Disinfo Docket 14 August

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Highlights

1. Protecting our elections against tech-enabled disinformation (ASPI, 14 July)
2. Meta shuts down vital transparency tool (ISD, 14 August)
3. Election 2024: Foreign Accounts Push Political Lies on TikTok (Graphika, 14 August)
4. Georgia: The next colour revolution? (EUvsDisinfo, 13 August)
5. New study's findings can help communicators correct online misinformation (Phys.org, 14 August)

V positive response to investigation from me revealing people behind disinformation linked to riots & their motives. Following more leads as I work on new podcast series investigating social media backdrop to US election, Panorama on impact of social media on kids & Americast. https://t.co/tPe8qoUGSq

— Marianna Spring (@mariannaspring) August 14, 2024

1. Academia & Research

1. Media literacy tips promoting reliable news improve discernment and enhance trust in traditional media (Nature, 14 August)
2. Is the alarm on deception ringing too loudly? The effects of different forms of misinformation warnings on risk perceptions of misinformation exposure (Sage Journals, 11 August)
3. Playing Gali Fakta inoculates Indonesian participants against false information (Misinformation Review, 13 August)

2. Platforms & Technology

End of an era: As of this morning, @crowdtangle, the Meta platform many researchers and journalists used to study public accounts on Facebook and Instagram, is officially dead. #RIPCrowdtangle

In this 🧵I'll highlight some of the spectacular #polcomm work done with CT. 1/n https://t.co/A0oG1JCqjv pic.twitter.com/weyPIJqFTr

— Jo(sephine) Lukito (@JosephineLukito) August 14, 2024

"TikTok has said that it is impossible for it to sell for legal and practical reasons,” @AnupamChander says when discussing TikTok's unclear plans for sellinghttps://t.co/HbGUpBOtf5

— Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (@BKCHarvard) August 14, 2024

1. Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry (NPR, 14 August)
2. No plans to toughen up social media laws despite riot disinformation (iNews, 14 August)
3. Harris AI crowd size conspiracy theory runs rampant on TikTok (Media Matters for America, 13 August)

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. YouTube slows down in Russia Amid News of Ukrainian Offensive (Coda Story, 8 August)
2. Rivers of Phish: Sophisticated Phishing Targets Russia’s Perceived Enemies Around the Globe (The Citizen Lab, 14 August)