Disinfo Docket 10 June
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Highlights
- IWMF Survey of 350+ U.S. Journalists Uncovers Significant Threats Ahead of 2024 Elections (IWMF, 5 June)
- AI-generated nudes in bio: None of these people exist, but you can spend money to see their NSFW photos on Patreon anyway (Conspirator Norteño, 7 June)
- Collaborative Defense: Tackling Disinformation against the EU Elections (Alliance4Europe, 6 June)
1. Platforms & Technology
- Sidemen: how the YouTube millionaires made Big Brother Mk 2 (Times, 9 June)
- Propagandists are using AI too—and companies need to be open about it (MIT, 8 June)
- Google takes down raft of Chinese influence operations (Cyber Daily, 10 June)
- Hey, Siri! Let’s Talk About How Apple Is Giving You an A.I. Makeover. (NYT, 9 June)
Meta
- Meta to use Instagram and Facebook posts from as far back as 2007 to train artificial intelligence tools (ABC, 10 June)
X (Twitter)
- Elon Musk's X app ran ads on #whitepower and other hateful hashtags (NBC, 6 June)
2. Russia & Ukraine
- Russian interference: European media caught in a bind (Le Monde, 9 June)
- Yevgeny Prigozhin, the thug lord who could topple Putin from the grave (Times, 8 June)