Docket+ 8 July

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Highlights

1. Islamic State Crocus City Hall attack: analysing the background and online responses (Centre for Information Resilience, 1 July)
2. “Disinformation is one problem among many in the information environment” – Interview with Alicia Wanless (EUvsDisinfo, 1 July)
3. Protecting Japan’s national security from information operations (ASPI, 5 July)
4. Driving Disinformation: Democratic deficits, disinformation and low traffic neighbourhoods - a portrait of policy failure (DEMOS, May)
5. From Africa with a Russian Agenda: Facebook Pages Attacking French Elections (Alliance4Europe, 4 July)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. The Politics of Social Media Research: We Shouldn’t Let Meta Spin the Studies It Sponsors (Tech Policy Press, 2 July)
2. The limits of community labeling services (Everything in Moderation, 1 July)
3. The Relationship Between Topics, Negativity, and User Engagement in Election Campaigns on Facebook (Cogitatio, 2 July)
4. Moralization of Rationality Can Stimulate Sharing of Hostile and False News on Social Media, but Intellectual Humility Inhibits it (T&F, 2 July)

AI and LLMs

1. Labeling AI-Generated Media Online (OSF, 28 June)
2. Deep fakes and the Artificial Intelligence Act—An important signal or a missed opportunity? (Wiley, 1 July)
3. In the Midst of A Battlefield of Artificial Intelligence and Dis Information: Precautions are Crucial (SSRN, 12 July)