence of echo chambers in social media communication involving multiple topics (T&F, 27 January)
- Bibliometric analysis of social media persuasiveness and influence: a comprehensive review from 2010 to 2023 (T&F, 28 January)
- Maximizing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of the Metaverse (SSRN, 30 January)
- Sisyphean Social Media Research: An appeal to mis/disinfo researchers and advocates: Focus less on social media. Scrutinize mainstream media more. (MisinfoCon, 26 January)
Company Announcements
- Reflecting on Meta’s $8 Billion Investment in Privacy (Meta, 28 January)
- Building Toward a Smarter, More Personalized Assistant (Meta, 27 January)
- The fight for free speech in 2025 and beyond: On Substack’s ongoing commitment to freedom of the press (Substack, 29 January)
- AI and the future of national security (Google, 29 January)
- Introducing ChatGPT Gov (OpenAI, 28 January)
AI & LLMs
- Toward cultural interpretability: A linguistic anthropological framework for describing and evaluating large language models (SAGE, 29 January)
- AI, disinformation and cyber security: UK Parliament horizon scanning (CETaS, 29 January)
- DeepSeek and the Race to AGI: How Global AI Competition Puts Ethical Accountability at Risk (Tech Policy Press, 29 January)
- The Trouble With AI Safety Treaties (Lawfare, 29 January)
- What DeepSeek r1 Means—and What It Doesn’t (Lawfare, 28 January)
- Tailored Truths: Optimizing LLM Persuasion with Personalization and Fabricated Statistics (ArXiv, 28 January)
Availability and spread of information
- The role of sender credibility in migration information campaigns (Wiley, 29 January)
- From Internet Meme to the Mainstream: Using Computer Vision to Track “Pepe the Frog” Across News Platforms (T&F, 28 January)
- Digital Authoritarianism: from state control to algorithmic despotism (SSRN, 30 January)