Disinfo Docket 16 October

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Highlights

1. Influence and cyber operations: an update (Open AI, October)
2. EVENT: Correction mismatch? Do inattention and selective exposure limit the effects of media-led voter fraud debunking? (Northeastern, 17 October)
3. LISTEN: Close All Tabs: The evolution of online campaigning (KQED, October)
4. Under a far-right government, journalists fear press freedom in Italy is heading down a slippery slope (Reuters Institute, 15 October)
5. Republicans grapple with storm of misinformation from their own party (The Hill, 16 October)
6. The Misinformation and Hoaxes Around Hurricane Helene (The New York Times, 16 October)

After the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, a pro-Kremlin ad network began targeting French & German audiences with mis- and disinformation about the Russia-Ukraine war, tying it back to the Israel-Hamas conflict to exacerbate domestic tensions. https://t.co/atpvoUevyJ

— Institute for Strategic Dialogue (@ISDglobal) October 16, 2024

1. Academia & Research

1. Talk to Me in Bash, Talk to Me in Python (Memetic Warfare, 16 October)
2. A chatbot changes the minds of conspiracy theorists (Nature, 14 October)
3. Voters distrust delayed election results, but a prebunking message inoculates against distrust (Oxford Academic, 15 October)
4. The confrontation effect revealed: Outrage over opposing political views fuels social media engagement (PsyPost, 14 October)

Greater exposure to false claims leads young kids to engage in more fact-checking activities.

"Exposing children to some nonsense may scaffold vigilance towards more subtle misinformation in the future."https://t.co/Ylej19W1Ip

— Sander van der Linden (@Sander_vdLinden) October 13, 2024

2. Platforms & Technology

WATCH - Influence of AI and deepfakes looms large over US presidential race (France24, 12 October)

1. Elon Musk expands his empire of misinformation (CNN, 14 October)
2. Information Integrity by Design: The Missing Piece of Values-Aligned Tech (Tech Policy Press, 15 October)
3. Elon Musk’s X dodges EU’s DMA as bloc decides platform isn’t important enough for fairness controls (Tech Crunch, 16 October)