Disinfo Docket 16 September
DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.
Hi! I'm Victoria and welcome to DisinfoDocket. DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, 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
When journalists manage to NOT sanewash politicians, here's what they do: https://t.co/nwTBbXFnKM
— kellymcb (@kellymcb) September 12, 2024
- National security reporter says American journalists could learn from Taiwan when tackling disinformation (PEN, 13 September)
- A New Front in the Meme Wars: Purveyors of disinformation are targeting Americans with tactics pioneered by the populist authoritarian Rodrigo Duterte. (The Atlantic, 13 September)
1. Academia & Research
- Patriot Front fraud and fakery (Conspirator Norteño, 14 September)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Bluesky catches up to X with native support for video (Tech Crunch, 11 September)
- Elon Musk roasted by Meta’s Nick Clegg (Politico, 12 September)
- TikTok to begin appeal against being sold or banned in US (BBC, 16 September)
- Will US law banning TikTok prevail on secret government evidence? (SCMP, 14 September)
- China to require labels for AI-generated content as tech brings fresh challenges (SCMP, 14 September)
Meta
We’re pleased to announce that, after taking onboard regulatory feedback, we will begin training our AI at Meta models using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the UK and Brazil.
— Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) September 13, 2024
- Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI (Guardian, 13 September)
X (Twitter)
- X’s AI chatbot spread voter misinformation – and election officials fought back (Guardian, 12 September)
- ‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’ (LA Times, 13 September)
- How Blue Tick Content Farms Ruined Twitter (Forbes, 15 September)
- “Fascists”: Elon Musk responds to proposed fines for disinformation on X (ArsTechnica, 13 September)
- British government had ‘constructive’ talks with Musk’s X over disinformation, minister says (CNBC, 13 September)
- By showing Musk’s X the red card, has Brazil scored a goal for all democracies? (Guardian, 15 September)
- Brazil Seizes $3.3 Million From Musk Companies’ Accounts (Bloomberg, 13 September)
- Elon Musk calls Australian government 'fascists' over misinformation law (Reuters, 13 September)